George Harmonica Smith & Bacon Fat

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George "Harmonica" Smith (22 April 1924 – 2 October 1983) (born Allen George Smith) was an American blues harmonica player. He was also known as 'the master of the chromatic blues harmonica'. Born in West Helena, Arkansas, but brought up in Cairo, Illinois, he began playing professionally in 1951. He was recruited to join Muddy Waters' band in 1954, making his presence between the short-lived Henry Strong, and James Cotton. (He would rejoin Waters in 1966). He eventually made the decision to leave Chicago, and spent much of his adult life on...read more

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