上期節目播了一些我心目中「有口琴的經典搖滾曲」,這期索性溯流而上,帶你聽一聽藍調口琴(所謂blues harp,十孔小口琴)如何在歷史彼端破空而出,從南方密西西比三角洲到北方芝加哥工業城,這小小的樂器竟吹出了那樣綿長、豐厚、千變萬化的聲響,成為足以和吉他、鋼琴分庭抗禮的獨奏樂器。來,跟我從1937年聽到1977,讓穿過簧片的風,串起這段精采的歷史。
播出曲目:
Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee / Whoopin’ The Blues (1967)
Little Walter / Juke (1952)
Little Walter / My Babe (1955)
Sonny Williamson I / Good Morning, Schoolgirl (1937)
Sonny Williamson I / Stop Breaking Down (1945)
Sonny Boy Williamson II / Help Me (1963)
Sonny Boy Williamson II / Bring It On Home (1963)
The Butterfield Blues Band / Born in Chicago (1965)
Paul Butterfield & The Band / Mystery Train (1976)
Muddy Waters (feat. James Cotton) / Bus Driver (1977)