Blues Birdhead
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About Blues Birdhead
Blues Birdhead (James Simons) was a harmonica player, who made a few recordings round 1927-1931. It is said that Blues Birdhead recorded the first overblow in 1927, but some people disagree. James Simons, known also as "Blues Birdhead" or "Harmonica Tim", is perhabs the best example of how the diatonic harp functioned as a jazz instrument in de early days of that music. His phrasing and timbre are a cross between those of Louis Armstrong and Johnny Dodds, vintage 1928.
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Top Tracks
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Mean Low Blues
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Harmonica Blues
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Blues Birdhead - Mean Low Blues
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Mean Low Blues - Remastered
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Don't Mistreat Your Good Boy Friend
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Get Up Off That Jazzophone
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Mena Low Blues
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Don't Mistreat Your Good Boyfriend
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Mean Low Blues [Album Version]
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Mean Low Blues - Blues Birdhead
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Harmonic Blues
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Mean Low Blues Religious
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Blues Birdhead / Mean Low Blues
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Skinny Leg Blues
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Mean Low Blues (Remastered)
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Beale Street Breakdown
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Blues Birdhead - Don't Mistreat Your Good Boy Friend
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Blues Birdhead - Get Up Off That Jazzophone
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Blues Birdhead - Harmonica Blues
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Don't Mistreat Your Good Boy Friend (The Bubbling-Over Five)
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Get up off That Jazzophone (The Bubbling-Over Five)
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Moan Low Blues
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19 - Harmonica Blues
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Sun Brimmers Blues
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15 - Beale Street Breakdown
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C.C. & O. Blues
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Up Country Blues
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Mean Low Blues (1929)
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Don't Mistreat Your Good Boyfriend (1929)
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Mena Low Blues (1929)
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