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Surprisingly few people know that folksinger Sam Hinton is, perhaps, the greatest and most innovative non-blues (first position) solo diatonic harmonica players of all time. Of the some 200 songs Hinton recorded commercially between 1947 and 1992, only two tracks contain any harmonica playing.

"Sam Hinton - Master of the Solo Diatonic Harmonica" is a double audio CD featuring over two and a half hours of tunes and stories from one of the most respected folksingers in the United States. The harmonica solos on this album include Celtic, American and European folk melodies, reels, jigs, double jigs, airs, fiddle tunes, Yiddish melodies, hymns, hoedowns, and hornpipes.

Hinton had played the harmonica for over three-quarters of a century when most of the tracks on this album were recorded. The album showcases rare, live performances recorded at the San Diego Folk Festival, as well as the even rarer 1937 transcription of the "Major Bowes Original Amateur Hour," featuring a 19-year old Hinton making his radio debut.

Produced by George Winston and Adam Miller, this beautifully packaged album features extensive liner notes, vintage and contemporary photographs and over 120 songs and stories.

A veritable encyclopedia of what can be done with the solo harmonica, this recording is recognized as one of the most remarkable harmonica albums of all time.

For further information visit: www.SamHinton.org/harmonica

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Track List:
1. Spoken introduction
2. Mississippi Sawyer
3. Spoken introduction
4. Oh Dear, What Can the Matter Be?
5. Oh Dear, What Can the Matter Be?
6. Spoken introduction
7. The Downfall of Paris
8. Spoken introduction
9. Flop-Eared Mule
10. Spoken introduction
11. By the Light of the Moon/Ukranian Hopak Melody
12. Spoken introduction
13. Rebbe Elimelech/Pseudoslavian Rhapsody
14. Spoken introduction
15. Ot Azoy Neyt a Shnayder
16. About the chordomonica
17. Spoken introduction
18. Off to California
19. Spoken introduction
20. Reedsdale Hornpipe
21. Spoken introduction
22. Pufferbillies Round
23. Spoken introduction
24. Skye Boat Song/Laird of Drumblair
25. Spoken introduction
26. Three Irish Double Jigs
27. Spoken introduction
28. The Glendy Burke
29. Farewell to Whiskey
30. Spoken introduction
31. Some Folks Do
32. Spoken introduction`
33. Cloone Hornpipe
34. Spoken introduction
35. Hull's Victory
36. Spoken introduction
37. Rickett's Hornpipe
38. Rickett's Hornpipe
39. Spoken introduction
40. Hick's Hornpipe
41. Spoken introduction
42. Harvest Home
43. Spoken introduction
44. The Eighth of January
45. Spoken introduction
46. Putty Up the Nail Holes
47. Spoken introduction
48. Liverpool Hornpipe
49. Spoken introduction
50. Au Clair De La Lune
51. Spoken introduction
52. Boby Shaftoe
53. Spoken introduction
54. Lonesome Train
55. Spoken introduction
56. Roll Her on the Rye Grass
57. Spoken introduction
58. Morality Play in Four Tune Titles
59. Spoken introduction
60. Medley of Three Gospel Hymns
61. Spoken introduction
62. German Folk Song Medley
63. Spoken introduction
64. Ach, De Lieber Augustin
65. Spoken introduction
66. Bantry Bay
67. Spoken introduction
68. Merry-Go-Round Medley
69. Spoken introduction
70. Spoken introduction
71. Spoken introduction
72. Mr. Tunstall's Hoedown
73. Spoken introduction
74. Haste to the Wedding
75. Fisher's Hornpipe
76. Spoken introduction
77. Swanee River
78. Spoken introduction
79. The Eagle's Whistle
80. Spoken introduction
81. The Eagle's Whistle
82. The Eagle's Whistle
83. Spoken introduction
84. The Eagle's Whistle
85. Spoken introduction
86. Bonaparte's Retreat
87. Bonaparte's Retreat
88. Bonaparte's Retreat
89. Spoken introduction
90. Texas Gales
91. About playing guitar and harmonica
92. Spoken introduction
93. Spoken introduction
94. Arkansas Traveler
95. Arkansas Traveler
96. Hog on the Mountain
97. Chicken Reel
98. The Downfall of Paris
99. Fisher's Hornpipe
100. Spoken introduction
101. About playing counterpoint melodies
102. Spoken introduction
103. Simple Gifts
104. Spoken introduction
105. Champion of the Seas
106. Spoken introduction
107. Old Christmas
108. Spoken introduction
109. Christmas Eve
110. Spoken introduction
111. Freres Jacques
112. Spoken introduction
113. Yankee Doodle/Dixie
114. About touring with Major Bowes
115. Spoken introduction
116. Conversation from 1937 broadcast
117. Twelfth Street Rag
118. Conversation from 1937 broadcast
119. Swanee River
120. Conversation from 1937 broadcast
121. La Paloma
122. Conversation from 1937 broadcast
123. Nola
124. Conversation from 1937 broadcast

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