With Warren Barker's arrangements and orchestra behind him, Tommy Morgan achieved a lushness with his harmonica on this classic instrumental exotica record that eluded many other players.
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You've heard Tommy Morgan's harmonica, as has most everyone else on the planet at one time or another.
As of this writing, after 50+ years in the business he remains one of the top harmonica session men in Hollywood, and can be heard on countless recordings and on film and television.
In the 1970's, it was his harmonica on The Carpenters'
'Rainy Days And Mondays', while on TV it was his distinctive playing in the themes to 'The Rockford Files' and 'Sanford and Son'.
Back in the '60's, he was on The Hollies' hit 'He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother', and if you remember that amazing deep harmonica sound in composer Vic Mizzy's incidental background music on 'Green Acres' - - guess what...?
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From Tommy Morgan's
'Tropicale' LP,
with orchestra conducted by Warren Barker,
(Warner Bros. Records, 1958), Listen to:
Baia
Bali Ha'i
Poinciana
Ebb Tide
Moon of Manakoora
Misirlou
Beyond The Reef
Ruby
The Beach
The High and The Mighty
Off Shore
Taboo
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With Warren Barker's arrangements and orchestra behind him, Tommy Morgan achieved a lushness with his harmonica on this classic instrumental exotica record that eluded many other players.
