Harmonica virtuoso Charlie McCoy says the idea for his new EP Charlie Goes Brazil came from bassist James “Hags” Haggerty. Haggerty made the suggestion when they were talking with drummer Martin Lynds ...

Charlie McCoy, a West Virginia native who became a legendary harmonica player, received a surprise honor a earlier this month when he was invited to join the Grand Ole Opry. After growing up in ...

McCoy is best known as a harmonica player, but the studio veteran also played a big role in the pivotal moment when counter-cultural folk-rock... The Real Charlie McCoy, A Musical Quarterback Of 1960s ...

Sep. 22—FAIRMONT — Charlie McCoy will never forget the day he answered an ad in a comic book. It was 1949 and, at the age of 8, he was intrigued by the ad's challenge, "You can play the harmonica in ...

The harmonica is easy enough to play — you don’t have to do much more than hold it up to your mouth and breathe out to make something that sounds pretty close to music — but it’s a challenge to master ...

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McCoy is best known as a harmonica player, but the studio veteran also played a big role in the pivotal moment when counter-cultural folk-rock... Charlie McCoy has been a fixture in the Nashville ...

Charlie McCoy has been a fixture in the Nashville studio scene for nearly half a century. He's best known as a country virtuoso on harmonica, but he's also done a whole lot else: rock 'n' roll, R&B, ...