The harmonica is one of the easiest instruments to learn, but mastering it to a level approaching players like Toots Thielemans and Sugar Blue and can take many years. You may have seen blues players ...

In 1991, while playing harmonica in the typically frantic style that earned him the nickname “Shakey Joe,” Joe Harless dropped and broke the microphone that he had been using to amplify his playing.

If you’re thinking of taking up a musical instrument, you might consider the harmonica – it’s a lot easier to cart around than a grand piano, and it just became much simpler to learn, thanks to ...