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Who plays the harmonica on "All Together Now"? Wikipedia, at one point, said it was George playing the harmonica, but now it currently states John was playing it.

Whoever is playing sounds like he's using a "G" harp on the track.

George never struck me as a harmonica player at first, but listening to his bass harp work on "Fool on the Hill" and "Mr. Kite" (and possibly on "It's All Too Much"), he sounds pretty cool. I've also believed he played the harp on his solo releases of Bob Dylan's "If Not for You" and "Apple Scruffs", but the "All Things Must Pass" (2001) liner notes don't make any mention of a harmonica player.

Relying on Wikipedia is a bit like trying to play tennis on the wings of a 747.

That said, even Lewisohn's "definitive" account of the recordings and who played what has had some serious holes poked in it, so I wouldn't hang my hat on every little detail anywhere. While I would also love to know who did what, when, and how, it's clear to me that many of these little nuggets will forever be buried in the history of a whirlwind.

I think you can lump George in with a million other folks who bought a harp or two. Nothin' more than suckin' and blowin'. If George can be called a harmonica player, then I can be called a viola player.

I take it you play viola, John? Yeah, harmonica is what they call an easy instrument, but I keep blowing it in a sort of Bob Dylan-style. Nothing like Little Walter's style.