Mark Hummel, Jim Liban, Westside Andy, Madison Slim, Billy Flynn, Wes Starr & RW Grigsby
Blues Harp Blowout. $20 ($15 adv).
press release: Mark Hummel
Grammy Award Nominee and Winner of two Blues Music Awards, Mark Hummel started playing harmonica in 1970 and is considered one of the premier blues harmonica players of his generation. Thanks to over thirty recordings since 1985, including the Grammy nominated 2013 release Blind Pig recording Remembering Little Walter (part of the Blues Harmonica Blowout CD series). Mark Hummel's Blues Harmonica Blowout™ started in 1991 and have featured every major legend (Mayall, Musselwhite, Cotton, etc.) on blues harp as well as almost every player of note on the instrument - a who's who of players.
Westside Andy: "I remain a fan and supporter of your work as one of the most dynamic electric harmonica players of your generation." - Dan Aykroyd, actor, musician
"[Westside]Andy Linderman is one of my very favorite harp players. His tone and phrasing are tops in my book." - Gary Primich, premiere harp player
Jim Liban: He is known nationally as on the country's premier harmonica players with the unique ability to bring the harmonica to life, giving it a personality that reasches into and moves the audience in a hypnotic fashion.
Liban has plated with music's greats ranging from Jimi Hendrix to Journey. Johnny Winter, Muddy Waters and Canned Heat.
Madison Slim: Madison Slim plays pure blues, of the South Side Chicago variety, a world renowned harmonica player and singer who has been shaking the shack since the early days at the Zoo Bar in Lincoln, NE with the Heart Murmurs. Slim has appeared on the Conan O'Brien Show with Jimmy Rogers.