Mark Hummel's All-Stars
"Mark Hummel is a harmonica God" - Blues Revue
"Hummel, a specialist in West Coast Blues, knows a thing or two about how to please an audience"
- New Yorker
"Hummel plays the harmonica with the fat, full sound that made Little Walter sound almost like a saxophonist rather than a harp man". -Chicago Sun-Times.
Bill Stuve, Junior Watson, Anson Funderburgh, Wes Starr, Mark Hummel
MARK HUMMEL
Grammy-nominated Harmonica man/singer/songwriter/bandleader/author/impresario Mark Hummel was born in New Haven, CT but moved to Los Angeles as a newborn. Hummel took up an interest in blues harp and rock-blues music in high school but soon discovered the originators like Muddy Waters, Sonny Boy Williamson and Little Walter. Soon after, Hummel frequented the Ash Grove club on Melrose Ave. in LA where he saw three blues legends he would later work with on a regular basis; Charlie Musselwhite, Brownie McGhee with Sonny Terry and James Cotton. By 1985 Mark Hummel's Blues Survivors hit the road full time and continue till this day. Hummel's memoir, "Big Road Blues: 12 Bars on I-80" recounts many road exploits. Hummel's been featured on over thirty recordings since 1985 including his 2014 Blind Pig Records, Remembering Little Walter, a recording of a Hummel Blues Harp Blowout. The CD was nominated for a Grammy Award and won two Blues Music Awards. Hummel's most recent release, Road Dog on Rockinitus Records, is a blues harmonica album that redefines the scope and beauty of what the instrument is capable of in the right hands.
JUNIOR WATSON
West Coast Guitar icon Junior Watson has appeared on over 200 plus blues records since 1975 including Rod Piazza, Canned Heat, Kim Wilson, Charlie Musselwhite, William Clarke, Jimmy Rogers, Mark Hummel and many more. Watson has influenced Kirk Fletcher, Rick Holmstrom, Rusty Zinn, Alex Shultz and countless guitarists around the globe. Watson is one of a kind.
ANSON FUNDERBURGH
Longtime Texas blues guitarist Anson Funderburgh undeniably remains best known in the blues field for his extraordinarily concise lead guitar attack. Funderburgh’s unmistakable style, tone and sensibility has made him one of contemporary blues music’s most important guitar players.
WES STARR
Wes Starr has drummed with a who’s who of Texas talent; Willie Nelson, Asleep at the Wheel, Delbert McClinton, Marcia Ball, Omar & The Howlers, Jr Brown, and Anson & The Rockets.
BILL STUVE
Bill Stuve was Rod Piazza’s Mighty Flyer bass player for thirty years as well as Big Joe Turner, Otis Rush, Johnny Taylor, Little Milton and more.