Mark Hummel • Unplugged-Back Porch Music

Biography:

Harmonica player, songwriter, and singer Mark Hummel is a practitioner of the West Coast blues style, which typically includes elements of jazz and swing. A seasoned bandleader, Hummel achieved wider recognition through nearly constant touring. Hummel was born in New Haven, Connecticut but raised in Los Angeles, California. He became fascinated with the blues-rock of Cream, Jimi Hendrix, Big Brother and the Holding Company, and the Rolling Stones. After seeing songwriter credits on the albums, he began to dig further back into those bands' blues roots. He began playing harmonica in his teens in order to be different from the huge pack of guitar players in his high school. Hummel studied the styles of the Chicago-based players, including James Cotton, Sonny Boy Williamson, Big Walter "Shakey" Horton, and Little Walter Jacobs. Hummel moved to Berkeley, California in 1972 and played with local bluesmen there, including Boogie Jake, Cool Papa, Johnny Waters, and Sonny Lane. After graduating high school, he hitchhiked around the country for three years, making stops in New Orleans, Boston, and Chicago to learn from those cities' top players.

In 1980, he formed the Blues Survivors, subsequently performed at numerous blues festivals around the U.S., including the Chicago Blues Festival and the San Francisco Blues Festival. Hummel has released a number of self-produced albums around his Oakland, California home, including Playing in Your Town (1985, Rockinitis Records), Up & Jumpin' (with Canadian guitarist Sue Foley, 1989-1990), and Hard Lovin' (1992, Double Trouble Records). His widely available albums include Feel Like Rockin' (1994, Flying Fish Records), Married to the Blues (1995, Flying Fish), and Heart of Chicago (1997, Tone-Cool/Rounder), an album recorded in Chicago on which Hummel was accompanied by some veteran Chicago sidemen, including drummer Willie "Big Eyes" Smith, guitarist Dave Myers, and producer/guitarist Steve Freund. Considered one of the top harmonica players in the U.S., Hummel has also judged and played in the Hohner Harmonica World Championships, held in Germany; he issued Low Down to Uptown in 1998. Golden State Blues was next, released on new label Electro-Fi with support from Hummel's usual backing band, the Blues Survivors. Retro-Active followed early in 2010.

by Richard Skelly

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Biografía:

Armonicista, compositor y cantante Mark Hummel es un practicante del estilo blues de la Costa Oeste, que típicamente incluye elementos de jazz y swing. Como experimentado director de banda, Hummel logró un amplio reconocimiento a través de giras casi constantes. Hummel nació en New Haven, Connecticut, pero se crió en Los Ángeles, California. Se fascinó con el blues-rock de Cream, Jimi Hendrix, Big Brother and the Holding Company, y los Rolling Stones. Después de ver los créditos de los compositores en los álbumes, comenzó a profundizar en las raíces del blues de esas bandas. Empezó a tocar la armónica en su adolescencia para diferenciarse del gran grupo de guitarristas de su instituto. Hummel estudió los estilos de los guitarristas de Chicago, incluyendo a James Cotton, Sonny Boy Williamson, Big Walter "Shakey" Horton y Little Walter Jacobs. Hummel se mudó a Berkeley, California, en 1972 y tocó con los bluesmen locales allí, incluyendo Boogie Jake, Cool Papa, Johnny Waters, y Sonny Lane. Después de graduarse de la escuela secundaria, hizo autostop por todo el país durante tres años, haciendo paradas en Nueva Orleans, Boston y Chicago para aprender de los mejores jugadores de esas ciudades.

En 1980, formó el grupo Blues Survivors, y posteriormente actuó en numerosos festivales de blues en los Estados Unidos, incluyendo el Festival de Blues de Chicago y el Festival de Blues de San Francisco. Hummel ha publicado varios álbumes autoproducidos en su casa de Oakland, California, entre los que se encuentran Playing in Your Town (1985, Rockinitis Records), Up & Jumpin' (con la guitarrista canadiense Sue Foley, 1989-1990) y Hard Lovin' (1992, Double Trouble Records). Sus álbumes ampliamente disponibles incluyen Feel Like Rockin' (1994, Flying Fish Records), Married to the Blues (1995, Flying Fish), y Heart of Chicago (1997, Tone-Cool/Rounder), un álbum grabado en Chicago en el que Hummel fue acompañado por algunos veteranos de Chicago, incluyendo el baterista Willie "Big Eyes" Smith, el guitarrista Dave Myers, y el productor/guitarrista Steve Freund. Considerado uno de los mejores intérpretes de armónica de los Estados Unidos, Hummel también ha sido jurado y ha tocado en los Campeonatos Mundiales de Armónica de Hohner, celebrados en Alemania; publicó Low Down to Uptown en 1998. El siguiente paso fue el Golden State Blues, lanzado en el nuevo sello Electro-Fi con el apoyo de la banda de respaldo habitual de Hummel, los Blues Survivors. Retro-Active siguió a principios de 2010.

por Richard Skelly

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Tracks::
1. Have Your Ever Been In Love
2. Living With The Blues
3. Ease My Mind
4. My Little Machine
5. Shake Your Boogie
6. But I Forgive You
7. I Just Keep Loving Her
8. Can't Hold Out Much Longer
9. Evans Shuffle
10. Love In Vain
11. She Moves Me
12. Let Me Go
13. Learned My Lesson (Changed My Ways)
14. Worried Life Blues
15. Step Back Baby
16. See See Rider

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