Category Archives: Harmonica Party

Special Guest: John Nemeth

September 19, 2023Harmonica Party, Road RamblesBB King, Berkeley, Blues, Blues Clubs, Charlie Musselwhite, Chicago, Elvin Bishop, Harmonica, James Cotton, Mark Hummel, Memphis Blues, Norton Buffalo, San Francisco Blues, West Coastmarkhummel

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John Németh is an American electric blues and soul harmonicist, singer, and songwriter. He has received five Blues Music Awards for Soul Blues Male Artist, Soul Blues Album, Traditional Blues Album of the Year, Instrumentalist – Vocals and Instrumentalist – Harmonica. He has recorded ten albums since 2002, having also backed Junior Watson, Anson Funderburgh and Elvin Bishop. He has opened for Robert Cray, Keb’ Mo’, and Earl Thomas.

AllMusic noted that he is a “vocalist with great range, ability, and soulfulness, Németh had also developed into a top-notch blues harmonica player…”In 2013 alone, he was nominated five times for a Blues Music Award, making nine such nominations in total.

Special Guest: Jason Ricci

August 31, 2023Harmonica PartyBB King, Blues, Blues Clubs, Chicago, Fleetwood Mac, Gary Smith, Gypsy Jazz, Harmonica Blowout, James Cotton, Jimmy Buffet, John Lee Hooker, Kim Wilson, Magic Dick, New Orleans, Paul Butterfield, rock&roll, West Coastmarkhummel

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Jason Ricci has appeared as a guest harmonica player on albums with Johnny Winter, Terence Blanchard, Nick Curran, Ana Popovic, Walter Trout, Cedric Burnside, The Mannish Boys and Joe Louis Walker among others. Ricci was named “Best Harmonica Player” at the 2010 Blues Music Awards, and also performed on Grammy winning 2014 Johnny Winter album Step Back. In February 2015, Ricci played at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame with the Paul Shaffer Band, Tom Morello and Zac Brown to induct The Paul Butterfield Blues Band.^[1] Ricci also continues touring with his band Jason Ricci and the Bad Kind as well as with other bands such as: “Harmonicon” (Sugar Blue, Billy Branch, Ricci), “JJ Appleton and Jason Ricci” and “Mark Hummel‘s Harmonica Blowout Tour”. In 2017, Jason Ricci and The Bad Kind signed a record deal with the Eller Soul label and released their new album Approved By Snakes released on June 16, 2017.

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Special Guest: Willie Chambers

August 11, 2023Harmonica PartyBB King, Blues, Bob Dylan, Gospel, Paul Butterfield, rock&rollmarkhummel

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#chambers #gospelmusic #mississippi #blues #musichistoryMark talks with legend and Chambers Brothers founder Willie Chambers about starting the band. Recording with Bob Dylan and Barbara Dane. Turning down Woodstock and performing at Newport. Alice Cooper living in their band house and told by Clive Davis that he would not allow them to record “Time Has Come Today” which became their signature hit.

Special Guest: Mark Wenner

June 27, 2023Harmonica Party, UncategorizedBlubrry, Blues, Charlie Musselwhite, Electro Fi, Elvin Bishop, Harmonica, Harmonica Blowout, James Harman, John Mayall, Mark Hummel, rock&roll, West Coastmarkhummel

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THE NIGHTHAWKS
Mark Wenner: Vocals, Harmonica
Mark Stutso: Drums, Vocals
Paul Pisciotta: Bass
Dan Hovey: Guitar, Vocals

The Nighthawks was an idea in Mark Wenner’s brain long before he was able to implement it. The musical product of pre-1958 radio in Washington, D.C., he did not know there were rules against mixing blues, R&B, honky-tonk country, doo-wop, gospel and rockabilly into one delicious stew.

http://thenighthawks.com

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Special Guest: Barry Goldberg

June 26, 2023Harmonica Party, UncategorizedBB King, Blues, Bob Dylan, Charlie Musselwhite, Chicago, Elvin Bishop, Harmonica, James Harman, John Mayall, Mike Bloomfield, Paul Butterfield, Rock and Roll, Rod Stewart, West Coastmarkhummel

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Barry Joseph Goldberg is an American blues and rock keyboardist, songwriter, and record producer. Goldberg has co-produced albums by Percy Sledge, Charlie Musselwhite, James Cotton, and the Textones, plus Bob Dylan’s version of Curtis Mayfield’s “People Get Ready”.

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Special Guest: Steve Weston

June 26, 2023Harmonica PartyBB King, Blues, Bob Dylan, Charlie Musselwhite, Chicago, Electro Fi, Fleetwood Mac, Gary Smith, Harmonica, Harmonica Blowout, James Cotton, John Mayall, Kim Wilson, rock&roll, roger daltry, roger daultry, Rolling Stones, the whomarkhummel

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#thewho #rogerdaltrey #bluesharmonica Steve grew up among the vibrant music scene in Essex, listening to Dr Feelgood among others.He started out playing in various bands on keyboard before finding his harmonica mojo as the front man in West Weston and the Bluesonics, and he hasn’t looked back since.He has become the harmonica player of choice for Mud Morganfield when he’s touring Europe, as well as playing with Trickbag in Scandinavia, and then playing on the number 1 album with Wilko Johnson and Roger Daltrey, no less.

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Special Guest Terry Hanck

May 25, 2023Harmonica Party, UncategorizedBB King, Blues, Boz Scaggs, Charlie Musselwhite, Elvin Bishop, Fleetwood Mac, Harmonica Blowout, James Cotton, James Harman, John Mayall, Paul Butterfield, rock music, Ron Thompson, saxophone, West Coastmarkhummel

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#elvinbishop #terryhanck #blues #funk

erry Hanck is an American electric blues saxophonist, singer, songwriter and record producer, who won a Blues Music Award in 2016 in the ‘Instrumentalist – Horn’ category. Previously Hanck earned both a Blues Music Award and a Living Blues Award for ‘Best Horn’ in 2012, and was nominated for the latter prize in the ‘Best Song’ category. In May 2015, he won the International Songwriting Competition for his soul ballad, “I Keep On Holding On.” Born in Chicago, Hanck was influenced by the blues, soul and jazz of the 1950s and early 1960s. After moving to California in 1965, Hanck later toured with Elvin Bishop for over a decade, before leaving to tour and record with his own band for now almost 30 years.

Living Blues writer Lee Hildebrand has written that “Hanck is one of the most formidable saxophonists in the blues and soul business. He has a virile tone and attack and an uncanny command of upper-register notes.”

www.terryhanck.net

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Special Guest: Fito de la Parra

May 23, 2023Harmonica Party, Road RamblesBlues, Canned Heat, Charlie Musselwhite, Chicago, Electric Flag, Elvin Bishop, Harmonica, Jimi Hendrix, John Lee Hooker, John Mayall, Junior Watson, Paul Butterfield, Rock and Roll, rock&rollmarkhummel

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#cannedheat #woodstock #blues #rock&roll

Fido is a founding member of Canned Heat. Canned Heat rose to fame because their knowledge and love of blues music was both wide and deep. Emerging in 1966, Canned Heat was founded by blues historians and record collectors Alan “Blind Owl” Wilson and Bob “The Bear” Hite. The band attained three worldwide hits, “On The Road Again” in 1968, “Let’s Work Together” in 1970 and “Going Up The Country” in 1969 became rock anthems throughout the world with the latter being adopted as the unofficial theme song for the film Woodstock and the “Woodstock Generation.”

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Special Guest: Sugar Ray Norcia

May 2, 2023Harmonica Party, UncategorizedBB King, Berkeley, Blues Clubs, Bluetones, Charlie Musselwhite, Chicago, Electro Fi, Elvin Bishop, Gary Smith, Harmonica Blowout, Jazz, Kim Wilson, Little Walter, Magic Dick, Mark Hummel, road dogs, Rock and Roll, Room Full of Blues, San Francisco Blues, Sugar Raymarkhummel

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#bluesharmonica #blues #roomfullofbluesSugar Ray Norcia is an American electric and soul blues singer and harmonica player. Formerly the singer for Room Full of Blues, he is best known for his work with his backing band, The Bluetones, with whom he has released seven albums since 1980.

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Special Guest: Magic Dick

April 7, 2023Harmonica Party, Road Rambles, UncategorizedBlues, Blues Clubs, Charlie Musselwhite, Chicago, Elvin Bishop, Harmonica Blowout, J Geils Band, James Cotton, James Harman, Madison Square Garden, Magic Dick, Mark Hummel, Muddy Waters, Rolling Stones, San Francisco Blues, West Coastmarkhummel

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Magic Dick, (Richard Salwitz) plays harmonica for the J. Geils Band.

Salwitz was born in New London, Connecticut. He attended Worcester Polytechnic Institute, in Worcester, Massachusetts, where he met John “J.” Geils and Danny Klein and became a founding member of the J. Geils Band in 1965. Salwitz’s harmonica playing became a major and distinctive element in the J. Geils Band’s sound during their hard-rocking 1970s heyday. His performance of “Whammer Jammer” on the band’s live album Full Househas been particularly noted. In The Rolling Stone Record Guide (1979), music critic Dave Marsh described Salwitz as possibly “the best white musician to ever play blues harmonica.” He was often referred to as “Magic Dick and his Lickin’ Stick”.

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