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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: 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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Mark talks about & plays Jimmy Reed

February 15, 2022Harmonica PartyBB King, Blues, Blues Clubs, Charlie Musselwhite, Chicago, Delta Blues, Electro Fi, Harmonica, Harmonica Blowout, Jimmy Reed, Magic Dick, Mark Hummel, Rolling Stones, West Coastmarkhummel

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Mark sits down and discusses Jimmy Reed’s influence and plays a couple JR tunes.

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Special Guest: Steve Freund Pt 1

July 13, 2021Harmonica PartyBB King, Black Lives Matter, Blubrry, Blues, Blues Clubs, Boz Scaggs, Charlie Musselwhite, Chicago, Delta Blues, Eric Clapton, Fleetwood Mac, Harmonica, Harmonica Blowout, James Cotton, John Lee Hooker, John Mayall, Magic Dick, Mark Hummel, Muddy Waters, Norton Buffalo, Peter Green, Tampa Red, West Coastmarkhummel

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Mark sits down with blues guitar legend Steve Freund to talk about his career and blues history. Steve began his career in Chicago with Hubert Sumlin, Lee Jackson, Homesick James, Louis Myers, and many others. He spent two years working with Big Walter Horton and Floyd Jones, and in 1978 he became Sunnyland Slim’s main guitarist. Freund is the consummate piano accompanist working with Pinetop Perkins, Jimmy Walker, Henry Gray, Erwin Helfer and many more. Steve spent nine years working with harmonica legend James Cotton. Steve tours internationally and has played with and opens shows for Boz Scaggs.

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Road Dogs

June 16, 2021Harmonica Party, UncategorizedBB King, Berkeley, Black Lives Matter, Blues, Blues Clubs, Charlie Musselwhite, Chicago, dawgs, Delta Blues, Electro Fi, Fleetwood Mac, Harmonica, Harmonica Blowout, James Cotton, James Harman, Jimi Hendrix, John Lee Hooker, John Mayall, Kim Wilson, Magic Dick, Mark Hummel, Norton Buffalo, Peter Green, road dogs, Rock and Roll, Rolling Stones, San Francisco Blues, West Coastmarkhummel

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Mark talks about life on the road for blues musicians, and his book Big Road Blues: 12 Bars on I-80 and plays music from his new CD The Wayback Machine with Deep Basement Shakers

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