1. Mark Hummel was born on December 15,1955 and is an American blues harmonica player, vocalist, songwriter, and long-time bandleader of the Blues Survivors.
14 Facts About Mark Hummel
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Since 1991, Hummel has produced the Blues Harmonica Blowout tour, of which he is a featured performer.
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Mark Hummel played with the Golden State Lone Star Revue, a rock blues side group the FlashBacks, as well as the current edition of the Blues Survivors.
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Mark Hummel was born in New Haven, Connecticut, United States, and grew up in Los Angeles, California.
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Mark Hummel did not start playing harmonica seriously until high school, and by the age of sixteen he was already playing in bands.
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Mark Hummel began working professionally after moving to the San Francisco Bay Area in the early 1970s.
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Once established in the East Bay in the 1970s, Mark Hummel started performing with Boogie Jake, Sonny Lane, Cool Papa Sadler, and Mississippi Johnny Waters.
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Mark Hummel formed the Blues Survivors in 1979, and they have been his band ever since.
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Mark Hummel has contributed CD reviews to Blues Music Magazine and Living Blues.
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Mark Hummel brings a lot to the table when he plays.
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Mark Hummel is known for founding the Blues Harmonica Blowout tours, which he has produced regularly since 1991.
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Mark Hummel wrote a book about his musical travels for Mountain Top Publishing called Big Road Blues: 12 Bars On I-80 in 2012.
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In 2019, Mark Hummel was nominated for a Blues Music Award in the 'Best Instrumentalist: Harmonica' category.
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In 2014, Blind Pig's Remembering Little Walter album, that Mark Hummel produced and performed on, was nominated for Best Blues CD at the Grammy Awards.