From: Harplicks Date: Mon, 10 Jan 2000 14:18:02 -0800 (PST) Subject: Blues Blowoff and Mark Hummel
What a cool line up! Wow!~
I met Mark Hummel last year when he toured through Denver (he played at Brendans). I agree that Mark is just a great guy!
We hung out between sets and just talked about blues, harps and life in general. He was exceptionally open with me and my many questions regarding what positoins etc. he used during his set. He showed me his cool Ruskin mic, and his harps... though I didn't play them... :-) And then he asked me if I had any requests. I asked him to play Rockin' at the Riverside and he and the band just ripped it up.
- --- Doug Steding wrote: > It's alive!!!! And just in time, happy New Years to all > and I hope > everyone had a good holiday. > > > The list came back just in time to share my experience of > last night. > Went and saw a blues blowoff at Moe's Alley here in Santa > Cruz last > night, featured an awesome line-up: Kim Wilson, Rick > Estrin, Billy > Branch, James Harmon, Mark Hummel, Gary Smith and R.J. > Mischo. > Everyone put on a great show, but the highlights were > Billy Branch's > solo, along with Kim Wilson and Rick Estrin's work. It > was cool to see > differing styles and approaches to the blues. > > Everyone played a jam at the end of the show, imagine > three mics and > 7 harp players on stage at once. Totally nuts. After > Mark Hummel's > set (which was really cool) I was standing by the stage > and, > check this out, he let me play one > of his > Filiskos (O.K I agree about playing someone elses harps > being a little > gross, but hey, it was a Filisko, chance of a lifetime > for me). Now, I > just wanted to take a look at it, they were pre-WWII > Marine Bands, but > he was totally cool and he said "Go ahead and play > it-just play > softly." THE SWEETEST INSTRUMENT I'VE EVER COME ACROSS. > I understand > now the magic that Maestro Filisko performs. > > Anyways, enough ranting, but I thought it was really > cool of Mark > Hummel to let some total stranger check his harps out, > and play one. A > highlight of my harp-playing days for sure, and a sign > that Mark is > truely one of the good guys in this world. > > > -Doug
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