“Hummel, a specialist in West Coast Blues, knows a thing or two about about how to please an audience,” states THE NEW YORKER. “Hummel plays the harmonica with the fat, full sound that made Little Walter sound almost like a saxophonist rather than a harp man,” says CHICAGO SUN-TIMES.
GRAMMY® Award Nominated, 2x-Blues Music Award-Winner & 11x-Blues Music Award Nominated Harmonica Player, Vocalist & Songwriter MARK HUMMEL brings "The Blues Survivors" to Jimmy's featuring GRAMMY® Award-Winning Drummer WES STARR; and 7x-Blues Music Award-Winner & 33x-Blues Music Award Nominated Legendary Guitarist ANSON FUNDERBURGH. Mark Hummel started playing harmonica in 1970 and is considered one of the premier blues harmonica players of his generation. Hummel has been Nominated 8 times for "Harmonica Player of the Year" at the Blues Music Awards, most recently in 2019, and he has 30+ recordings since 1985. Legendary Guitarist ANSON FUNDERBURG has been Nominated 12 times for "Guitar Player of the Year" at the Blues Music Awards, with his first Nomination in 1989 and his most recent Nominations in 2018, 2019 & 2022. "Mark Hummel is a Harmonica Virtuoso. He is one of a handful of the Best Players ever on the Instrument," raves BLUES REVUE MAGAZINE.