Grammy nominated, Blues Award winning harp blower, singer ,bandleader, author, producer Mark Hummel has played with Huey Lewis, ,John Mayall, Lazy Lester, Nick Gravenities, Jr Watson, Duke Robillard, Billy Boy Arnold, James Cotton, Jerry McCain,Elvin Bishop, Sam Myers,Anson Funderburgh , Jimmy Rogers, Snooky Pryor, , Brownie McGhee, Charlie Musselwhite, Charles Brown, Eddie Taylor, Luther Tucker and many more. Hummel has played with many of these artists on his Blues Harmonica Blowouts that started in 1991.

“Hummel, a specialist in West Coast Blues, knows a thing or two about about how to please an audience”

– 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”.

-Chicago Sun-Times
“Mark Hummel is a Harmonica Virtuoso. He is one of a handful of the Best Players ever on the Instrument”.

– Blues Revue Magazine
“Harmonica ace Mark Hummel has always surrounded himself with top notch talent.
Hummel certainly spends time on center stage with both his vocals and harmonica, most prominently on the instrumental “Walking with Mr. Lee”. Top notch from start to finish, skip this one at your peril.”

– Mark Smith/Music Revue
Drummer Wes Starr has impeccable credentials: Asleep At The Wheel, Delbert McClinton, Marcia Ball, Omar & The Howlers, Anson Funderburgh & the Rockets, Hal Katcham, Jimmy Vaughn, Willie Nelson, Jimmie Dale Gilmore, everyone!!
Guitarist Johnny Cat Soulbrand has played the last fifteen years with Terry Hanck, Junior Watson, Andy Santana, Earl Thomas, Aki Kumar and many other others.
Upright bassist Ted Bowkowski hails from Massachusetts and has played with Anson & Mark, Mud Morganfield, Gabe Stillman, Lurrie Bell, Cheryl Arena.