Mark Hummel Band
Schedule
Sat, 15 Aug, 2026 at 07:00 pm
UTC-05:00Location
105 S. Brooke St, Fond du Lac, WI, United States, Wisconsin 54935 | Fond Du Lac, WI
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$10 in advance at Hometown Tickets$15 at door or day of show
Doors and bar open at 7pm
Band starts at 8pm
Grammy-nominted Harmonica man/singer/songwriter/bandleader/author/impresario MARK HUMMEL was born in New Haven, CT but moved to Los Angeles as a newborn. Hummel took up an interest in blues harp & rock-blues music in high school but soon discovered the originators like Muddy Waters, Sonny Boy Williamson & Little Walter. Soon after, Hummel frequented the Ash Grove club on Melrose Ave. in LA where he saw (in a three month period) three blues legends he would later work with on a regular basis; Charlie Musselwhite, Brownie McGhee (w/Sonny Terry) & James Cotton. By 1985 Mark Hummel’s Blues Survivors hit the road full time & continue till the present (Hummel’s memoir, “Big Road Blues: 12 Bars on I-80” recounts many road exploits). Hummel’s been featured on over thirty recordings since 1985 including his 2014 Blind Pig Records, Remembering Little Walter (a recording of a Hummel Blues Harp Blowout.) The CD was nominated for a Grammy Award and won two Blues Music Awards. Hummel’s most recent release, “ True Believer” , album that redefines the scope and beauty of what the instrument is capable of in the right hands.
Billy Flynn is the Grammy winning guitarist on Cadillac Reconds and Beyoncé’s version of “At Last”. Billy is on over 200 blues recordings and performances of Kim Wilson, Cash Box Kings, Legendary Blues Band, Pinetop Perkins, Jimmy Dawkins, Otis Rush, Jimmy Rogers, Kieth Richards, James Cotton and Eric Clapton. Flynn is a Delmark Records artist & a multi instrumentalist.
Brazilian musician Rodrigo Mantovani is a four time BMA bass playing nominee-he plays with Nick Moss, Jontavious Willis, Big Creek Slim, Curtis Salgado and others. He’s the premiere upright blues bassist. Rodrigo now lives in Chicago.
Patrick Seals is a popular drummer from Chicago who plays with Curtis Salgado, Nick Moss and many others in the blues biz.
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