Mark Hummel's Allstar Harmonica Blowout

Name: Mark Hummel's Allstar Harmonica Blowout
Start: 2026-02-22T16:00:00-08:00
Location: Moe's Alley, Santa Cruz

Schedule

Sun, 22 Feb, 2026 at 04:00 pm

UTC-08:00

Location

Moe's Alley, Santa Cruz | Santa Cruz, CA

Moe's Alley presents Mark Hummel's Allstar Harmonica Blowout! This legendary lineup features Curtis Salgado, Magic Dick, RJ Mischo, Mark Hummel, Anson Funderburgh, Steve Freund, Rodrigo Montovani and Wes Starr.
Sunday, February 22, 2026
Doors: 3pm / Show: 4pm
$40 in advance / $45 day of the show
21+
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CURTIS SALGADO-Curtis was half of Robert Cray Band as a co-front man in the first five years of the band’s busy touring schedule starting in 1977. Salgado has since been one of the leading lights of the Northwest’s R&B world, racking up BMA awards every year for Soul Man of the Year in Memphis, Best CD, Song Of The Year and many other notables.
MAGIC DICK is the original harp man from the J. Geils Band, whose many hits flooded the airwaves during the 1970s and 1980s. Chart-toppers like "FreezeFrame", "Centerfold", "First I Look At The Purse", "Must a Got Lost", "Give It To Me" and Magic Dick's own "Wammer Jammer" were in the Top Ten off and on for 20 years and made them one of the few top bands(other then WAR) that featured a harmonica prominently in the frontline. Dick went on to start "Bluestime" with J. Geils after the original band broke up, making two CDs for Rounder Records.
Throughout his career, ANSON FUNDERBURGH has had the privilege of sharing the stage, and working and recording with many of the biggest names in blues, including Delbert McClinton and Jimmie Vaughan, along with countless others. His unmistakable style, tone and sensibility has made him one of contemporary blues music’s most important guitar players. Anson has developed into a legacy artist and his influence on innumerable guitarists is immeasurable.
MARK HUMMEL - Hummel has been featured on over thirty recordings since 1985, including his Grammy-nominated, Blues Music Award-winning 2014 Blind Pig Records release, Remembering Little Walter. Mark Hummel is a celebrated figure in the world of blues and has long been recognized for his exceptional talent and deep reverence for the blues tradition.
RJ MISCHO Is from the Twin Cities in MN and has garnered a stellar reputation for his harmonica prowess worldwide, thanks for consistently great recordings and constant touring. RJ has been a Hohner Harmonica sponsee for twenty years! Mischo last played the Blowouts in 2018 w/John Primer & Billy Boy Arnold.
STEVE FREUND hails from Brooklyn, NY but moved to the Windy City of Chicago in 1970 at the invitation of legendary blues pianist Sunnyland Slim, who Steve accompanied for twenty years. During this time Steve played with every noteworthy blues person in the city, including Otis Rush, Bo Diddley, Koko Taylor( winning a Grammy on her live LP), James Cotton( 12 yrs), Lonnie Brooks, Hubert Sumlin, Big Walter Horton, Lee Jackson, Eddie Taylor, Snooky Pryor, Magic Slim, Henry Gray, Robert Jr Lockwood, Floyd Jones, BB Odom and more.
ROUNDING OUT THIS LINE UP IS WES STARR ON DRUMS (Asleep at the Wheel, Delbert McClinton, Marsha Ball, Omar and the Howlers, Anson & The Rockets, Willie Nelson) AND BMA WINNING BASSIST RODRIGO MANTOVANI (Nick Moss, Jontavious Willis)