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On Blues harmonica, Mick Martin has played professionally since 1968 and, since 1983, led "Mick Martin and the Blues Rockers." On March 31, 1994, Mick did something highly unusual for a harmonica player: he performed at Carnegie Hall for the nationally-broadcast "Blues in Jazz" concert with mentor Jimmy Smith, Jimmy Witherspoon, Grover Washington Jr., Carrie Smith and Mark Whitfield. That same year, he was featured on Jimmy Smith's Fantasy/Milestone Records release, Sum Serious Blues. Mick has played harmonica on stage behind Freddie King, Jimmy Rogers, Bo Diddley, Mick Taylor, the Yardbirds, Roy Brown and many others. He is a featured artist on Dig Music's Bob Dylan tribute, "Positively 12th & K," which also features Sal Valentino and Jackie Greene.

Mick shared the “Best West Coast Blues Harmonica Player” nod with Mark Hummel in 2001. Mick Martin and the Blues Rockers have won the Sacramento Area Music Award (a.k.a. the SAMMIES) for “Best Blues Band” three times, thus entitling them to a place in the SAMMIES Hall of Fame.

Mick Martin has been producing and hosting the Blues for 17 years, beginning with "The KZAP Blues Show" in August of 1989. He joined the staff of KXJZ in July 1991 to create "Mick Martin's Blues Party."

 

 

 

 

Living Blues Top 25 -- Mick Martin's Blues Party -- March 2010

1. Solomon Burke/Nothing's Impossible/E1 Music
2. Coco Montoya/I Want It All Back/Ruf Records
3. Nick Moss/Privileged/Blue Bella Records
4. Janiva Magness/The Devil Is an Angel Too/Alligator Records
5. Grandpa Elliott/Sugar Sweet/Concord Music
6. Peter Karp & Sue Foley/He Said She Said/Blind Pig Records
7. Johnny Moeller/Bloo Loo!/Severn Records
8. Downchild/I Need a Hat/Linus
9. Chainsaw Dupont/The Real Guitar Hero/Chicago Blues Records
10. Eric Bibb/Booker's Guitar/Telarc Blues
11. The Mannish Boys/Shake for Me/Delta Groove Records
12. Steve Freund/Lonesome Flight/9 Below Productions
13. Cee Cee James/Low Down Where the Snakes Crawl/FWG Records
14. Kirk Fletcher/My Time/Eclecto Groove Records
15. The Kilborn Alley Blues Band/Better Off Now/Blue Bella Records
16. Back Alley Players/Beyond the Blues/BAP Recprds
17. Henry Oden/You're Wrong for That!/cptime music
18. Popa Chubby/The Fight Is On/Blind Pig Records
19. The Holmes Brothers/Feed My Soul/Alligator Records
20. Solomon King/Under the Sun/Blue Skunk Records
21. The Michael Packer Blues Band/Free Beer/Packer Records
22. Blues Buddha/I Like It a Lot/Stupid Daddy Record
23. Nasty Ned/Roots 52/American Showplace Music
24. Jeff Chaz/Live in New Orleans/JCP Records
25. Josh Charles/Love, Work & Money/CC Entertainment

Submitted by Mick Martin, host/producer of "Mick Martin's Blues Party" 1-5 p.m. Saturdays on 90.9 FM KXJZ Sacramento, 90.5 FM KKTO Tahoe City/Reno, 91.3 FM KUOP Stockton/Modesto, 88.1 FM KQNC, Quincy and www.capradio.org. Mick Martin, the Blues Party, 3912 Little Rock Drive, Antelope CA 95843; (916) 348-1955

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