MICK MARTIN
&
The Blues Rockers
On March 31, 1994, Mick Martin did something highly unusual for a
harmonica player: performing 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 also featured on Jimmy Smith's Fantasy/Milestone Records release, "Sum Serious Blues." Other CD guest spots on harmonica include "What's Left Don't Feel Right" by Kathleen Cairnes & Tattoo Blue, "Gone Wanderin' " by Jackie Greene (with the Blues Rockers), "Demonstration" by the Will Derryberry Band, the BluesExciter's self-titled release and the anthology, "Sacramento Blues," backing Johnny Heartsman on "Key to the Highway." "As with Paul deLay and Norton Buffalo, Mick has a sound all his own," says Dennis Newhall of DIG Music.
Martin has also been an on-stage guest with Freddie King, Jimmy Rogers, Bo Diddley, Roy Brown, the Yardbirds and, most recently, Mick Taylor. "The concert with Mick Taylor has been circulated internationally on two different bootlegs. That's a first for me!" he laughs. As a producer, he is credited with supervising "Sonny Boy Williamson in Europe," "The Yardbirds: Clapton's Cradle" (both for Evidence Music) and "Stoneground; The Last Dance" (for DIG Music).
A blues disc jockey for 12 years, he hosts and produces "Mick Martin's Blues Party" on KXJZ, Sacramento, KUOP, Stockton/Modesto and KKTO, Tahoe City/Reno. He is also co-author of the "DVD &Video Guide," published annually by Ballantine Books.
&
The Blues Rockers
DISCOGRAPHY 1991-2022 (17CD)
BIOGRAPHY
That same year, he was also featured on Jimmy Smith's Fantasy/Milestone Records release, "Sum Serious Blues." Other CD guest spots on harmonica include "What's Left Don't Feel Right" by Kathleen Cairnes & Tattoo Blue, "Gone Wanderin' " by Jackie Greene (with the Blues Rockers), "Demonstration" by the Will Derryberry Band, the BluesExciter's self-titled release and the anthology, "Sacramento Blues," backing Johnny Heartsman on "Key to the Highway." "As with Paul deLay and Norton Buffalo, Mick has a sound all his own," says Dennis Newhall of DIG Music.
Martin has also been an on-stage guest with Freddie King, Jimmy Rogers, Bo Diddley, Roy Brown, the Yardbirds and, most recently, Mick Taylor. "The concert with Mick Taylor has been circulated internationally on two different bootlegs. That's a first for me!" he laughs. As a producer, he is credited with supervising "Sonny Boy Williamson in Europe," "The Yardbirds: Clapton's Cradle" (both for Evidence Music) and "Stoneground; The Last Dance" (for DIG Music).
A blues disc jockey for 12 years, he hosts and produces "Mick Martin's Blues Party" on KXJZ, Sacramento, KUOP, Stockton/Modesto and KKTO, Tahoe City/Reno. He is also co-author of the "DVD &Video Guide," published annually by Ballantine Books.