Charlie Musselwhite News

Charlie Musselwhite, Curtis Salgado, Billy Boy Arnold and Sugar Ray Norcia join Mark Hummel's Blues Harmonica Blowout at the Craterian Theater Blues harpist Mark Hummel and his band The Blues Survivors began touring the country with their Blues Harmonica Blowout shows in 1991.

The Monday Night Blues series continues Feb. 13 with Matthew Stubbs, who will play from 7 to 10 p.m. at the Time Out Pub, 275 Main St.

Looking for a high-energy performance that will make even the least-inclined dancers get off their hineys and shake that groove thing? If so, you're in luck.

Somewhat like such other musical innovators as Bix Beiderbecke, Charlie Parker and Jimi Hendrix, blues harmonica virtuoso Little Walter Jacobs checked out early - dead at age 38, in 1968, from a head injury sustained during a drunken back-alley craps-shooting dispute - but left behind an indelible imprint on the way his instrument has been played ... (more)

Charlie Musselwhite understands the timelessness of the blues. It first reached him more than 50 years ago in Memphis and Chicago, when Musselwhite would take his harmonica and sit in with the giants.

Fame came early to Robben Ford. The Ukiah native was still in his teens when he signed on to play guitar in harmonica legend Charlie Musselwhite's band.