Article: Hummel bringing harp blues to Bangor

Mark Hummel has been the ringleader of a traveling circus for 18 years now. A circus more intent on getting you to boogie than anything else - Hummel's Blues Harmonica Blowout has, for the better part of two decades, been visiting towns and cities all over the country, rocking crowds with some straight-up, down and dirty, harmonica-heavy blues.

The Blowout will make its first-ever Bangor stop on Thursday, Oct. 8, with a 7 p.m. show at the Bangor Opera House. This particular lineup features Hummel and fellow harp-masters Sugar Ray Norcia, Billy Branch and Lee Oskar, with guitarist Rusty Zinn, though the lineup changes depending on the tour.

Eighteen years, and Hummel is far from road-weary. ...

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