MARK HUMMEL-has been playing since 1970. The Grammy nominated, 2-time BMA winner has produced the Harp Blowouts since 1991 and has hosted Huey Lewis, John Mayall, Charlie Musselwhite, Lee Oskar , Howard Levy, James Cotton, Elvin Bishop, Kim Wilson and every player of note. Mark has over 30 solo recordings.

BOB STROGER-is a Chicago Resident and Grammy winning bassist who’s played with the cream of the crop since the late 60s-Otis Rush, Sunnyland Slim, Jimmy Rogers, Pinetop Perkins, Snooky Pryor, James Cotton, The Aces and happens to be 92 yrs old and still a world traveler. Bob appeared in the movie Sidemen, a documentary on blues players in their older years.

WES STARR-Grammy winning drummer who’s played w/Willie Nelson, Asleep At The Wheel, Delbert McClinton, Marsha Ball, Omar and the Howlers, Anson and the Rockets, Jimmy Vaughn and Hal Ketcham. Wes hosts a popular blues radio show in Morro Bay, CA after 40 years in Austin.

JOHN NEMETH has talents that have not gone unnoticed and he soon signed a recording contract with Blind Pig Records. His national debut for that label, “Magic Touch” (2007), produced by Anson Funderburgh and featuring Junior Watson on guitar, received an ecstatic response from fans and the media, and he was hailed as the new voice of the blues. Living Blues enthused, “Magic Touch gives hope that the blues will survive.” In 2008 Németh was recruited by Elvin Bishop to do some performances and contribute four vocal tracks to his Grammy-nominated album “The Blues Rolls On.”

Németh released two more albums on the Blind Pig label, “Love Me Tonight” (2009) & “Name The Day (2010), both hitting #6 on the Billboard Blues Chart, and beginning his long string of Blues Music Award (BMA) nominations, numbering 20 at last count. John has also won two Blues Blast Music Awards – Best New Artist Debut Recording and Sean Costello Rising Star Award. John followed up with two independently released live albums in 2012, “Blues Live” and “Soul Live.”

In 2013 John relocated to Memphis, Tennessee, where he teamed up with producer Scott Bomar and his classic Memphis Soul band, the Bo-Keys, to create an album of revisited soul classics, “Memphis Grease” (2014 Blue Corn), which debuted at #4 on the Billboard Blues Chart. John won the 2104 BMA for Best Soul Blues Male Artist, followed by “Memphis Grease” winning Best Soul Blues Album in 2015. John’s newest release Maybe The Last Time with Elvin Bishop is sitting at Number One on charts!