kudzurunner
3740 posts
Dec 27, 2012
5:04 PM
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My good friend, NYC harp guy Little Mike (Markowitz), is playing some shows with Willie Green, an older harp player with whom he's been doing a duo thing for the last little while. Mike is a fantastic guy and he has paid his dues. As I've noted once or twice here, it was Mike who pulled me off the street--Bleecker Street--one night in September of 1985 when I was busking and insisted that I sit in with his band. He literally gave me my start in the NYC clubs. He has a long track record with everybody from Muddy on down--mostly on piano (that is, or was, his main thing) but also on harp. He's a great singer.
In short, he's a true blues guy and I recommend him very highly. We may bring him and Willie to HCH in 2014.
Here's part of the press release. Those of you in Florida, Gainesville area, please make a point of going out and catching his show. And please tell him I sent you. (He did NOT ask me to post this.)
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PRESS RELEASE
Happy Holidays Blues Fans,
There are a few Blues shows left in 2012,
including two big shows at Dos Mamas,
one Friday and one New Year's Eve.
This Friday, December 28 – Two local legends:
Willie Green and Little Mike and the Tornadoes
play Dos Mamas (2017 NE 27th Ave) from 8-11.
For those of you that have not have the pleasure
of seeing Willie "the Real Deal" Green perform,
he's a delta-style bluesman that has opened
for John Hammond Jr, Tommy Castro, and
Charlie Musselwhite, among others.
Watch Willie here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ruP2qEQU1Hg
Little Mike is the perfect artist to keep the
Chicago Blues sound alive, having toured with
Hubert Sumlin, Pinetop Perkins, and Jimmy
Rogers. Sumlin and Perkins played on Little
Mike's first album along with Paul Butterfield
and Big Daddy Kinsey.
Also catch these other great live shows:
Monday, December 31 - Little Mike and the Tornadoes play the Great
Outdoors
Café (65 N. Main Street in High Springs).
Last Edited by on Dec 27, 2012 5:05 PM
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