Descriptive Summary
Access
Access Restrictions
Publication Rights
Preferred Citation
Acquisition Information
Processing Information
Biography / Administrative History
Scope and Content of Collection
Arrangement
Indexing Terms
Separated Material
Descriptive Summary
Title: Mark Hummel papers
Dates: 1978-2012
Collection number: MS 223
Creator:
Hummel, Mark
Collection Size:
.25 linear feet
(1 box)
Repository:
African American Museum & Library at Oakland (Oakland, Calif.)
Abstract: The Mark Hummel Papers consist of photographs, blues show flyers, blues music publications, audio recordings, and newspaper
clippings documenting the career of blues musician Mark Hummel and the San Francisco Bay Area blues scene in the 1970s-1990s.
Languages:
Languages represented in the collection:
English
Access
No access restrictions. Collection is open to the public.
Access Restrictions
Materials are for use in-library only, non-circulating.
Publication Rights
Permission to publish from the Mark Hummel Papers must be obtained from the African American Museum & Library at Oakland.
Preferred Citation
Mark Hummel papers, MS 223, African American Museum & Library at Oakland, Oakland Public Library. Oakland, California.
Acquisition Information
Donated by blues musician Mark Hummel to the African American Museum & Library at Oakland on March 30, 2018.
Processing Information
Processed by Sean Heyliger, April 27, 2018.
Biography / Administrative History
Blues musician and songwriter Mark Hummel (1955-) was born on December 15, 1955 in New Haven, Connecticut and grew up in Aliso
Village, a public housing project in East Los Angeles, California. At an early age, he was interested and listened to rhythm
& blues music on the radio and began playing the harmonica in bands in high school. He began performing as a professional
musician after moving to Berkeley, California in 1972, where he performed with Boogie Jake, Sonny Lane, Cool Sadler, and Mississippi
Johnny Waters. In 1977, Hummel formed The Blues Survivors with Mississippi Johnny Waters, a blues group that featured many
notable blues musicians including Jimmy Bott, June Core, Rusty Zinn, Ronnie James, Chris Masterson, Charles Wheal, Joel Foy,
and
King of the Hill creator Mike Judge. Over the years, Hummel has toured the United States, Canada, and Europe and recorded with a number of
notable musicians including Brownie McGhee, Lowell Fulson, Sue Foley, Charles Brown, and Bob Stroger and performed with The
Blues Survivors at the San Francisco Blues Festival, Sonora Blues Festival, Chicago Blues Festival, and King Biscuit Blues
Festival. He gained notoriety for founding the Blues Harmonica Blowout in 1991 which features a veteran lineup of harmonica
players with The Blues Survivors. He was nominated for a Grammy in 2014 for his work performing and producing Blind Pig's
Remembering Little Walter and wrote his autobiography,
Big Road Blues: 12 Bars on I-80, documenting his long career on the road as a blues musician.
Scope and Content of Collection
The Mark Hummel Papers consist of photographs, blues show flyers, blues music publications, audio recordings, and newspaper
clippings documenting the career of blues musician Mark Hummel and the San Francisco Bay Area blues scene in the 1970s-1990s.
The papers are organized into four series: Series I. Photographs
Series II. Blues flyers, Series III. Newspaper clippings and publications, Series IV. audio recordings. The photographs and
blues flyers document the San Francisco blues community in the 1970s and 1980s and includes flyers for the San Francisco Blues
Festival and performances by John Lee Hooker, Brownie McGhee, Lowell Fulson and Mark Hummel.
Arrangement
Series I. Photographs
Series II. Blues flyers
Series III. Newspaper clippings and publications
Series IV. Audio recordings
Indexing Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in
the library's online public access catalog.
Hummel, Mark, 1956-
McGhee, Brownie
Blues Survivors (Musical group)
Blues musicians--California--Oakland
Blues (Music)--California--San Francisco Bay Area
Rhythm and blues music
Separated Material
One copy of Mark Hummel's book
Big Road Blues-12 Bars on I-80 (2012) was separated from the collection added to the AAMLO library collection.