Mick Martin and the Blues Rockers

About Me

Long a favorite of collectors and critics, the group has been called the best unsigned rock blues band in America. Real Blues magazine cited the Blues Rockers as the Best West Coast Blues Band six years running (with Mick sharing the Best West Coast Blues Harmonica Player nod with Mark Hummel a year later). Performing since 1993 in their home base of Sacramento, they won the Sacramento Area Music Award (a.k.a. the SAMMIES) for Best Blues Band three times, thus entitling them to a place in the SAMMIES Hall of Fame, an honor shared by only one other blues group, Little Charlie and the Nightcats.The band has recently returned to it's roots with Mick and drummer Bruce Pressley being joined by Jimmy Pailer, Obie Dee, and Donna Proctor for hard rocking Blues-soaked live shows. January 25th debut at the Torch Club was a sold-out roaring success.
www.mickmartinblues.com

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 10/25/2005
Band Website: mickmartinblues.com
Band Members: Mick Martin-Vocals/Harmonica
Jimmy Pailer-Guitar
Obie Dee-Guitar
Donna Proctor-Bass
Bruce Pressley-Drums

Photography courtesy of Phil Kampel,
KVC-Productions, and a host of friends and family.

Influences:
Sounds Like: Mick Martin and the Blues Rockers.
Our newest CD "Gambling on the Blues"
Is now available at all shows and online at:
www.mickmartinblues.com/buy.html
Record Label: Blues Rock Records
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Northern California Blues Festival

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=56v3_S1vXgU Northern California Blues Festival 2008...
Posted by Mick Martin and the Blues Rockers on Sun, 20 Jul 2008 10:42:00 PST

Living Blues Top 25

Mick Martin's Blues Party -- Living Blues Top 25 -- June, 2008 1. The Homemade Jamz Blues Band/Pay Me No Mind/Northernblues 2. Curtis Salgado/Clean Getaway/Shanachie 3. Jackie Payne/Steve Edmond...
Posted by Mick Martin and the Blues Rockers on Tue, 25 Dec 2007 04:02:00 PST

Winds of Change

As Pete Sargent says in his liner notes for March's upcoming, two-CD retrospective, Gambling on the Blues, "It's often the case of bands that people come and go. Sometimes the key figure in a gro...
Posted by Mick Martin and the Blues Rockers on Wed, 30 Jan 2008 10:53:00 PST

cookin’

After a wonderful night at Constable Jack's -- with the Murazzos in the house -- the Blues Rockers are off hiatus, playing tonight at Louie's Cocktail Lounge. Come on down! We've got a special show pl...
Posted by Mick Martin and the Blues Rockers on Sat, 08 Dec 2007 01:29:00 PST

cookin’

Back again to Louie’s

Mick Martin and the Blues Rockers did their usual great show at Louie's Cocktail Lounge in Rancho Cordova on Saturday night. Click here for a look at the photos....
Posted by Mick Martin and the Blues Rockers on Thu, 18 Oct 2007 07:37:00 PST

Rhythm and Ribs

Sorry it took me so long to post these comments, but I guess I'm out of practice after a bit of a post-Fair let down. This entry will come in 2 parts. Although the Rhythm and Ribs event at Raley Field...
Posted by Mick Martin and the Blues Rockers on Fri, 28 Sep 2007 07:25:00 PST

rediscovered photos

As a result of an e-mail exchange with a fan, I've discovered a set of photos which were either never linked through the blog or are for some reason not available in the archives. Here is a flashback ...
Posted by Mick Martin and the Blues Rockers on Sat, 22 Sep 2007 01:34:00 PST

Saturday in the park

On Saturday afternoon, Mick Martin and the Blues Rockers took the stage as part of a festival promoted by the Shasta Blues Society. The Redding Blues by the River event brought together some of the be...
Posted by Mick Martin and the Blues Rockers on Mon, 17 Sep 2007 08:18:00 PST

Unexpected pleasure

On Saturday night, Constable Jacks hosted a group of musicians that had never all appeared on the same stage together. In honor and replacement of Daniel Castro, who was unfortunately double-booked, t...
Posted by Mick Martin and the Blues Rockers on Thu, 13 Sep 2007 10:06:00 PST