Personnel: Mark Hummel (vocals, harmonica); Mark Hummel; Charles Wheal (guitar); Steve Wolf (bass guitar); Marty Dodson (drums); Mel Brown (keyboards); M.C. Raoul Bhaneja.

Audio Mixer: Alec Fraser.

Recording information: Silver Dollar Room, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (09/16/2003-09/19/2003); Slye Fox, Burlington, Ontario, Canada (09/16/2003-09/19/2003).

Authors: Huey Lewis; James Harman; Charlie Musselwhite.

Photographer: Gary Collver.

Mark Hummel is a hell of a harmonica player, and a more than half-decent singer. This live outing, pulled from two Canadian dates in September 2003, shows him and his band in very tight form, but relaxed enough to enjoy the party. If you're looking for deep, hard blues, this isn't really the place, although he does dive down for some emotion on "Lost a Good Man." Mostly, however, Hummel keeps it light, as with "My Back Scratcher" or the audience-participation standard "Willie and the Hand Jive." When he's not singing, he gives plenty of room to his playing. He's a good instrumentalist, sometimes quite exceptional, with a strong command of the development of a solo, as on the opening "Rockin' All the Time" or the closer, "The Creeper," James Cotton's workout, where the boogie rolls smooth as silk and Hummel's harp is in overdrive. It's impossible not to enjoy this album -- the band was obviously having a great deal of fun playing -- but at the same time it won't change your life. Take it for what it is, a record to enliven any party, and you won't be disappointed. ~ Chris Nickson

Down Beat (p.76) - 3 stars out of 5 - "[Hummel] whoops up clouds of volcanic ash on one number after another."

Living Blues (p.44) - "Mark Hummel blows his top constantly on this sensational disc....Hummel is living proof that blues harp doesn't have to fit the '50s mold to be great."