I had some great times with Mick and the boys... 

But it's been over a decade since my last show with them and those days are long gone.  But the band is still kickin' ass and can be found playing somewhere usually every weekend.  Here's a link to their website that you can check for performance dates: (copy and paste the link to your browser address window)

http://www.mickmartinblues.com/

Check'em out, drop by, tell Mick I said Hi!

NEW VIDEOS OF MICK Martin and the Blues Rockers from Portland Blues Festival, 1993 on Youtube!!

http://www.youtube.com/user/RustySkarsten#p/a/u/0/kzAc8h6hZD0

Now about "Blessing in Disgust":  I had this bass line in my head for like 2 weeks so I laid it down in my studio using my keyboard and a Korg Triton rack.  I did that and the drums too.  I put some keys on it and kicked it over to San Francisco to my cousin Steve for the brillient guitar work.  You should check out his stuff- it's all great! He has 2 self produced full length CD's with some great work.  He plays real drums and bass too that fills the sound out to the edge!  Heres the link to Steve's Myspace:

http://www.myspace.com/stevesoufi

About "Shakey Puddin"

This is the song the got my cousin and I hooked up.  It's way cool.  He did the score and first arrangement.  How it worked out, is Steve lives in San Francisco and I don't get to see him that much, but I've known for at least a couple decades that he's a musician.  Ok, so I finally get to go by his house where he's been doing some solo recording, laying down funky bass, tight kick ass drums and ultra fine 6 string flame thrower guitar riffs.  So he plays me "Shakey Puddin,"  with an "e" no less.  So I really like the sound and I ask, "How about you send it to me and I lay down some Hammond on it?"  He says: "I was hoping you would ask."   So here is is, "Shakey Puddin'" with Hammond, score and first arrangement by Steve Soufi, final arrangement by me.  Steve does some brilliant guitar work, drums and bass on this one.  I hope you enjoy listening half as much as I enjoyed working on it.

 About "Get it Down" :  Musician friends form Highschool days gettin' together for a once a year reunion.  We all love to play, and not a better place to have it happen than in Carl's beautiful state of the art Pro Tools studio, complete with Steinway 7 foot grand, Hammond C3 and secluded drum booth.  I apologize for the lack of video quality, but not bad sound for just one mic going to the camera!