The Great Swamp Blues Band
East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania, United States | SELF
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Hear the review and complete interview on www.markhamza.com - Mark Hamza with the Great Swamp Blues Band: Radio Interview, "The Doodlin' Lounge", Sept. 2007
Discography
EP Great Swamp Blues Band, "Come Together" 2009
Great Swamp Blues Band (Mark) self titled 2007
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Bio
The Great Swamp Blues Band, consists of Hammond organ, Saxophone, Trombone, and Drums. The band plays a combination of cover songs and originals that reside on the Jazzy side of the Blues. In 2007, Mark released his Great Swamp Blues Band album.
Mark Hamza, A full time musician since 1971, he landed an organ gig in the Poconos in a Pennsylvania resort band in 1972 and moved there. The Poconos are a musician-friendly area with a wonderful support network. He occasionally went on the road with different bands. In the 70s, it was with The Happenings where he learned analog multi-keyboards. In the 90s it was with the Clarence Spady Band where he honed his blues chops on Hammond organ.
His Hammond is a highly modified A-100 that has a separate channel for the bass pedals, among other things. He supervised the customization at Organ Service Co. of New Jersey with design input from Trek II Products. The bass pedals have their own amp and speaker. His accordion is a hand made Sano that also is stereo.
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