Corky Siegel

Corky Siegel Is Blues Harmonica Player Pianist And Composer Perhaps Best Known For Forming The Siegel-Schwall Band In 1964 With Guitarist Jim Schwall. Following Siegel-Schwall's Break Up In 1974 Siegel Formed The Happy Year Band With Sam Lay The Late Albert Joseph On Guitar And Siegel-Schwall Alumnus Rollo Radford On Bass In 1975. Siegel Later Formed The Ensemble Chamber Blues With A String Quartet Tabla And Harmonica/piano. This Unusual Group Features Frank Donaldson A 20-Year Veteran Drummer With Jazz Icon Ramsey Lewis. Siegel Continues To Record Has Earned Several Composing Honors And Is A Regular Performer And Lecturer In The Chicago Public Schools. In 2007 He Wrote A Book Let Your Music Soar The Emotional Connection. Siegel Also Tours With The Siegel-Schwall Band Which Re-Formed In 1987 With The Chicago Blues Reunion As Well As For Solo And Other Musical Projects. These Are All Detailed At Siegel's Website Http //www.Chamberblues.Com/. He Also Maintains A MySpace Page At Http //www.Myspace.Com/chamberblues. read less