Then, in 2023, Lee joined the center's harmonica class, in which she and her classmates repeatedly practiced "The Star-Spangled Banner." "We have a weekly practice that's one or two hours," Lee said.

Mark Hummel is bringing a few all-star blues friends for the 12th annual KXCI House Rockin' Blues Review. He headlined the fifth annual event in 2016.

The harmonica class began about seven years ago and has been practicing The Star-Spangled Banner since 2021. They play other tunes too — in case you were wondering — such as Mother's Grace.

‘The blues had a baby and they named it rock‘n’roll,’ sang Muddy Waters. And he was right, of course. Once he and Howlin’ Wolf started plugging into amps in the clubs of Chicago in the 1950s, the ...