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Blues Blog Special: Johnny Mars, 'Life on Mars'

Blues Blog Special: Johnny Mars, 'Life on Mars' I don't doubt bluesman Johnny Mars when he warns listeners he'll tell listeners everything he knows. In fact, he sings and plays "Don't Start Me Talking" at such a frenetic pace he could probably spill his life story in the three minutes it takes to sing the song from his 1972 debut, "Life on Mars." Mars can tear your heart out with his vocals, too, as he does on the slow burner "Desert Island." But it's his harmonica playing that sets him apart. As he illustrates on "Keep on Swinging," Mars is one of the great blues harp [...]