Corky Siegel

Mark Paul "Corky" Siegel (born October 24, 1943) is an American musician, singer-songwriter, and composer. He plays harmonica and piano. He plays and writes blues and blues-rock music, and has also worked extensively on combining blues and classical music. He is best known as the co-leader of the Siegel-Schwall Band, and as the leader of the Chamber Blues group. Siegel later said "I owe my whole musical life to this experience and to those blues masters and to Johnny Pepper who had an open mind to have us beginners get up on that stage night after night."

Book With Peter Krammer, Corky Siegel wrote a book for musicians and music students, called Let Your Music Soar: The Emotional Connection. It was published by Nova Vista Publishing in 2007.

Discography For Siegel's recordings with the Siegel-Schwall Band, see Siegel-Schwall Band.

Corky Siegel – Corky Siegel (1974 – Dharma) Street Music: A Blues Concerto – San Francisco Symphony and Corky Siegel (1977 – Deutsche Grammophon) Out of the Blue – Corky Siegel (1980 – Stuff) Goodbye California – Corky Siegel (1984 – Skitzo/Frenia – re-release of Out of the Blue) Corky Siegel's Chamber Blues – Chamber Blues (1994 – Alligator) Complementary Colors – Chamber Blues (1998 – Gadfly) Solo Flight – Corky Siegel (1999 – Gadfly) Corky Siegel's Traveling Chamber Blues Show – Chamber Blues (2005 – Alligator) Buried Alive in the Blues – Chicago Blues Reunion (2005 – 33rd Street) Different Voices – Chamber Blues (2017 – Dawnserly) More Different Voices – Chamber Blues (2022 – Dawnserly) Something Wrong – Corky Siegel (2022 – Dawnserly) Songs for Truth and Harmony – Corky Siegel (2022 – Dawnserly) Symphonic Blues No. 6 – Corky Siegel (2024 – Dawnserly)