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An established player on the New York blues scene for the last decade, 'Little Mike' Markowitz came to the blues in a time-honored fashion: through the late '60s work of rock bands like Canned Heat and Paul Butterfield. Inspired to dig for this sound's roots, Mike came to love the music of the old Chess masters: Muddy Waters, Little Walter, Sonny Boy Williamson, and Otis Spann. Little Mike & the Tornadoes have transcended the ranks of blues bands whose attempts at keeping a tradition alive translate into slavish copying of the old masters. With a high-energy approach that never betrays his respect for the integrity of the music, Little M