Talk of New Zealand's "King" of the Blues Midge Marsden retiring after 50 years in the business and playing thousands of concerts around the country is just a little premature. Midge is again on tour at the moment - we caught up with him in Napier - he's making his way to Wellington for a gig with the Rodger Fox Big Band at the Wellington Jazz Festival 2018. He's both on the road and has produced a double CD retrospective. Midge received the New Zealand Order of Merit in 2016 and was voted New Zealand Entertainer of the Year in 1990.