The Accelerators -Keith Caton (guitar/vocals) - Kim Harpo (Harmonica) - David Bates (Drums) - Casey Jones (Bass)....

"What Keith and the guys mean to me is solid, down to earth music. They have a space unto themselves, music that will last. Same thing I told the Rolling Stones in '64 and look what those boys did!" - Bo Diddley

"The Real Deal" - Junior Wells

Almost Acoustic Band
The Almost Acoustic Band’s debut performance was at Crawdaddy’s in Jensen Beach, FL on February 18th, 2002. Since then they have performed  over 100 shows, including an East Coast Tour performing in Pennsylvania, Vermont, North Carolina, Tennessee, and Florida.

Bastard Sons of Johnny Cash
" Like everything that's been written about the Bastard Sons of Johnny Cash, this bio must begin with the obligatory disclaimer: Nope, the band members are not the illegitimate offspring of the Man in Black, and yup, Johnny's OK with their appropriation of his name.

Big Bill Morganfield

His father’s legacy lives on in the tools of his art. Big Bill has both Muddy’s touring amp and the guitars on which he composed some of his earliest works. More importantly, Bill carries Muddy’s spirit and love for the blues, and says he feels a spiritual bond with his father when he’s on stage... Read/Hear... more

Big Rick and the Bombers
Raleigh-based Big Rick & The Bombers won the 16th Annual Piedmont Blues Preservation Society’s Talent Showcase...Big Rick & The Bombers is truly a multi-cultural blues band. Bandleader/bassist/vocalist Rick Nunez is from Puerto Rico, guitarist Mark VanMourek is from Holland, and drummer Simone Adorni is from Italy.
Rounding out the band is vocalist Lynette Barber, originally from Columbia, NC and keyboardist Fred Westbrook, originally from Sunbury, PA.

When asked what placing first in the Talent Showcase meant to his band, Rick Nunez said, “It just means that hard work pays off. We do this for the love of it.""

Bill Wharton(Sauce Boss)
" ONE MORNING IN THE EARLY 70'S, THE SAUCE BOSS WALKED OUT OF HIS HOUSE AND FOUND A 1933 VINTAGE NATIONAL STEEL GUITAR in his front yard. Years later he combined his blues with his hot sauce in a big pot of gumbo, made right on stage. Singing the recipe, he mixed his music and cooking together into a new medium.