Grammy-winning New Orleans musician and actor Chris Thomas King, who lost his Uptown New Orleans home and studio to Katrina did what any blues artist would do, he wrote a song about it asking the question "What Would Jesus Do?" He wrote and recorded the song which leads off his new inspired CD "Rise" only days after the levees broke, but Chris Thomas King is no stranger to the blues.

Initially known for his audacious fusion of blues and hip-hop, Chris Thomas King reached a whole new audience with the Coen Brothers film O Brother, Where Art Thou?, not only appearing on the award-winning soundtrack but establishing himself as a serious dramatic actor as well.

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For more than 50 years, Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown was an icon on the Texas music scene. His first recordings for Alladin in the late 1940s were pressed on 78 rpm records; his last recording for HighTone in 2004 was pressed on CDs. Brown recorded frequently, documenting most periods of his career, and toured incessantly, playing as many as 300 dates per year in the United States and abroad. Referred to as "the Count Basie of the blues," his expansive repertoire embraced bluegrass, zydeco, Cajun, and jazz, as well as the blues. "I don't want people to call me no blues player," Brown told Chris Morris in Billboard. "I'm an American musician."

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Autobiography: Music really started to take hold of my life at five when I got hold of my uncle's harmonica. I drove my family nuts playing with the harmonica and at the age of nine I toyed with a guitar. It wasn't till the 7th grade I decided to join the school band and play clarinet. In my Freshman year I watched Michael Lemler, A prodigy, play piano for the high school jazz band and I was awed and inspired to play such a beautiful instrument. I got one and began to teach myself. I never thought of being a professional player. I liked where I could go in my mind when I played.Years later I started playing with Sweet Pea's Revenge, playing harmonica and keys. Our Leader, Jim Brown asked me to find some B3 patches on my synth for that southern rock sound and from there my quest Of the Hammond B3 Organ began. While the Hammond B3 is my main instrument; I also play rhodes, clavinet,piano, harmonica, slide guitar as well as main and backup vocals. Shortly after joining Sweet Pea's Revenge, I got picked up with The Revealers playing reggae "my true teacher and influence to my percussive style"and from there I started taking every gig I could to learn and grow playing weekly gigs and the bug bit me! In the past 20 years of my life I played with many people, some famous and some not and I don't plan to stop till I drop. Some of my current projects include; The Billy Iuso and the Restless Natives, the Revealers, Juice, WestBank Mike and the Fischer Project, Dr. Gonzeaux, Sol Fiya, Dose and the Underdawgs. I am also in collaboration with Shamar Allen, Kirk Joseph and Willie Green of the Neville Brothers. The band Dose is my current personal project and is comprised of myself and Mike Paile. We are looking to explore the realm of a Drum and Keys Duo which will be a kaleidescope of various sounds with occasional special guests.

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Based out of New Orleans since 1990, Rockin' Jake relocated briefly to Ft. Worth Texas since being flooded out by Hurricane Katrina, then settled in St. Louis where he now makes his home. Rockin' Jake has been hailed by many as one of the premier harmonica players in the country. His original sound is a hybrid of second line, swamp funk, blues and zydeco with influences from Paul Butterfield, Big Walter Horton, James Cotton, The Meters,WAR, J. Geils Band, Clifton Chenier, and the Fabulous Thunderbirds. Jake has conjured up this formula that is blowing crowds away from coast to coast. Widely known as a touring juggernaut among his peers, his schedule of over 200 performances per year include clubs, concert venues, and festivals.