Jeff Magidson – Dobro, electric guitar,
harmonica Later Jeff formed a trio in France, John Doe, and began playing his own originals, touring and recording three albums. He met his wife, Isabelle, in the process and had a couple of kids. In 2004, they decided to move to California. Jeff and Isabelle perform together under the name Duo Gadjo. Jeff also plays in the Django Reinhardt style with the Hot Club of San Francisco. John Hanes – Drums John has been playing drums in the S.F. Bay Area since 1977, in recording bands including Leila and the Snakes, Pearl Harbor and the Explosions, and Romeo Void, as well as supporting artists like Etta James, Harvey Mandel, Bonnie Raitt, Jorma Kaukonen, Ronnie Montrose, and Boz Scaggs. John’s own projects have included Engorged With Blood and the John Hanes Trio.
Austin de Lone – Hammond B3 organ, piano
Den Bittner – Bass, vocals, trumpet After a couple of years of playing jazz in Santa Cruz, working for turkey sandwiches and beer, Den spent several years doing roadwork with various top-40/funk acts, based initially out of Santa Cruz, then Alaska. After that it was back to LA during the 80s to play slammin' classic rock and lay down raging post-punk jams with Inland Empire stalwarts The Zeds. Paul Weber – Tenor sax Paul is a founding member of the jazz fusion band Himalaya. That group has played throughout the U.S. market for over 10 years, putting Paul on stages with jazz greats such as Poncho Sanchez, Acoustic Alchemy, Cedar Walton, and Les McCann. Paul has backed Finis Tasby, Marla Gibbs, Charles Wright, and Ollie Woodson. Paul also plays extensively with the latin rock band, L.A. Blue.
Mike Rinta – Trombone, horn arrangements Mike Rinta is a great trombonist and horn arranger that has played with a huge list of top acts, including, but not limited to: Sly & the Family Stone, Carlos Santana, Herbie Hancock, Wayne Shorter, Buddy Guy, Jerry Garcia, Bob Weir, Pine Top Perkins, and Harvey Mandel. Mike is currently signed to High Wide Records.
Simon Hanes – Guitar Simon plays guitar and bass and is currently attending the Holden School. Simon has been composing since he was 12 and aspires to writes scores for films and someday have his orchestral compositions performed by an appropriate musical entity. Check out Simon’s tribute to Japanese surf music god, Terauchi Takeshi, on YouTube. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OOmC1uczUtk
Cary Sheldon - Vocals Myles Boisen – Recording engineer Myles is owner/head engineer of Guerrilla Recording Studio and Headless Buddha Mastering Lab in Oakland.
Myles has gathered over 150 production and mastering credits on recordings by other artists. He is regarded as an authority on vintage microphones and microphone testing, with numerous articles published in Electronic Musician magazine and Mix Books publications Eric Garcia – Guitar, keyboards, recording engineer, mixer Brian Chamberlin – Recording engineer, alto sax Bob
Biles – Mixing engineer Eric "ET"
Thomgren – Mixing engineer Byl Carruthers - Producer
Byl
has his own band, the very bluesy and soulful Cafe
R&B, starring his wife, Roach, the powerhouse vocalist of the
group. Byl plays guitar in Cafe R&B, but is also in demand as
a studio bassist. Byl produces for both the music industry and
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Jeff was born in the Bay Area into a family of musicians and has been playing some instrument or other as long as he can remember. After a short tour of the University of California system, in 1983 Jeff went to study in France for “a year”. The year turned into 20, as Jeff traveled Europe playing acoustic blues and jazz, later performing solo as a one-man band, simultaneously playing bass drum, high hat, dobro, and harmonica. 
Austin de Lone is a Bay Area fixture, a keyboard player who has led many of his own bands including the pioneering ‘70s band, Eggs Over Easy, and the Moonlighters, a red-hot Marin County roadhouse band that tore it up in the ‘80s. Austin has also played with Elvis Costello, Nick Lowe, Bonnie Raitt, Fabulous Thunderbirds, Commander Cody, Boz Scaggs, Lightnin' Hopkins and many others. Austin served 12 years as musical director of the Bammies (the Bay Area Music Awards), and he directed the house band at all the legendary Village Music parties at the Sweetwater, Mill Valley's venerated club. Austin de Lone recently released a solo album, "Soul Blues".
