Eric Lindell

Eric Lindell is accomplished on guitar, harmonica, keyboards and bass, and has performed with many of the Crescent City’s top musicians since bursting on the scene in 2005, when he first appeared at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival.
His live shows draw as much attention as his material – as one critic puts it, “Eric Lindell has turned heads everywhere he’s gone, almost instantly becoming the talk of the town wherever his musical journey has taken him.” His combination of sweet, blue-eyed soul with foot-stomping R&B, swamp pop, funk and blues has won him critical and popular acclaim across the country, with reviews and features in Relix, OffBeat, The Chicago Sun-Times, Harp, Guitar Player, Down Beat, The New Yorker, The New York Press and many other national and regional publications.

Anson Funderburgh

Anson Funderburgh, a native of Texas, has spent the majority of his adult life playing the blues. Anson has earned the respect of artists like Delbert McClinton, Boz Scaggs, Jimmie & Stevie Ray Vaughan and Ronnie Earl. Over the years, these musicians have called on Anson to lend his tremendous guitar talents to their projects.
Funderburgh recorded with the Fabulous Thunderbirds on their Butt Rockin’ album, and went solo in 1981, when the New Orleans-based BlackTop label released Talk To You By Hand, the label’s first release. Funderburgh added Myers on harmonica and lead vocals in 1986. Myers had traveled for years on the chitlin circuit, where he had the chance to accompany people like Elmore James and Robert Junior Lockwood. Funderburgh continued his association in the ’90s with Black Top releasing Tell Me What I Want to Hear (1991), Live at Grand Emporium (1995), and That’s What They Want (1997). After releasing nine albums on Black Top, in 1999 Funderburgh changed record labels with the release of Change In My Pocket for Bullseye Blues, a CD which won several W.C. Handy Awards. Since the passing of long time musical partner Sam Myers, Anson has concentrated on raising a family, working local gigs and performing at a smattering of festivals around the world.
“Funderburgh remains a musician’s musician. He’ll explode into a fiery and melodic solo, and then seamlessly recede into a song at just the right moment to propel the rhythm…he makes sure the songs both breathe and burn…a band that truly understands the essence of the genre.” – Blues Revue