Castiglia’s second release for Blues Leaf, “These Are The Days,” was released in April, 2008. The album demonstrates Castiglia’s mature guitar stylings and soul-filled vocals, which some say are reminiscent of Van Morrison. The album includes five originals, including his tribute to mentor Junior Wells, “Godfather of the Blues,” but also select covers, including “Catfish” from Bob Dylan, “Night Time Is The Right Time,” from Nappy Brown, Fenton Robinson’s “Somebody Loan Me A Dime,” and Little Willie John’s “Need Your Love So Bad.”

Although this is the Band of Heathens’ first studio album, it isn’t their first album period; their first two releases, the 2006 CD Live from Momo’s and the 2007 CD/DVD Live at Antone’s, were both live recordings.  How many bands wait until their third release to provide a studio album? Not many. Given the fact that so many artists never record a live album at all, it is refreshing, albeit unorthodox, that the Band of Heathens did things the way they did. And thankfully, the studio environment doesn’t deprive them of their bluesy grit. Drawing on influences that include the Black Crowes, the Rolling Stones, the Band, the Allman Brothers, and John Cougar Mellencamp, The Band of Heathens keep things nice and gritty on well-crafted tracks like “Cornbread,” “Jackson Station,” “Unsleeping Eye,” and “Heart on My Sleeve.” --allmusic.com

Superchief Trio features a unique combination of two-fisted piano, red hot trombone, powerful vocals and frenzied percussion antics, all rolled up into one small package. Swing, New Orleans R&B, jump blues, boogie-woogie - it’s all in there. And with a repertoire of tasy original tunes and carefully selected covers by Professor Longhair, Huey Smith, Smiley Lewis, Wee Willie Wayne and a raft of others, this group is the ultimate dance-party band.

Pianist Keith Munslow met trombonist Pam Murray at Providence arts incubator AS220, where they performed together in the Smoking Jackets and the Neo 90s Dance Band. Keith and drummer Johnny Cote played together in the Big Nazo band, and soon Johnny became the drummer for the Neo 90s. Having cut their teeth on rough-and-tumble dance blues with the Smoking Jackets, Keith and Pam began playing gigs at a dim and smoky basement bar (now defunct) called The East Bay Regatta Club. Owing to safety in numbers, Johnny Cote was recruited, and Superchief Trio was born. The casual nature of the place and its heckling denizens encouraged recklessness and experimentation with new songs, new arrangements and inspired a higher level of daredevil musical abandon. Emerging from this subterranean honky-tonk, Superchief Trio continues the tradition of good-time music and barrelhouse hijinks.

Biram’s number one love is the blues. Next in line come punk, metal, country, bluegrass, tejano, and zydeco. The one-man band was born and raised in a rural area in the Black Land Prairie region of Texas—a stretch of land characterized by tall grass and rich fertile soil that stretches from north Texas to the San Antonio area. Biram regards Lightnin’ Hopkins and Doc Watson as two of his major musical influences. He was exposed to blues during childhood and has played guitar and other instruments since. He played in a punk band through high school and college called the Thangs, and later played in two bluegrass bands: Scott Biram & the Salt Peter Boys and Bluegrass Drive-By. He got a taste of life on the road by touring with Bluegrass Drive-By, but has been a one-man band since the late ‘90s.

In 2003, Biram was nearly killed when his truck was involved in a head-on collision with a semi on a Texas highway. Miraculously, Biram was pulled from the wreckage alive, though to see a photo of the collision remnants, it’s hard to believe he survived. The truck was literally pummeled and pulverized by the full-speed semi. Less than two months later, Biram played a legendary show at Austin’s famed Continental Club. He was wheeled on in a wheelchair and still had his IVs dangling from his arms. He played a set that has helped define his rebellious and relentless attitude since.

Biram released multiple albums independently, which he sells at his live shows. He has two major releases: 2005’s The Dirty Old One Man Band and Graveyard Shift, released a year later.