Victor Jara, Violeta Parra, Joao Gilberto, Caetano Veloso, Gilberto Gil, John Coltrane, Lee Scratch Perry, Augustus Pablo, Fela Kuti, Mississippi John Hurt, Howlin Wolf, Memphis Minnie, Carter Family, Afrika Bambaata, Woody Guthrie, Joe Strummer, Miles Davis, etc...
B&W started in quite some time ago in the tiny southeastern metropolis known as Washington, D.C., the administrative capital of the U.S. Empire. Inspired by friendship the four members of B&W began practicing and writing songs together in late 2007.
Members of B&W are former and current members of 1905, Midvale, Red Line Index, Aghast, The Black Light Collective and Redencion 9-11 (from Chile).