Jeremiah W Wade (WT Special) Guitar, Vocals--
Heather Rae Johnson (Moonshine Boys) Fiddle, Vocals--
Tom Umberger (Racketeers) Lead Guitar--
Shannon Marino (Moonshine Boys) Large-mouth bass--
Bobby Trimble (Big Sandy)- Drums--
Ben Massey (Lucas Hudgins and the First Cousins) Steel--
Mark Rubin (The Bad Livers, Ridgetop Syncopators) Tenor Guitar ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Honorary Prospectors:
Matt Meyers, Mark Smoot, Ricki Rees, Tjarko Jeen, Doug Strahan, Matt Puryear, George Carver, Eddie Biebel, Mike Alfred, and Steve England(RIP Dear Friend).
Influences
Primarily: Bob Wills and the Texas playboys, Milton Brown and his Musical Brownies, Hank Thompson, Hank Williams, Maddox Brothers and Rose, and Merle Travis. Also: Cliff Bruner, Adolph Hofner, Moon Mullican,Commander Cody and the Lost Planet Airmen, Floyd Tillman, Asleep at the Wheel, Louis Prima, Spade Cooley,Cowboy Copas, and Jimmie Wakely.
JWW & the Prospectors were formed in mid-2007 by six seasoned Austin musicians whose prior professional experience had led to gigs throughout central Texas and tours of the United States and Europe. Members of the band have played with or currently play with Big Sandy and His Fly-Rite Boys, the Bad Livers, the Racketeers, Kim Lenz, Cave Catt Sammy, the Black Irish, WT Special, Lucas Hudgins, and Jason Arnold and the Stepsiders.
The band was brought together by a shared passion for the great honky-tonk and western swing music of the mid-20th century South and Southwest, including artists such as the Maddox Brothers and Rose, Milton Brown, Floyd Tillman, Hank Thompson, Hank Williams and, of course, Bob Wills. While some of their peers dabble in music from this period, the Prospectors uniquely capture the raucous energy of the great bands of the past that had to keep field hands and roughnecks happy and dancing till the cows came home. While they have received accolades from their fellow musicians for their instrumental virtuosity and the caliber of their songwriting, it is their sheer joy of entertaining an audience that makes JWW & the Prospectors a band not to be missed.
Over the last two years, JWW and the Prospectors have gigged throughout the Central Texas area. The band also held a one-year residency at Austin’s Scoot Inn, playing host to touring bands, as well as friends like Brennen Leigh, Dave Insley and Shotgun Party.
In 2008, JWW & the Prospectors recorded a well-received EP of western swing and hillbilly cover tunes. The band is currently recording a full-length album that will primarily feature original material composed by the band. A release is planned for late 2009.
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The 2nd Annual Bang Bang Go Local Chili Cook -Off - Sunday May 3rd The Scoot Inn 12-7 pm $10 free chili while it lasts- local music (Lonesome Heroes, JWW and the Prospectors, Deadman, Shotgun Party, Roger Wallace, Leo Rondeau, Graham Wilkinson and the Underground Township- the Sunset Valley Boys!) Vendors, face painting and much more! Kinky Friedman and Gordon Fowler to judge!
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