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
Matt Myers (Squidley) Drums
Steel guitar- Ben Massey (Lucas Hudgins and the First Cousins)
Big band Additions: Mark Rubin Tenor Guitar and second Fiddle, Mike Alfred Trumpet
Honorary Prospectors
Bobby Trimble, Mark Smoot, Ricki Rees, Tjarko, Doug Strahan, Matt Puryear, George Carver, Eddie Biebel, and Steve England.
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 individual musical experiences had led to gigs throughout central Texas and tours of the United States and Europe. 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.
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