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Kat Jones

Brave Combo
Applying the polka and world-music dance treatment to a most unlikely song lineup ("People Are Strange," "Sixteen Tons," "In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida," "O Holy Night"), Brave Combo formed in the late '70s in the small Texas hometown of vocalist and guitarist Carl Finch, recorded three albums for the self-owned Four Dots label, and later moved to Rounder....

The Bel Airs
Formed in 1981 in Columbia, MO, by brothers Dick Pruitt and Dave Pruitt, the Bel Airs specialize in modern blues with a dose of soul. Highlighted by Dick Pruitt's raspy, expressive vocals and brother Dave's slicing guitar lines and driven by former Paladins and James Harman Band drummer Michael Cherry, the group has developed an explosive stage show that one critic likened to watching the Everly Brothers play the blues....

Junior Brown
b. 14 March 1957, Hammersmith, London, England. In his youth Brown studied for an apprenticeship in mechanics but was preoccupied with his love of music. He linked up with a variety of reggae performers in London, including Ijahman Levi, who allowed him to sit in on recording sessions at the Island Records Basing Street Studios....