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The Sauce Boss -- Bill Wharton and the Ingredients
One morning in the early 70s, the Sauce Boss walked out of his house and found a 1933 vintage National steel guitar in his front yard. That lead him down the Blues path. Deep in the shed, he penned “Let the Big Dog Eat”, which was featured in Jonathan Demme’s film “Something Wild”. Years later he combined his blues with his hot sauce in a big pot of gumbo, made right on stage. Singing the recipe, he mixed his music and cooking together into a new medium. |
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The Steve Warren Band -- Born in Gulfport, Mississippi in 1976, Steve started playing guitar around the age of nine, making up his own tunings, and simply playing by ear. He practiced eight hours a day with no formal training, and soon after, began playing professionally. |
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Jerry Ball is a well known professional musician on the Mississippi Gulf Coast. With a masters degree in music education, a three year tour of duty in the Navy Show Band, twenty five years of teaching, and over 40 years as a professional musician, Jerry has established himself as a band leader as well as a sensational sax player. |
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Larry Panella Jazz Quartet serves on the faculty of The University of Southern Mississippi as an associate professor of music and director of the jazz studies program and is the founder and leader of the Southern Miss Jazz Quartet. He has performed with numerous artists and entertainers, including the Phil Collins Big Band, the Woody Herman Orchestra, Natalie Cole, Steve Allen, Nelson Riddle and Frank Sinatra, Jr. |
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