Mike Davis: band leader/ trombone, harmonica, accordian, vocals The music seed was planted at age 11 when Grandpa Davis gave him a harmonica and Grandpa Schlueter gave him a trombone. The blues bug caught hold of him after seeing Freddie King at a KEXL radio Independence Day Festival. He spent 16 year on the board of directors of The San Antonio Blues Society and most notably spearheaded the placement of the historical marker at the Sheraton Gunter Hotel commemorating the 1936 recording sessions of Robert Johnson. He helped create the Blues in the Schools program. He also facilitated the SABS involvement as the only sanctioned blues festival at Fiesta which became the Fiesta Blues Heritage Series. He subsequently served for 4 years as Fiesta Commissioner. Mike has played with The Sonny Boy Lee Blues Band, Miss Neesie and the Earfood Orchestra and The Crimson Jazz Band.
George Briscoe/saxophone George has been performing professionally on saxophones, clarinets and flute since 1979. He studied at the Berklee College of Music in Boston and is a graduate of UTSA. He has performed in Israel, throughout the Southern USA, on board the Mississippi Queen and at the New Orleans Jazz Fest, as well as being a guest performer with the Dirty Dozen Brass Band several times. He is the founder and leader of The Crimson Jazz Orchestra in San Antonio and has been a member of numerous groups throughout Texas and Louisiana.
