Ivan Neville's Dumpstaphunk

In just 8 quick years, Ivan Neville’s Dumpstaphunk has grown from a chance side-project into what The New York Times calls “the best funk band from New Orleans right now.” An offspring with a direct lineage to their fathers in The Meters and The Neville Brothers, Dumpstaphunk is a recipe for creating a new standard for an entire genre. The band has received many  accolades and awards such as "New Orleans Best Funk Band" by Offbeat Magazine and Gambit Weekly in 2007 and 2009. They also took home the trophy for Best Funk Award at the 2010 Big Easy Awards.

Steady Rollin' Bob Margolin

Bob Margolin is a Blues guitar player and vocalist, a recording artist who tours worldwide both leading his own band and The Bob Margolin All-Star Blues Jam. He won a Blues Music Award for Guitar in 2008, known as the W.C. Handy Award in 2005 when he won that year, and played guitar in Muddy Waters’ Band from 1973-’80.

He can be seen with Muddy Waters and The Band in The Last Waltz, the classic music documentary. His most recent album is The Bob Margolin All-Star Blues Jam for Telarc Records, which features many of today’s surviving Chicago Blues legends. Since the ‘90s, he has also recorded albums for the Powerhouse, Alligator, and Blind Pig labels. He writes a regular column for Blues Revue magazine and contributes to BluesWax.com online magazine.

Legends of Beach

Legends of Beach is a group composed of eight musicians including four former members of the Beach Music group the Embers.

Lead singer, Jackie Gore is the composer and original lead voice on the beach music classic, "I Love Beach Music". Other former Embers are Gerald Davis, and Johnny Barker, who wrote the beach music classic, "Summertime's Calling Me". Additional musicians are Tony Davis -- drums & vocals, Pat Carpenter -- Guitar and vocals,  and Eddie Blair -- sax and vocals, along with Steve Davis, former sound technician with the Embers for 25 years. Recently joining the group is Jackie's daughter, Terri Gore Lemonds on lead vocals, well known throughout the Carolinas for her many beach music hits.

The group plays the beach music classics they were known for in the '80's and '90's, as well as some brand new original beach music songs.