He is a guitarist and singer-songwriter from New
Orleans who began getting his name recognised when he was performing with
The Neville Brothers for a decade from around 1982 to 1992.He moved on to the group The
Funky Meters and worked as a sought after session and touring musician with
artists that include Jimmy Buffett, Dr. John, Bob Dylan, Peter Gabriel, The
Grateful Dead, The Police, Lou Reed, Zachary Richard, Linda Ronstadt, Paul
Simon and U2.He ventured out
on his solo career, releasing several albums, and also began to concentrate
on adding the other attributed of writing melody and lyrics to his skills. This would pay off when he gained a
2004 Grammy Award nomination for his work on Preachin' the Blues: The
Music of Mississippi Fred McDowell.Other award winning material is his music score for Mashed
Potatoes, which won the 2007 Ozone Film Festival Award for Best Short Documentary
and being honoured with a Lifetime Achievement Award from the New Music Corporation.His album tally includes his own East
of Rampart Street, Gods, Guns & Money, Starving Buddha and Up All
Night and also Boats, Beaches, Bars & Ballads by Jimmy
Buffett, Oh Mercy by Bob Dylan and We Ran by Linda Ronstadt
as well as compilations such as Blues on Blonde on Blonde and Salute
to the Delta Blues Masters. He is now
with the group PBS, Porter, Batiste, Stoltz, with George Porter Jr. and
Russell Batiste Jr.
