Hometown: Austin, Texas
Band Members: Black Joe Lewis (vocals, guitar), Zach Ernst (guitar), David McKnight (tenor sax), Eduardo Ramirez (baritone sax), Darren Sluyter (trumpet), Bill Stevenson (bass), Matt Strmiska (drums), Ian Varley (keyboard)
Album: Tell 'Em What Your Name Is
For Fans Of: James Brown, Skip James, Howlin' Wolf

When you watch Black Joe Lewis enthrall a crowd of hipsters with soul riffs hotter than Bo Diddley’s kitchen stove, keep one thing in mind: the 27-year-old performer is still figuring out just what he’s capable of. On Tell ‘Em What Your Name Is, Lewis' first full-length album, (out March 17 via Lost Highway) the soul screamer and his Honeybears band combine an instantly familiar sound with a raw, modern potential and an uppercut-quick delivery (the album's ten tracks clock in at less than 35 minutes). But, Lewis says, “A lot of the times I find that when we go in to record, a couple months later, I’ll be like, 'Damn, I wish we could go back and record again, because I’m a better musician now.'"

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