"The Texas Sheiks' record is Traditional American Music of extremely high caliber. I think of it as modernist classical music. Folk music, folk blues, country blues, country music, blues music, jug band music, rag time music, string band music, swing music, old time music.. Geoff Muldaur and his virtuosic band of friends, my great and lifelong friend Stephen Bruton among them, have filled this music with history. A beautiful record by any measure."
- T-Bone Burnett

Member Bios:
Geoff Muldaur is one of the great voices and musical forces to emerge from the folk, blues and folk-rock scenes centered in Cambridge, MA and Woodstock, NY. During the 1960's and '70's, Geoff made a series of highly influential recordings as a founding member of the Jim Kweskin Jug Band and the Paul Butterfield's Better Days group, as well as collaborations with then-wife Maria and other notables (Bonnie Raitt, Eric Von Schmidt, Jerry Garcia, etc.).

Johnny Nicholas: "one of the finest American blues singers" (Boston Herald), he's performed with Big Walter Horton and Robert Jr. Lockwood and was a member of Asleep at the Wheel.

Cindy Cashdollar: a slide and steel guitar master who has performed with Levon Helm, Bob Dylan, Van Morrison and Paul Butterfield, and won five GRAMMY Awards.

Suzy Thompson: matriarch of the San Francisco-area old-time music scene, she's wielded the bow for Dave Alvin and Alice Gerrard.

Bruce Hughes: Hughes brings upright bass to bear for the Sheiks; he's played with Jason Mraz, Bob Schneider, and others.

Guest Sheik emeritus Jim Kweskin: along with Muldaur, a founding member of the Jim Kweskin Jug Band, he's a national treasure and an original inspiration for of the Grateful Dead, the Lovin' Spoonful, the Byrds, and others.