Anson Funderburgh

by Richard Skelly
In recent years, Dallas-based guitarist Anson Funderburgh has taken his band The Rockets out of the clubs and onto the festival stages with his critically acclaimed recordings for the BlackTop label out of New Orleans. With Jackson, MS-native Sam Myers delivering the vocals and harmonica treatments, this band mixes up a powerful gumbo of Texas jump blues and Delta blues that can't be found anywhere else. Funderburgh And His Rockets are a particularly hard working band, performing across the U.S. and Europe nearly 300 nights a year.