The son of Cuban refugees who met in Texas, Ward’s sixteen years of experience in the Austin music scene, including his previous band Sigmund Fraud, are obvious in the band’s high energy, dance-floor filling shows. The members include Ward on guitar and lead vocals, Cari Hutson on vocals, Mike McGurk on drums, Scott Beardsley on bass guitar, and Rodney Corvin on congas and percussion.The horn line, known for enthusiastically leaving the stage and taking the music into the audience, includes Tiger Anaya on trumpet, Houston Rawls on tenor saxophone, Ben Taylor on trombone, and Mark Wilson on baritone saxophone.