In his heart, Dave Orr has always had a deep appreciation of the great blues and Jazz of the past and present, and he has relished years of late nights playing dive bars with his beat up Gibson during his years studying Jazz at Australia’s leading music conservatoriums (JMI and Griffith).
Despite playing just about any style you could name over the years, he has always found a home with bluesy guitar driven rock n soul and released his debut full length album in 2019. As a session guitar player, Dave has toured Europe and North America extensively with Australian Theatre production “The Ten Tenors” and is well acquainted with tour bus life, travelling the world guitar in hand.
David is now based in Austin, Texas “Live music capital of the world” a city thriving with artists and world class musicians to collaborate with.
Vin Mott has been a musician all his life. Growing up in North Jersey, Vin was involved with every musical class offered throughout middle school and high school. After high school, he went on to study at the prestigious Berklee College of Music in Boston, MA where he graduated with a Bachelors Degree of Music focusing on Songwriting (class of 2011). After a stint as a drummer in a popular New England rock/jam band Vin moved back to NJ and formed his own band (as the lead singer/harmonica player), the Vin Mott Blues Band, and began booking gigs at every bar and venue that would have him. While heating up on the local circuit, he also began booking national tours around the country playing extensively in the Southern US, CA and all over the North East. Vin released two full length original albums and a DIY EP, Quit The Women For The Blues (2017), Rogue Hunter (2019), and Country Blues In Quarantine, all of which received national and international radio play, reviews in top blues publications, and landed him high profile festival gigs. Today, Vin is still hustling as a band leader/singer/harmonica player, booking tours, recording his own original blues music, and building a reputation for his authenticity, vintage sound, and entertainment chops in the great musical city of Austin, TX. He also freelances as a drummer, mostly working with blues, rockabilly, and swing groups.