-Baritone Saxman Peter Barberio has been in the Missoula music scene since 1978 when he arrived here to fix violins at Bitterroot Music. He is the owner of Stringed Instrument Division at 500 N. Higgins Avenue where he repairs and restores Guitars and such. A mainstay Blues and R&B afficionado and historian, he has played with many bands including "Nite Snacker and the Moonlighters" as well as "Pat Mckay Blues Band", "The Riff Rats" and more recently (as an original member and for the last six years) with "Sweet Low Down and the Zoo City Players".

-Vocalist Charles Haywood (Chuck) Lester transplanted himself from New York City 5 years ago. He has been in the music business since 1958. In 2003 he was featured on a PBS special, performing in Kalispell with the U.M. dance troupe. Recently playing with "Hog Wild", as well as being the feature singer with other local R&B and Blues bands, Chuck has remained an active member of the music community.

-Keys player Greg Walter has been in and around the Missoula music scene for the last 15 years as the piano player for hire with numerous Top Hat bands as well as touring with Cash McCall and Bo Diddly. Stuck in the Bay Aerea for 7 years doing sound for clubs and working as a musician, he has moved here and set up shop over the last year with Stringed Instrument Division as Montana Digital and Audio. An excellent sound man and player with a lot of history.

-Alto Sax player Noby Powell is the newest member of the group. He spent 2 years in Boston attending Berklee College of Music, but was born and raised in Missoula. Noby also played with the R&B band "Bluejack" in Bozeman, MT from 2005-2006.

-Trumpet player Mike Milch was born and raised in Montana and has been playing professionally (that is getting paid for playing trumpet) for more than 30 years. He was the Co-Lead Trumpet in the Army Band from 1975-78 as well as the Missoula Childrens Theater orchestra pit trumpet from 1978 and is still doing shows. Also the University of MT Jazz workshop trumpets 1978-1984. He was the original member in the seminal R&B bands “Riff Rats”and “Sweet Low Down and the Zoo City Players”. A side man for numerous Missoula bands for 25 plus years, he is currently acting as Announcer and Trumpet player for the “Ed Norton Big Band”, a Missoula and Western Montana Jazz/Swing band, a position he has had for more than 15 years.