Teresa James & The Rhythm Tramps

Terry Wilson - Bass and Vocals

Billy Watts - Guitar and Vocals

Jerry Peterson - Sax

Debra Dobkin - Percussion

Drums - Tony Braunegal, Peter Brunetta, Jim E. Christie

Born in Houston, Texas, Teresa has spent the past few years living in Los Angeles, where she and her band, The Rhythm Tramps, have been creating the sound that you hear on her CDs. She has performed live with such legendary artists as Levon Helm, Pat Benatar, Bonnie Raitt, Lee Roy Parnell, Delbert McClinton, Kirk Whalum, Paul DeLay, Jeffrey Osborne, Asleep At The Wheel among others.

Teresa has been described as singing like a cross between Janis Joplin and Bonnie Raitt and playing piano "like Dr. Johns little sister". The 6 piece Rhythm Tramps blaze through the songs, written mostly by her husband, Terry Wilson, (a founding member along with Paul Kossoff of Englands Back Street Crawler) who has had songs recorded by Paul Rodgers (Free and Bad Company), Eric Burdon and The Animals, Maria Muldaur and most recently Kathy Mattea.

Her voice is featured on albums by Kirk Whalum, Stephen Bruton, Glen Clark, Randy Newman and blues artists Corey Stevens and Walter Trout. She even did a duet with Mickey Mouse on the Disney album, "Mickeys Comedy for Kids". Andie McDowell hired Teresa to coach her for her singing debut in the movie, "Michael", singing the song that she and her husband, Terry Wilson, wrote. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.