Bruce Benson was born in St. Louis Mo. and grew up in the Dallas, TX suburbs during the dawn of the great garage band age. He started playing guitar at age 15 and quickly began to absorb the many new musical influences arising during the 1960s.

By age 17 he had landed a contract with MGM to be part of a band backing a new singing prospect and got the opportunity to work with emminent producer Tom Wilson (The Velvet Underground, Frank Zappa's Mother of Inverntion).

The days recording in NYC were shortlived when a lack of backing saw the record go nowhere on the charts. Back in Dallas, Bruce began working local landmarks like Lou Ann's and played alternating sets with The Mystics (Don Henley's old group) and The Chessman(Jimmy Vaughn and Doyle Bramhall). Later he formed a band with keyboardist Mike Kindred (Joe Ely) and vocalist Bruce Boland(from Stevie Ray Vaughn's band Crackerjack) and sat in with such greats as Charlie Pride, Mark Beno and The Spencer Davis Group.

Bruce then joined Cisco, a popular local Band during the 70's and later played with James Lynn Marsh's Executive Group. During that time he played shows with Ann Peebles, and The Dramatics. It was then that he knew soul, blues, jazz and R&B would be his playing focus for years to come.

Recently, Bruce was instrumental in bringing Debie Babcock's talents into the limelight, playing with her first band, Guilty Concience, and later with the Dallas Heat. After a stint with another local band, Eight Ball and The Breakers, Bruce met Tommy Hill and has been playing publicly and helping arrange Tommy's original music for the last several years.

After over 35 years of performing, Bruce considers himself to be a journeyman R&B guitarist and won't quit picking until he's six feet under. He feels that music and the feelings it engenders in people are a positive force in nature, and his mission is to share the joy of music with as many people as possible.

A Dallas native, Jimmy Orrell spent his "formative years" in Mexico where he began his musical carrer on classical guitar. Classical guitar gave way to an electric guitar. After a few years as a singer/guitarist in various bands, Jimmy moved to bass guitar by default ("Who's gonna play bass?" "Gimme that thing!!").

Jimmy finished High School in Mexico and studied composition and classical guitar at UNT in Denton for a few years before returning to Dallas to start several rock bands. While in between bands he happened upon a Blues jam in Lakewood and took an interest in the Blues. Soon thereafter, Jimmy met Bruce Benson and joined Debie Babcock and The Dallas Heat.

Sometime in 2000 Tommy needed a substitute bassist for a gig. Bruce suggested they call Jimmy to sit in for the evening. One thing lead to another and Jimmy found a home playing the Blues with Tommy Hill & The Hilltones.

Originally from Tulsa, Oklahoma, Everette Burns was Tommy's first choice for the bass tracks on both CDs.

Everett has performed with Bo Diddley ,members of The GAP Band, Tuck of Tuck & Patti, Johnnie Taylor, Jesse Johnson, Willie Hutch, Buddy Miles, and Najee.