Greg Maxwell

• Robert Jon Burrison – Lead vocals, guitar
• Warren Murrel – Bass guitar
• Henry James (Schneekluth) – Lead guitar, vocals
• Andrew Espantman – Drums, backing vocals
• Jake Abernathie – Keyboards

I had the great pleasure of seeing this great band on the heavy touring schedule as they came to the Stickyz Rock and Roll Chicken Shack in Little Rock, Arkansas. This was a great and intimate type venue and I was able to entertain the entertainers with some slight-of-hand magic, which they genuinely enjoyed and Henry gave me one of his special contoured guitar picks that he uses…. The band has a electric energy that so many today are missing. These guys are a treasure.

In May 2019, the band issued their next studio album, Take Me Higher, which had been conceived and written with the new members, Henry James and Warren Murrel. Their subsequent touring schedule took in the Ramblin’ Man Fair in the UK alongside headliners Foreigner, and the Keeping The Blues Alive at Sea Mediterranean Blues Cruise in the company of Joe Bonamassa, Peter Frampton, Eric Gales, and Robert Randolph and the Family Band.^[1] Their next album, Last Light on the Highway, was released on May 8, 2020. The album featured backing singers Mahalia Barnes, Jade MacRae and Juanita Tippins.^[3] “Tired Of Drinking Alone” was one of 11 self-penned tracks making up the collection.^[2] The release warranted a favorable mention in Rolling Stone, and the single release from the album, “Oh Miss Carolina”, had a three month tenure on Planet Rock Radio in the UK. By this stage the band membership had settled as Robert Jon Burrison (lead vocals/guitar), Andrew Espantman (drums/background vocals), Steve Maggiora (keyboards/background vocals), Henry James (lead guitar), and Warren Murrel (bass guitar).^[1] Their next studio album was Shine a Light on Me Brother, which was released on September 3, 2021.^[4] It received critical acclaim.^[5] One reviewer commented “Shine A Light On Me Brother is Robert Jon and the Wreck’s best album to date which is saying a lot. It’s a great album from start to finish”.^[6] Touring commitments throughout 2021 took in parts of Europe, including at Bospop in Weert, Netherlands, the UK in May, plus Australian and Japanese dates.^[1][3]Wreckage Vol. 2 (2022), was a compilation album covering in-studio and live performances recorded between 2020 and 2022. On November 4, 2022, the band announced via Instagram that Maggiora had left the band, due to his duties as a member of the Toto touring band. On April 16, 2023 the band announced that Jake Abernathie, who had played with the Band already during several gigs, is the successor of Maggiora.

Enjoy one of my favorites.