Blues Traveler

Blues Traveler is an American rock band that formed in Princeton, New Jersey in 1987. They are known for their extensive use of segues in live performances, and could be considered a key part of the re-emerging jam band scene of the 1990s, spearheading the largely unsuccessful H.O.R.D.E. touring music festival.Read More

Currently, the group comprises singer and harmonica player John Popper, guitarist Chan Kinchla, drummer Brendan Hill, bassist Tad Kinchla, and keyboardist Ben Wilson. Tad Kinchla and Ben Wilson joined the band following the death of original bassist Bobby Sheehan in 1999.

While Blues Traveler is best known among fans for improv during live shows, the general public is most familiar with the group from their Top 40 singles "Run-Around", "Hook", and "But Anyway". The group gained modest recognition after releasing its fourth studio album, four, which was released in 1994 and gained minor traction almost a year later. Sheehan's death and Popper's struggle with obesity put a damper on the group's success, and A&M dropped the band in 2002. In the years following, the band has attempted to work with a number of independent labels and record producers, and has become increasingly experimental with its recordings.

Blues Traveler's latest album, Traveler's Blues, was released in July 2021, and was nominated by The Recording Academy for Best Traditional Blues album in the 2022 Grammy Awards, but did not win.