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Johnny Moeller & Paul Size - Return of The Funky Worm

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Although Moeller's the latest in a long line of six-string wizards to hail from Austin, he upholds the Texas music tradition not by imitating the licks of legendary Lone Star State players who've influenced him - like Albert Collins, Lightnin Hopkins, the Vaughan Brothers - but by being a maverick. "The truth of the matter is I've never really tried to emulate anybody else," explains Moeller. Now with The Fabulous Thunderbirds, Johnny has proved his worth as a top-flight blues guitarist. Paul Size hails from The Red Devils and the lead singer on this album, Rhett Frazier, definitely has a career in front of him. This amalgamation of soul, jazz, funk and rock 'n' roll represents a great construct.

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Johnny Moeller

Johnny Moeller (born Jon Kelly Moeller, October 31, 1970) is an American guitarist, currently with The Fabulous Thunderbirds.

Born in Fort Worth, Texas, Johnny started playing guitar in his early teens. Over the years Moeller's main influences have been from Freddie King, Lightnin' Hopkins, Earl King and Grant Green to a wide variety of soul, funk and rock artists.

He began playing in Dallas and Fort Worth blues clubs while still in high school. During the summers Moeller and his year and a younger brother Jay Moeller, who plays drums traveled from their home in Denton down to Austin. The summer they were 16 and 15 they meet Clifford Antone of the Austin blues club Antone's. The first night Moeller played on Antone's stage was with Little Charlie & The Nightcats.

After Moeller finished high school in Denton he moved to Austin Texas working in many of the city's well known venues and often soaked in the music of the constant stream of blues, and rock artists performing at Antone's . Amongst those that played Antone's were Earl King, Albert Collins, and James Cotton.

Years later the Austin Chronicle quoted Clifford Antone (who also helped launch Stevie Ray Vaughan) as saying: "Johnny, nobody can burn like that kid. He's got the heart like Stevie had, about the only one I've seen with that kind of heart. Johnny's so quiet and bashful, just a sweet kid and sometimes those kids get overlooked."

By the time Moeller had joined The Fabulous Thunderbirds in mid-2007 he had toured North America, Europe, Australia, and Japan extensively. Johnny remains based in Austin, Texas with his wife Shontae Moeller and three children Estella, Calvin, and Lucille Moeller playing local, and regional venues when he is not touring with The Fabulous Thunderbirds.

Johnny Moeller is rumored to be the inspiration for one of the characters in Mike Judge's Beavis and Butt-Head cartoon. The other character is modeled after Paul Size.

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Paul Size

For the last 23 years I have been playing guitar. I can also play bass, piano, and drums. Originally from Dallas, Texas, I started off playing various clubs and local blues jams. I moved to the West Coast when I was nineteen and had a three year stint with the Red Devils. I moved back to Texas in 1994 and eventually landed on the East Coast. For 10 years I have been teaching guitar to children and adults. I have taught mainly blues, funk, country, and rock. I have performed with a wide variety of musicians including Mick Jagger, Los Lobos, The Allman Brothers, The Black Crowes, Doyle Bramhall and Doyle Bramhall II, Kim Wilson and Ronnie Earl. I recently did a tour opening for ZZ TOP.

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