Bill Durst is an award winning Canadian blues rock guitarist and singer. With Joe DeAngelis as co-writer and bassist they have been touring since 2004. Together they have produced five albums. Although this is the current incarnation of their group, their earliest collaborations started 48 years ago. Bill and Joe started playing together in London, Ontario in 1970. The two high school friends formed Thundermug with James Corbet on bass and Ed Pranskus on drums. Joe sang and played guitar and Bill played guitar and keyboards. They entered Toronto Sound Studio with Terry Brown, who later produced Rush, and in 1972 released Thundermug Strikes. Its single Africa made it into the national top 30. Bill Durst later joined ZZ Top cover band Tres Hombres. He was also a member of The Brains, a group which released one album in 1980. Joe became involved in production work. His credits included being an assistant engineer on Meat Loaf’s 1981 album Dead Ringer. Thundermug formally reunited in 1991, with original members Bill and James Corbet, as well as drummer Cory Thompson. The success of their album Who’s Running My World in 1995 resulted in three charting singles. Thundermug broke up in 2001. Bill and Joe began to work together as a duo, playing with a variety of different drummers. They have been winning over audiences with their driving combination of Texas blues, psychedelic soul and British invasion. They have shared the stage with the likes of Aerosmith, Little Feat, Edgar Winter Group, April Wine and John Mayall – to name a few.