Joanne Shaw Taylor

British blues greats like Clapton, Page, Beck and Burdon are known to Americans as pioneers of British rock. Only the most dedicated Led Zeppelin and Animals fans think of the bands as blues bands, but that is certainly where the founding members are rooted.

Cage the Elephant

From climbing over beds, boxed inside their family's two-bedroom apartment while growing up in Bowling Green, Ky., to climbing the charts on both sides of the Atlantic, nothing can contain Cage The Elephant's Shultz brothers. The core of the punk-blues alt-rock act, vocalist Matt Shultz and guitarist Brad Shultz had a sheltered upbringing, to say the least.

Rooney

The origins of the Yard Dogs Road Show are almost as curious and fantastic as the wild images painted in descriptions of their bohemian (hobohemian?) lifestyle. One could point to co-founder Eddy Joe Cotton's years spent hopping freight trains.

Comedian Hannibal Buress

Comedian Hannibal Buress just finished his first season on NBC's Saturday Night Live. He got through it without a minute of stage time, and if he has his way, the next season or two will look the same.