Billy Iuso
New Orleans-based guitarist / singer / songwriter Billy Iuso (pronounced Eye-You-Sew) is a New York native who formed the funky, psychedelic guitar-fronted, jam funk pioneers Brides of Jesus in the early ‘90s. They quickly developed a strong following in the Wetlands scene alongside Warren Haynes, Blues Traveler and the Spin Doctors. As the Brides’ popularity continued to soar they shared bills with Widespread Panic and the Dave Matthews Band. While touring and collaborating with a host of key members of the jam band community Billy explored the roots of the bands that influenced him most, including Little Feat, whose music turned him on to the Meters, which led him to the New Orleans music scene.
In 1996, Iuso relocated to New Orleans and in 2002, he formed Billy Iuso and Restless Natives. In 2021, he decided to drop the band name entirely and streamline both the sound and the band.
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