For twenty years, Jay Summerour, a harmonica player and percussionist, has been musical partners with Warner Williams. Summerour, who grew up in Rockville, Maryland and Oakland, California, was inspired by his grandfather, an accomplished blues harmonica player. His idols, Sonny Terry and James Cotton, were sufficiently impressed by Jay that they helped Summerour learn his craft. Summerour's musical career took some twists and turns and he eventually found a career in manstream music, traveling with the Starland Vocal Band and the Cambridge Harmonica Orchestra, before making his way back to traditional blues.