Jim Pugh

Jim Pugh is an acclaimed American blues keyboardist best known as the longtime pianist/organist for the Robert Cray Band from 1989 to 2014, with multiple Grammy, platinum and gold records. Born in Amsterdam, N.Y. and raised in Winnetka, IL on Chicago's North Shore, he also toured and recorded with Etta James, Boz Scaggs, Van Morrison, B.B. In 2014 he founded the 501c3 nonprofit record label Little Village Foundation based in Santa Ynez/Solvang, CA, which has released 70+ albums for under-recognized roots artists, and he currently tours with Taj Mahal and the Phantom Blues Band.