Vocalist, published songwriter with BMI, and instrumentalist on guitar, drums, bass, and harmonica; Barry De Fleron has been influenced by musical styles from Little Richard to Glenn Miller and the Blues including B.B. King, Stevie Ray Vaughn, Delbert McLinton and the Allman Brothers. Born in Mobile, Alabama, he grew up moving often with the military life of his father's career to Washington State, Georgia, Alabama, Montana, and Germany. He got his first guitar in 1967 and while in junior high and high school, played and sang a wide range of styles from Gospel and Country to Rock and R&B. Upon graduation, he received a music scholarship to University of Mississippi.

As an accomplished Luthier, Barry worked for Gibson Guitars and has done custom work for John Sebastion, Ron Wood, Vince Gill, and Warren Zevon among others. He has also worked with sound companies and recording studios as an engineer and musician. For three or four years during the 1980's, Barry toured from New York to Miami to Chicago with a band that played original compositions.

In 1996, Barry and several friends founded the Mutt Brother's Band in an effort to work with people of long-standing friendship that like the same music and had the same goals of producing quality, original Blues music.

William Hopkins

William Hopkins grew up in Alabama listening to Mom's R&B (Redding Sledge, Tams and Pickett) and Dad's Country (Owens and Haggard). Though Will attended junior college on a music scholarship, he also earned a degree in electronics. At 17, his first musical instrument was a Fender Precision Bass, adding the guitar at 21. He admits that he has listened to and always been influenced by any kind of music that he has heard. However, the favored artists have been Larry Carlton, Stevie Ray Vaughn, Jimi Hendrix, and Coco Montoya; his playing techniques shaped by those individuals that he played with and watched in local clubs.

Will has worked in Nashville in 1984 recording at Music Mill Studios with a country band and in Austin with Suite Jayne in 1985. He decided to return to Alabama in '92 to be closer to his family and to work with friends on a project to form a musical group that evolved into the Mutt Brothers.

Greg Davis

Greg Davis was born and raised in Southeast Alabama. He began playing guitar at the age of 13. His earliest influence was his grandfather who was the first person he ever saw play the guitar. An interest in a wide range of music, such as that of Stevie Ray Vaughn, KISS, Pink Floyd, B.B. King, and Jimi Hendrix have contributed to Greg's unique and heartfelt playing style. After performing in a variety of bands that ranged from Country/Bluegrass to Heavy Metal Rock and Roll (with the exception of Rap), Greg feels that he has finally found his home in the Blues. Greg cites one of the greatest moments of his life to be when he met B.B. King.

Charles Edward Rivers

Charles Rivers' precisioned staccato of drums began in 1968 in Cleveland, Ohio at 12 years of age. Music instantly became the focal point of his life. Through his school years he played in marching, jazz, and local bands, majoring in music and business management in college. In 1975, Charles moved to Ozark, Alabama to work with a Rhythm and Blues and Traditional Blues band and then was with the 747 Band for nine years during the Funk and Dance period of the '70's and '80's. This was his first association with a professional group that toured with well-known acts such as Midnight Star, Maze, Roger Trottman, and The Zapp Band, and Albert King. Charles became the drummer for the Mutt Brothers in 1998 after five years with Nancy and the Night People, a local Dothan, Alabama band. With his decision to move to a new musical family, he was noted as stating, "my musical roots of Traditional Blues will never end-I live to play music". Charles and Alecia, his wife, have 24 years of marriage, five children, and one grandson.

Robert Sparks

Robert Sparks on bass guitar adds a thunderous sound to the Mutt Brothers. In addition to playing bass, Robert's talents include writing music and lyrics, as well as providing lead vocals for that somewhat autobiographical tune "Padlock Blues". He has been playing bass for the past 21 years. His early musical career consisted of performances with the Jazz Band and Wind Ensemble of Wallace Community College and the University of Montevallo. After college, he played in a multitude of regional bands. Following a lengthy musical metamorphosis composed of everything from Country music at the local V.F.W. to Heavy Metal Rock and Roll; Robert longed for an outlet to express his own musical style and became a founding member of the Mutt Brothers. "Sparky" attributes his bombastic bass playing style to a variety of influences including Geezer Butler, Getty Lee, Eddie Gomez, Stanley Clark, and Jaco Pastorius. Robert currently resides in south Alabama with his wife, Sonya and his five-year-old son.