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Bill Wharton, a.k.a "The Sauce Boss", is a favorite attraction at blues festivals, state fairs, and clubs all over the country for two reasons: He’s an entertaining player and singer, and he cooks up a mind-blowing gumbo right on stage, passing out the tasty results at set’s end. Since 1990 the Sauce Boss has fed over 135,000 people for FREE while playing his own swampy Florida blues. A Sauce Boss event transcends performance. It’s a soul-shouting picnic of rock & roll brotherhood… involving everyone. And at the end of the show, everyone eats!

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As the story goes, one morning in the early 70’s, the Sauce Boss walked out of his house and found a 1933 vintabe National Steel Guitar in his front yard. That lead him down the Blues path. Deep in the shed, he penned “Let the Big Dog Eat”, which was featured in Jonathan Demme’s film “Something Wild”. Years later he combined his blues with his hot sauce in a big pot of gumbo, made right on stage. Singing the recipe, he mixed his music and cooking together into a new medium.

JIMMY BUFFETT sings about the Sauce Boss in his "I Will Play for Gumbo" song. Parrotheads are now phlocking from all over the country and are also bringing the Sauce Boss to "play’ and a’ sway’ with the gumbo" at their events. Festivals and performing arts centers throughout the US, Canada, and Europe are featuring the Sauce Boss and his gumbo. His songs "Let the Big Dog Eat" and "Great Big Fanny" appeared on the Jimmy Buffett compilation album "Margaritaville Café Late Night Menu".

The Sauce Boss now has taken his music and his gumbo to the streets with the founding of the non-profit 501c3 organization, PLANET GUMBO (planetgumbo.org), where the Sauce Boss and his band donate their performance (along with free gumbo) to Homeless Shelters all over the US. 

SAUCEBOSS.COM offers fans the now-famous recipe for the famous gumbo, sound samples of Sauce Boss Bill Wharton’s original songs, and they can subscribe to the popular free monthly newsletter-"The Sauce Boss Gazette". Now the Sauce Boss has his very own downhome "SAUCEBOSS PODCAST",

in his "I Will Play for Gumbo" song. Parrotheads are now phlocking from all over the country and are also bringing the Sauce Boss to "play’ and a’ sway’ with the gumbo" at their events. Festivals and performing arts centers throughout the US, Canada, and Europe are featuring the Sauce Boss and his gumbo. His songs "Let the Big Dog Eat" and "Great Big Fanny" appeared on the Jimmy Buffett compilation album "Margaritaville Café Late Night Menu". with the founding of the non-profit 501c3 organization, , where the Sauce Boss and his band donate their performance (along with free gumbo) to Homeless Shelters all over the US. SAUCEBOSS.COM offers fans the now-famous for the famous gumbo, of Sauce Boss Bill Wharton’s original songs, and they can subscribe to the popular free monthly newsletter-"". Now the Sauce Boss has his very own downhome "SAUCEBOSS PODCAST".