Blues Traveler is an American blues rock jam band that was founded by drummer Brendan Hill and lead vocalist and harmonica player John Popper in Princeton, New Jersey, 1987. The band originally played at various venues and colleges throughout New York and New Jersey, before releasing their debut album in May 1990. Their fourth studio album, appropriately named “four,” made national charts with the hits songs “Run-Around” and “Hook,” peaking at #8 and #14 on Billboard adult alternative charts, respectively. After the bassist, Bobby Sheehan, overdosed in his New Orleans home in 1999, Popper and the rest of the remaining two members of the band–Hill and lead guitarist Chandler Kinchla–recruited two new members. One, Tad Kinchla, was the younger brother of the guitarist, and the other, Benjamin Wilson, became the keyboardist. In 2001, they released their eighth studio album, “Bridge,” which featured all five members of the rejuvenated band. Jumping to present day, Blues Traveler continues to perform live and has been working on their newest album, “Traveler’s Soul,” which infuses soulful R&B elements with Blues Traveler’s blues rock style and is a sequel to their 2021 album, “Traveler’s Blues.”