Bill Kreutzmann and Brandon Niederauer are just a few of the guests who will join Billy Iuso during his set at Jazz Fest’s Lagniappe Stage at 5:30 pm on Thursday. The show, billed as Billy and the Restless Natives, will feature BIRN members Eddie Christmas on drums, Mike Burkart on keys and Thomas McDonald on bass. Also joining the band on stage will be the Risky Business Horns featuring Jimmy Carpenter (tenor and baritone sax), Gabriel Richards (alto sax) and Ian Smith (trumpet). Ginger Matthews will handle backing vocals.

Additionally, the set will feature the aforementioned Kreutzmann (drums) and Niederauer (guitar), along with Fred Wesley (trombone), Jon Gross (sousaphone) and many more.

Iuso will also participate in a series of Dead Feat shows with Kreutzmann and members of Little Feat this coming weekend as well. The guitarist spoke with Jambands.com about those shows, as well as other projects he is currently involved with.