In his early twenties, although mainly playing blues music, he also worked as backing for punk rock poet Richard Hell.

[2] He won the New Artist of the Year award and as a result was chosen as the opening act at the Long Beach Blues Festival in 1992.

It turned out to be a slight departure from Horowitz's usual musical direction, incorporating elements of contemporary pop and hip-hop.

[citation needed] The Good, the Bad and the Chubby, released in 2002, was an example of the development of Horowitz's songwriting skills and included the 9/11 commentary "Somebody Let the Devil Out".

[4] In 2015, he released Big Bad and Beautiful, a two disc live CD recorded in France with Dave Keyes on keyboards and Francesco and Andrea Beccaro playing bass and drums respectively.

His current band line up includes Stefano Giudici (drums), Max Barrett (bass), Dave Keyes (keyboards), as well as a recurring cast of musicians.