[2] The Cash Box Kings were created by singer, songwriter, and harmonica player Joe Nosek, who now heads the band,[3] along with singer/songwriter Oscar Wilson.
[16] Joe Nosek moved to Chicago in his early teens, and, inspired by the music of Muddy Waters and Howlin' Wolf (Chester Arthur Burnett), fell in love with the blues.
He learned to play the harmonica and guitar, and by his early twenties, Nosek had performed with Clyde Stubblefield, Luther Allison, and Casey Jones.
[3] Oscar "43 Street" Wilson, the second front-man of the band, was born in Chicago into a musical family: his father was a jazz, blues, and gospel musician and composer.
From there he went on to perform all over the world and record tracks with Pinetop Perkins, Homesick James, Billy Boy Arnold, Henry Townsend, Junior Wells and Jimmy Rogers.
[19] Playing guitar and singing vocals for the Cash Box Kings, Paterson has toured and recorded with Wanda Jackson and David "Honeyboy" Edwards, among others.