John Simoneaux (April 24, 1967 – January 17, 2000), Simoneaux became well known in Ruston, Louisiana, playing in the bands Blue Monday and Howard Shaft Horns, and hosting the "Tuesday Night Blues Jam" at the in Ruston with his friends backing him as the house band. Simoneaux played throughout Louisiana, toured nationally with Doug Duffey in 1998, and in 1999, performed in Switzerland and other European countries before dying in a car accident while traveling to Austin, Texas for a gig with The Roadhouse Disciples.