Best known for fronting the J. Geils Band, Peter Wolf is one of rock's most interesting and eclectic talents. With a strong stream of music guiding the elements of Wolf's life, his interest in blues and R&B began while still a young boy in his native New York. It was there that Wolf would see his first rock and roll concert, featuring an astounding lineup of early rock stars: Chuck Berry, Little Richard, Buddy Holly, Jerry Lee Lewis, Screamin' Jay Hawkins, and Frankie Lymon and the Teenagers. That concert had a lasting effect on young Wolf.

Due to his then undiagnosed dyslexia, it seemed Wolf wasn't made for music lessons, so he turned his attention to the visual arts instead. Spending nights painting and listening to the radio, Wolf would frequently take time out to attend concerts at the Apollo Theater. It was there that he saw greats Otis Redding, James Brown and Dinah Washington.

In his teens, Wolf dropped out of high school and spent his time hitchhiking across the country, soaking in any music he could find. Eventually settling in Boston to attend the Museum School of Fine Arts, Wolf once again tried his hand at music- almost by accident. While at a loft party in Boston, Wolf witnessed a band of his fellow students drunkenly flub their way through a familiar song. Emboldened with a few glasses of wine himself, Wolf took to the stage to help the band finish the song. It wasn't long afterwards that Wolf joined the band, eventually becoming its lead singer.

Wolf lived down the street from the celebrated Club 47, an electric blues hot spot for the Boston area. It was here that Wolf befriended Blues legends Muddy Waters, John Lee Hooker, Junior Wells and Howlin' Wolf- he often invited these heavy hitters back to his place for all night jam sessions. Cutting his chops with the masters, Wolf was busy honing his musical craft, both on the bandstand and on the radio. Known throughout New England as late night, jive talking radio host "Woofah Goofah," Wolf spun eclectic, rare blues, soul, doo-wop and R&B cuts, and became a formidable resource for area musicians. By 1967, torn between hosting duties and the dissolution of his band, Wolf decided he had found enough like-minded musicians to start his own group. The band that resulted, taking shape around Wolf's idiomatic songwriting and performance style, would become the J. Geils Band.

"The wonderful thing about the J. Geils Band was that they were an American band. They were into R&B and blues and their objective wasn't to steal it, it was to turn people on to it. And to turn them on to the great blues artists. It was honest energy... there were no pretensions," said former manager Fred Lewis.

Striking out on his own in the early eighties, Wolf's solo career began in earnest with the release of the critically acclaimed Lights Out in 1984, followed by Come As You Are in 1987. With his 1996 release, Long Line Wolf proved that he could mature as a songwriter and still perform his signature roughshod, greasy barroom rock and roll. Sleepless followed in 2002, and was recognized as one of Rolling Stone magazine's 50 Best Albums of 2002.

As one whose strength comes from listening to his elders, Wolf's music seems to embody the sage advice he received from legendary songwriter Harlan Howard. "Keep it all simple," he told Wolf, "and tell the truth."

Though she may be the daughter of rock and roll's most famous star, Lisa Marie Presley has a flair and style that is distinctly her own. Having spent the first four years of her life with her parents at Elvis' fabled Graceland in Memphis, Tennessee, 1972 saw her parents split, and her mother Priscilla Presley took young Lisa Marie with her to the suburbs of Los Angeles.

Music was always with Lisa Marie as she matured, while she traveled to visit her father, she steeping herself in the rich musical heritage of Memphis. At age twenty, Lisa Marie began to sing privately, finding a creative outlet in music, which helped her express her own individuality. Though offers to make records had been coming to Presley since she was a teenager, Lisa Marie was not eager to accept any offers until nearly a decade after she found music as her muse. "I didn't want to do anything just based on who I am," Presley said.

In her early thirties, Presley was finally ready to showcase her talents in public, and on her own terms. "When I got with (producer) Andy (Slater), he didn't push me in any particular pop direction," she says. "He just wanted it to be cool and he wanted... what I wanted.''

What resulted was Presley's debut To Whom It May Concern, a self-assured, no-holds barred rock and roll record. Performing songs from her debut on her Soundstage appearance, it is evident that like her famous father, Presley has much to say through music. More importantly, Presley is willing and able to do it her way. "The stuff I've been offered in my life is insane... I was doing this because my heart's in this. This is what I'm good at doing."