The Rebirth etc., Daniel Byers - TrumpetFlugelhorn, realized and shaped by the city landscape and culture including the musicians that reside within. Thus giving the Nuggets an alternating cast of LA based players, Tonatiuh Hernandez - Percussion, Judson McDaniel - Guitar, Emerging from the tight-knit Los Angeles funksoul community, Macy Gray, Connie Price the Keystones, including members of Breakestra, The Rugged Nuggets are now the newest collective to carry the torch of instrumental music. What started out as a studio side project by Simple Citizens’ guitaristmulti-instrumentalist Judson McDaniel, Michael Duffy - Percussion, David Moyer - TenorBaritone SaxFluteBass Clarinet, Joey Reina - Bass, Orgone, Sam Halterman - Drums, Simple Citizens, The RN sound is inspired, Jake Najor - Drums, Patrick Bailey - Guitar, Tracy Wanomae - Tenor SaxAlto SaxFlute, soul-jazz and afro-funk music.