The Crescent City Combo was founded by Jeff Gray in 2014 to perform throughout Mardi Gras events in Eureka Springs and Fayetteville Arkansas. The band was immediately put to work, playing city events across Northwest Arkansas with an all star group including veteran musicians Clare Star, Drew Packard and Anthony Ball.

The Combo originally formed with New Orleans native Matt Beach and regional native Jeff Gray playing brass. The band has always focused on the Big Easy Funk, the deep groove set forth by Professor Longhair, Allen Toussaint and the vast lineage of Crescent City groove assassins.  Isayah Warford plays guitar, Tyler Domingues is on drums, and Jeremy Erivin plays bass.