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The idea for the band Ward's Xpress was first conceived during the 1995 East Coast Blues Festival, when a group of Byron Bay musicians were drafted in to form the backing band for the Bentley/Reed Blues Review. After two more subsequent and almost exclusive festival appearances as the Blues Review, Ross Ward formed the Xpress in 1997 as a vehicle for his original electric tunes,and as an adjunct to the solo acoustic style he also covers. In Sept. of that year, the band released its debut EP/CD "Toe The Line'' which was awarded 'Best Blues' at the North Coast Entertainment Industry 'Dolphin' Music Awards. In April '98 the band followed up with the CD 'Southbound Freight', then 'Wire-Fire' in 2000, released on Full Moon records, and recorded in Sydney. Several more award nominations followed, and the band began to work well outside its earlier circles, and commenced regular gigs and visits to Sydney and the ACT area's in addition to Brisbane, the Northern Rivers of NSW, and the