Brad Houser was, among other things, the founding member of Edie Brickell and New Bohemians, and Critters Buggin. He was an active ingredient in the Austin music matrix, playing regularly with Josh Perdue, Matt Hubbard, Grouchy Like Riley and Zydeco Blanco. Houser had been a saxophone teacher with Anthropos Arts since 2004. Houser also taught electric bass. He and his wife Kirilola formed Diamond Booms in 2020 and showcased at SXSW and released an EP on Bandcamp called “Pheasant Sleep”. Also, in 2019 Reverend Guitars debuted his signature model bass, the Basshouser Fatfish 32.