 The band consisted of Willie Kizart on guitar, Willie "Bad Boy" Sims on drums, vocalist Johnny O'Neal, Turner's nephew Jessie Knight Jr. on bass, and Turner's wife Annie Mae Wilson on piano and vocals.In order to accommodate Wilson, Turner moved over to playing guitar; taking lessons from Kizart to improve.Turner maintained strict discipline and the band lived at his home on Virginia Place in East St. Louis which dubbed as a studio.