Darrell Leonard and Joe Sublett are the Grammy and W.C. Handy Award winning Texacali Horns.

The Texacali Horns were formed in 1989 when Joes’ pal Stevie Ray Vaughan called him to put together a horn section for a recording session. Joe called Darrell. The result was the "In Step" CD, which won a 1989 Grammy for Best Contemporary Blues. With that encouraging start, Joe and Darrell began a seventeen year run, recording and touring with the likes of Stevie Ray Vaughan, Taj Mahal, Little Feat, Jimmy Smith, The Rolling Stones, Bonnie Raitt, Bette Midler, Buddy Guy, The Band, Percy Sledge, and scores of other artists in addition to working on Film and TV projects.

Joe Sublett began his musical career in Corpus Christi, Texas, where he developed his Texas Tenor style playing in local blues bands. In 1976, Joe moved to Austin, quickly hooking up with Paul Ray and The Cobras, a legendary R&B band that featured a twenty one year old Stevie Ray Vaughan. As part of the burgeoning Austin Blues scene, Joe worked with The Cobras, Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble, Delbert McClinton, The Fabulous Thunderbirds, Lou Ann Barton, Joe Ely and the Antone's House band. In 1986, Joe moved to Los Angeles where he has continued to work as a session and touring sax player as well as writing horn arrangements and music for films.

Darrell Leonard came to Los Angeles from Ft. Worth, Texas in 1969 and was soon recording and touring with Delaney & Bonnie and Friends and Dr. John. He has played on and arranged Grammy winning records by Stevie Ray Vaughan, Buddy Guy, Keb Mo, and Taj Mahal. As a composer, Darrell's work includes collaborations with T-Bone Burnett on the music for the production of Bertolt Brechts "Mother Courage and Her Children"at the Steppenwolf Theatre in Chicago and original music and arrangements for the film "The Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood" and "Cold Mountain". His score for Academy Award winner Eric Simonson's play "Carter's Way" captured the sound of Kansas City during the 1930's.