The Dusty Boxcars are Kerry Strazdins on lead vocals and percussion, and John Thomas Draper on guitars, harmonicas, and vocals. They have been playing acoustic blues and roots music in Park City and Salt Lake City since 2012. Influences include classic blues and country, as well as songwriters such as Lucinda Williams, Tom Waits, Gillian Welch, The Waifs, Bob Dylan, and Leonard Cohen.

Kerry and John are sometimes joined by Brady Anderson on bass and Bill Stoye on percussion.