Bill Wharton brings his swamp-funk, slide guitar-one-man band, and a pot of gumbo all across the US and to Canada, Europe, and Asia. The Sauce Boss cooks gumbo while performing; serving up bowls to the audience at the end of the shows. He has served well over 200,000 people for free at his legendary live shows.

Sauce Boss is the guy Jimmy Buffett sings about in "I Will Play for Gumbo". Albert Castiglia's version of Wharton’s blues anthem, "Let the Big Dog Eat" hit #1 on the Roots Music Report. The tune was also in the soundtrack of Jonathan Demme's movie "Something Wild". In 2020, Bill Wharton was awarded Best Score for his work on the documentary "Jimmy Carter Rock and Roll President" by the LA Film Awards.