The genesis of Floyd King & the Bushwackers came in November 2001 at Lamb's Retreat up north near Harbor Springs.  That's where Dennis Kingsbury met Jim Bizer and many other very talented musicians from all over Michigan.  Dennis was amazed by the talent of songwriters, musicians and vocalists that are working in acoustic music throughout Michigan - mostly as solo performers.  Why not put together several of these individuals and create one cracker of a band?  So he asked Jim and several others to join him for a song during the evening performances.  Surprise!  They said "yes" and a legend was in the making.

Meanwhile, Dennis met Maggie Ferguson at Off-The-Wall Acoustic Coffeehouse in Walled Lake, MI.  where Maggie invited him to participate in an open mic she was hosting in Auburn Hills.  Shortly thereafter, Dennis took his guitar to that open mic where he witnessed and was taken by Maggie's uncommonly beautiful voice and finger style guitar accompaniment.  Dennis became a regular there.

On January 25, 2002 Maggie and Dennis started "Live! From the Living Room" – a concert series for acoustic music - at the Blue Note Café in Lake Orion.  It was only natural that Maggie and Dennis began to sing together. Jim Bizer would join them from time to time, recreating the songs from Lamb's Retreat.

Enter Denise Marie Stein, a friend of Maggie's, via the Paint Creek Folklore Society in Rochester Hills.  Denise, also a great vocalist, and Maggie had been harmonizing for some time – with grand results.

Now all the elements of the band were in place:  Maggie Ferguson and Denise Marie Stein on vocals, Jim Bizer on vocals and guitar, and Dennis Kingsbury on vocals, guitar, Dobro and mandolin. The name "Floyd King & the Bushwackers" comes from the song "Blues Party" that Dennis wrote in the early 90's.