Ramsey Lewis began playing together while they were in college. The bassist use to listen to cassette tape constantly as a teenager. Ramsey Lewis began performing at City, a local dive bar. The group used to sell their CDs out of their truck at local shows.

Ramsey Lewis was discovered while joking around, performing on the street one day. All the members quit their day jobs to focus on their music. Ramsey Lewis’s first album was a dud, but the second finally got some attention. The band is on the road all the time now promoting their album before legions of fans.

Ramsey Lewis knew that living life as a musician was a actual possibility when Helen Ihnen started the first fan club for the band in 1975. While the club started out small after the organizer heard the band play at a small club in Champaign, the club grew leaps and bounds after the band’s first national tour.

The most current release from Ramsey Lewis has been heavily influenced by artists of the '60s. The group is in the middle of the tour accompanying for their new album. Ramsey Lewis's members hope this tour and the newest record attracts a new group of fans.

Ramsey Lewis realizes that most fans like their previous songs, so they use material from previous releases and the most current album. St. Louis has always been receptive to the band, even when they were small time, so the group schedules a show there every year, even if they are not touring. The band’s latest tour information, from Ramsey Lewis tickets to concert schedule changes to seating charts, are all available on TheSeats.com.