He has been an opener for ZZ Top and Foghat with Steamboat Springs Band that became one of the most popular unsigned acts in the Southeast opening for Linda Ronstadt, Charlie Daniels, Gregg Allman, Kansas and Bob Seeger. Ferguson m joined the Midnight Riders band, which won an Academy of Country Music award for Band of the Year and Ferguson was nominated as Steel Guitarist of the Year. Later, he joined the Western Union Band which the California Country Music Association awarded Band of the Year award and Ferguson won Steel Guitarist of the Year two years in a row