Band leader and vocalist Donna Jean Godchaux was formerly a member of the Grateful Dead.

Lead guitarist Jeff Mattson, who also sings on several of the tracks, is a member of Dark Star Orchestra and the Zen Tricksters.

In an interview with dead.net, Donna Jean Godchaux said, "The band came [to the studio] to record basic tracks and then we started to think about how to proceed from there.

Since over half the band was in the Northeast, David [MacKay], Jimmy Nutt, and myself were the locals who parked ourselves in the studio over an extended period of time and brainstormed.

"[3] In an interview with The Quad-Cities Daily, album co-producer Jimmy Nutt said, "Donna, from the very beginning, said 'I want this to be the best thing I've done, I want to take my time.