"[6][citation needed] Their third album (the last released before Carter's death), Drum Hat Buddha, maintained an even split between the two on lead vocals.

This album met with critical success, and the pair was considered by prominent reviewers to be one of the most promising new folk acts then active.

The album was produced by Grammer with John Jennings and featured harmonies by Mary Chapin Carpenter on many of the tracks.

The album consisted of a 2001–2002 re-recording by the duo of Carter's out-of-print solo project Snake Handlin' Man, with the addition of two previously unreleased songs, "Seven Is the Number" and "Gas Station Girl".

[11] In February 2012, a new Carter and Grammer album, Little Blue Egg, was released by Red House Records.