[1] Two weeks after moving to New Orleans,[2] he was playing his original song, "Purple Heart" on his acoustic guitar while sitting on his porch when Zack Feinberg rode by on his bicycle.
[3] Shaw and Feinberg formed The Revivalists in 2007, recruiting first drummer Andrew Campanelli, then later adding bassist George Gekas, pedal steel guitarist Ed Williams, and saxophonist Rob Ingraham.
[6] In a 2021 interview, Shaw told ABC Audio that over the years with The Revivalists, he had written songs that he decided were not right for the band; material that was more personal and stripped down to only his voice and a guitar.
[7] The album, which has rock, country and soul influences, was released in May 2021 on Yokoko Records/C3 Records, just before Shaw rejoined The Revivalists for the first full band tour since the beginning of the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic.
[8][9][10] Joining Shaw on his debut solo album are guitarist and co-writer Chris Gelbuda, keyboardist and vocalist Neal Francis, bassist Mike Starr, and one of The Revivalists' current drummers, PJ Howard.
[2] He also performed songs from the album on NPR's World Cafe program,[15] and a live show on Rolling Stone magazine's section of the Twitch channel.