Signed to DreamWorks Records Nashville in 2005, Hot Apple Pie released its self-titled debut album that year.
Brady Seals was a keyboardist and co-lead vocalist (alongside Tim Rushlow) in the country band Little Texas until late 1994, when he left in pursuit of a solo career.
After deciding that his solo career was not proving successful, Seals opted to form a second band.
Matejka had played for Sons of the Desert and Charlie Daniels; Landry, for Rodney Crowell and Suzy Bogguss; and Horne, for Waylon Jennings.
"[3] Due to the dissolution of DreamWorks Records in late 2005, these latter two singles were issued on MCA Nashville.