[2] Formed in Halifax, Nova Scotia by jazz singer Stuart "Johnny Favourite" Bastow, the band released its debut album The Life Desire independently in 1997.
[3] Other band members included John Wesley Chisholm, Wes Mackey Jr., Colin Hudson, Pete Johnston, Matt Myer, Craig Sheppard, "Hound Dog" Dave Fitzgerald, Eric Landry, David Christensen, Dawn Hatfield and Andrew Killawee.
They won an East Coast Music Award for Best Jazz Group in 1998,[4] and signed to Universal Records that year.
[5] Soon afterward, however, Chisholm left the band after the birth of his second child;[6] he subsequently received two Genie Award nominations, for both Best Original Song and Best Original Score, for his work composing music for the film Beefcake.
[14] He moved to Portugal for several years in the 2000s, before returning to Canada near the end of the decade;[16] his second solo album, Troubadour, was released in 2010.