Each of the group's members had previously worked on Hiatt's 1987 album Bring The Family, and formed in 1991 while on a break from their own musical projects.
It was soon changed to Little Village, in reference to the foul-mouthed in-studio diatribe by Sonny Boy Williamson II, on a Chess reissue album titled Bummer Road.
While the album was met with general commercial indifference, it was nominated in 1993 for a Grammy Award as Best Rock Vocal Performance by a Duo or a Group.
I suppose on some level, it worked, but Warner Brothers kind of gave us too much time to do it.
"[3] Little Village toured the U.S. and Europe in 1992 to support the album, but the group disbanded later that year.