The two enlisted Los Angeles drummer Wally Ingram (Jackson Browne and Sheryl Crow), San Francisco guitarist Eric McFadden (who had previously worked with Keb' Mo', Primus, Les Claypool, and the P Funk All Stars), and German keyboardist Danny Dziuk.
Dziuk however, has since been replaced on tour by Gov't Mule keyboardist Danny Louis.
As the band allows audience members to tape their shows, many of their concert recordings can be found at the Internet Archive.
Schools and Joseph wrote the songs after sitting on a porch looking at redwood trees in California.
The band recorded in " a converted chicken coop" to achieve "a low-fi garage [sound]".