Their music was a mix of country, rock, and R&B, featuring dual male / female harmony vocals, country-blues electric guitar, saxophone and rhythm section.

By 1989 they added Dave Gay on upright bass and Leslie Santos on drums and began playing larger venues in Chicago.

Brian Dunn was added on electric guitar and Murray left in late 1989 as the band recorded its first cassette release with Timothy Powell in Chicago.

Zoo paid for the band to demo four songs, "Married in a Taxi Cab," "10,000 Pounds," "Bronko Nagurski," and "Pink to Black", with producer Steve Berlin (of Los Lobos) and engineer Jim Rondinelli.

Dave Gay, the bass player, also eventually decided to leave the band, and went on to play full-time with Freakwater, who he'd been a member of from the beginning.