Bill Vernieu is a powerhouse musician from Flagstaff, AZ with an intrinsic understanding of hard work, hard knocks, and hard lessons. He has long been fascinated by the Old West. Growing up in northern Utah, he was early influenced by the old-time cowboy sound of the Deseret String Band, as well as more contemporary singer-songwriters like John Prine and Robert Earl Keen. From these influences Bill Vernieu has developed a repertoire songs and poetry which he puts across with thoughtful punch.

Joanna Joseph is a born storyteller and it shows in the songs she sings. Pensive or sassy, wordy or plain, they'd better have a point. Joanna grew up in Montana, but didn't connect with cowboy music until she moved to the southern Utah desert in 1974. There, hearing those old Mormon cowboys sing as they fried cackleberries over dutch-oven campfires, Joanna found the sound of that sagebrush music finally taking root. Later, especially through the old-time music of the Reeltime Travelers, she tapped into her ancestral Appalachian roots as well.