 Tyler Dianocky (guitar), Dan Davidson (guitar), Greg Williamson (Drums) and Steve Vincent (bass) first played together in a folk music band for paying shows before meeting Matt Landry (vocals) through mutual friends, after watching him perform solo.Folk music was a dramatic deviation from their preferred genre – rock.Needing a name to enter a music contest, they selected Tupelo Honey – the title of Matt Landry's father's favourite song.