 The band started traveling around the state teaching and encouraging music in small rural communities.In February 2001 they recorded their first album "Only Time Knows", and then made history in June by becoming the first Alaskan band to win the Telluride Bluegrass band contest, joining the ranks of such reputable artists as "Nickel Creek" and "The Dixie Chicks".For their second album, "Back Home", they approached Todd Phillips in 2003 and asked him to produce it.