 The other half were written in 2004, shortly after Hood's child was born.However, the songs were not recorded until 2005, with recording starting in early January of that year at David Barbe's Athens studio Chase Park Transduction.In addition to Hood, most of the instruments on "Murdering Oscar" were played by former Truckers sidemen Barbe, Will Johnson, and Scott Danbom, as well as Hood's father David Hood.