 Joe and Happy began performing as an acoustic duo calling themselves the Rosslyn Mountain Boys (RMB).The RMB made a decision to go electric and invited Peter Bonta of The Nighthawks join as bass player, along with Bob Berberich from Grin on drums .Tommy Hannum on pedal-steel guitar, who had been working with Emmylou Harris, rounded out the band When Jay Sprague also came aboard from Claude Jones, Peter was able to move over to keyboards and guitar.