Lytle later noted, "It was actually Jim fault. He suggested that we consider playing some shows, and I went, 'No', [but he convinced me it might be a good idea. We talked about it for a little while. I didn't think anyone else in the band would be into it, he checked around and it turns out they were all enthusiastic. I think I was the last one to say yes. ... I was actually blown away that they even wanted to. Once I found that out, I said 'OK, let's start doing the work, figure out how to play the songs.' The weird moment was when he had the first rehearsal; I had no idea how it was going to turn out. After five days of playing together it actually sounded really good. It was too easy, and we were actually really having a good time together."