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In March 2005, Brian Stanger found himself wanting to try something new. After spending some time playing with a group of musicians, and having already named the project "Open Sky Separators", he decided it was time to move on and assemble a fresh batch of musicians. Having no specific master plan in mind.....he just started dialing numbers. As far as bass players were concerned, he only had to dial one number. Patrick Kelly had been someone who regularly came to see Brian play with the old OSS lineup, and actually bought the first copy of the band's first CD. Although the two musicians didn't previously know one another personally, Stanger was struck by Kelly's enthusiasm for the music and decided to call him first. Ironically, the day Stanger called, Patrick had just turned in a 2 week notice at one of his two bartending jobs to focus more on his music career. Patrick's answer was immediate - "I can do it, I want to do it, I will do it!" Finding a drummer was...