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It all started at a Georgetown undergrad party in 1991. Keith Kane was strumming an acoustic guitar and asked fellow student and guitar player, Matt Scannell, to join him. The chemistry between Matt and Keith was evident and soon after, Keith invited Matt to perform with him at his weekly gig at a local pub. Taking their name from two words that Kane thought reflected the music of an acoustic duo, Vertical Horizon was born. Kane and Scannell graduated from Georgetown in 1992 and decided that they would try their hands at a career in music. At the end of a summer spent gigging on Cape Cod, they went into a recording studio at Matt's old high school and recorded the songs that would become their debut album. "There and Back Again" (1992) saw the duo performing their original songs on acoustic guitars with tight vocal harmonies, a testament to their live performances. After completing the record, Kane and Scannell returned to the DC area where they had already built a dev...