The name really says it all. Solo singer/songwriter Devon Elizabeth joined forces with her high school friend Bradley Blankenmeyer to form a band, but they needed more members. And because they’re really lucky — and really trusting — they ended up finding three more members through friends and friends-of-friends. Half strangers, indeed.
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