After years working as a full-time musician in Portland, OR and touring with The Portland Country Underground, Blue Giant, Bobby Bare, Jr., and Quiet Life; and supporting tours with The Dandy Warhols and The Decemberists, Beck decided to go back to grad school. His studies eventually took him to Paris and during this period of transition, he wrote many of the songs that make up First Flight. After completing his studies, Beck moved to New York, where he began playing regularly in the indie folk and Americana scene. He met fellow songwriter Justin Wilcox and began working on many recording projects together, one of which would become this song and the album which it is on called Monteagle.
