Dovetail Joint was a rock band that formed in Chicago, Illinois in 1992. The band featured guitar/vocalist Charles Gladfelter, guitarist Robert Byrne, bassist Jon Kooker, and drummer Joe Dapier. After several years of playing locally, as well as independently releasing their self-titled album in 1995, the band started to garner interest after their song "Level on the Inside" was featured on an annual compilation disc of local radio station WKQX Q101. Columbia Records quickly signed the band and released 001 in early 1999. "Level" turned out to be the band's only commercial hit, and Columbia dropped the band before releasing a second album. An independently released EP released in 2002 would turn out to be their last. Gladfelter and Byrne regrouped to form the band Ivory Wire along with drummer Henry Jansen which has since put out two albums to date and has gone on an official hiatus. History Early days (1992–1996) Dapier and Gladfelter had been playing music together since they were students at New Trier High School. Gladfelter attended college at the University of Iowa for two years before dropping out to pursue a career in music; he then convinced Dapier to drop out as well, and both moved to Wilmette, Illinois. Dovetail Joint's first show was in Chicago at the Vic Theater on August 14, 1992. The band's lineup was Chuck Gladfelter (guitar, vocals), Joe Dapier (drums), and Solomon Snyder (bass); later guitarist Robert Byrne was in the audience seeing them for the first time. According to a 1999 interview with Gladfelter, the band's name has no meaning: "It's a band name. It's obtuse. There's no significance. I guess we could have called ourselves Kleenex or toothpaste." In 1994, Robert Byrne joined the band as guitarist. In April 1995, they entered Chicago's Warzone Studios with producer/engineer Scott Ramsayer and recorded their self-titled debut, later known as The Black Album. They tracked 15 songs and their friend Jack Buck agreed to finance the project under the name Buckshot Records. The band attracted attention from record labels two times in their early years which did not result in a signing. One was from producer Glen Ballard, who was starting his own label called Java Records. The band was to fly to Los Angeles to record with Ballard in 1997, but Java cancelled soon after. Around this time, Solomon's brother, Matt Walker (Filter), was enlisted as the new drummer for