Jimi Hendrix, Bob Dylan, and The Grateful Dead. He has stated that both his parents, Keith and Donna Jean of the Grateful Dead and the 1980s Heart of Gold Band, were strong influences as well. After serving as the rhythm guitarist in his mother's band for several years, Godchaux went on to become a vocalist, songwriter, guitarist, and music producer. During the 1990s he toured as a DJ in the San Francisco area. Both Randolph and Godchaux state that house music was an early influence on their musical taste; while Godchaux was exposed to house in San Francisco, Randolph listened to the genre while growing up in Muscle Shoals, Alabama, stating "I grew up influenced by that early house stuff. That heavy, full on the floor, hypnotic, minimal just tracks that made you groove." Founding In 2004 Zion Godchaux and Russ Randolph met while recording the Heart of Gold Band album At The Table. The Heart of Gold Band was a group started by Godchaux's parents after their time with the Grateful Dead. Randolph had been hired by Godchaux's parents to help them upgrade their Muscle Shoals studio, as well as engineer and record the album. Godchaux was living in San Francisco in 2004, but he traveled to Muscle Shoals to help with the recording process. Randolph and Godchaux collaborated on the title track to provide drum programming. According to Randolph, they "understood almost immediately" that they worked well together, and "One hundred doors opened at the same time." States Godchaux, "we both thought the same way about rhythm and about ways that we could layer stuff, ways that we could create songs." The recording process for At The Table took around six months, with the duo often working on music together in their free time. After a trip to Burning Man, where Godchaux pitched to Randolph the idea of working with electronic music again, they formulated the idea for the band. Godchaux moved more permanently to Muscle Shoals, which the band now considers their town of origin, despite Godchaux's California background. Muscle Shoals is a historical hot spot for recording studios and musicians in rock and roll and rhythm and blues, and BoomBox has incorporated some of this history into their sound, allowing for a contemporary style and coupling of rock 'n' roll, vintage psychedelic and house. Early on BoomBox toured with the Heart of Gold Band, and by