B road way ▁musical s ▁Category : Mus ical s ▁based ▁on ▁films ▁Category : Mus ical s ▁by ▁Jason ▁Robert ▁Brown <0x0A> </s> ▁The ▁Court ▁& ▁Spark ▁was ▁a ▁San ▁Francisco - based ▁ind ie ▁rock ▁band ▁formed ▁in ▁the ▁spring ▁of ▁ 1 9 9 8 ▁around ▁the ▁nucle us ▁of ▁Scott ▁Hir sch , ▁Alex ▁St imm el , ▁James ▁Kim , ▁and ▁lead ▁vocal ist ▁M . C . ▁Taylor . ▁ ▁Between ▁ 1 9 9 8 ▁and ▁ 2 0 0 1 ▁the ▁group ▁established ▁itself ▁among ▁the ▁leaders ▁of ▁the ▁alt - country ▁Amer icana ▁scene . ▁ ▁After ▁Hir sch ▁and ▁Taylor ' s ▁early ▁and ▁no isy ▁participation ▁in ▁Ex - Ig not a , ▁the ▁two ▁( al ong ▁with ▁bass ist ▁Joe ▁Rog ers ▁and ▁others ) ▁found ▁themselves ▁in ▁San ▁Francisco , ▁and ▁formed ▁the ▁country - orient ed ▁group , ▁taking ▁c ues ▁from ▁the ▁classic ▁sounds ▁of ▁the ▁early ▁country - rock ▁era ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁incorpor ating ▁more ▁son ically ▁progress ive ▁and ▁multi - fac et ed ▁compos itions ▁as ▁ev iden ced ▁on ▁their ▁t UM UL t ▁Records ▁ 1 9 9 9 ▁debut ▁Vent ura ▁Wh ites . ▁ ▁The ▁group ▁achieved ▁acc laim ▁with ▁their ▁ 2 0 0 1 ▁release ▁B less ▁You ▁which ▁included ▁support ▁from ▁ped al ▁steel ▁player ▁Tom ▁He yman ▁and ▁vocal ist ▁Wend y ▁Allen , ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁former ▁By rd ▁and ▁F lying ▁Bur rito