The Alternate Routes is essentially the singing and songwriting duo of Tim Warren and Eric Donnelly, two guitarists who met while both were studying at Fairfield University in Bridgeport, Connecticut. The band was officially formed in 2002, although Warren and Donnelly would frequently just work as a duo in the smaller clubs, expanding to a full band at larger venues and in the recording studio. The band tracked a debut album, 2005's Good and Reckless and True, with producer Jay Joyce in Nashville, which led to a recording deal with Vanguard Records in 2006. The label then re-...