The history of the “supergroup” reads like something of a pop-cultural rollercoaster ride: For every Cream, CSNY, and the Postal Service, we’re forced to recall the likes of Blind Faith, Eyes Adrift, and VH1’s Mission: Man Band. The promise of transcendent musical fusion isn’t always fulfilled when storied successes join forces, no matter how hard we can rock to their individual catalogs.

So you might have never heard of Shawn Lee, and it would appear he’s one of those come-out-of-nowhere stories, but that’s not the case. The Wichita, Kansas born Lee moved to Los Angeles 20 years, at around the right time to hook up with burgeoning talents like late singer/songwtriter Jeff Buckley and producers the Dust Brothers while bouncing around from label deals and session work gigs.