Chad Chicoree Stokes'(in the bands State Radio & Dispatch) solo project is inspired by Chad's train jumping adventures across the US-which didn't fit musically with his bands' and is less political. Chad wrote this album to keep challenging himself creatively. Simmerkane II is a more accessible look at Chad Stokes and features album guests: Carly Simon, Blake Hazard (The Submarines), Matt Embree (The RX Bandits), the White Buffalo and Sierra Leone's Refugee All Stars. Adelaide, Crowbar Hotel, Back to the Races, Rainsong, Insulin, Religion on the Rails (I Saw You There), Black Bottle, Ichabod and Abraham, I Love Your Army, Spider and Gioma
