Singer/songwriter Faith Kleppinger arrived on the southern rock circuit in the late 1990s with the seminal roots outfit, Little Bobby Taylors. The band played gigs in and around their native Atlanta, but the Pennsylvania-born Kleppinger yearned for her work to be heard. She embarked on a solo career in early 1999, and by fall, she performed a showcase at the annual CMJ New Music Marathon in New York City. She went to perform there again for the next two years, and in the process, shaping a country-rock sound all her own. By fall 2001, Kleppinger hooked up with the Young Antiques' Blake Rainey and ex-Sugar bass man David Barbe for a debut solo album. Asleep in the Well was the final product, released on Two Sheds Music in spring 2002. ~ MacKenzie Wilson