Rory Van James is a former professional baseball player and a towering troubadour at 6-foot 9-inches tall. During four months of solitude in the Alaskan wilderness, James wrote The Passage, then recorded it in Seattle, Washington. James traveled to the iconic Abbey Road Studios in London to work on the 2020 release Sewn Silhouettes. Dave Jorgenson peps up the band on trumpet and keys, while Abe Curran supports on vocals and guitar.