Since their first gig in 2016, Grayson Brockamp and the New Orleans Wildlife Band have kept busy in the vibrant music community of New Orleans. The band developed their chemistry while maintaining a weekly residency for over two years at the Marigny Brasserie on Frenchmen Street, and subsequently performed at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival in 2019 to rave reviews. They released their self-titled EP under Nicholas Payton’s label Paytone Records in 2017. A year later, they independently released their debut LP entitled A Dream or A Nightmare, also co-produced by Payton, later signing to Rope-A-Dope Records, which re-issued the album in 2020.