 The band was signed by Orange Recordings in Los Angeles and toured all over the country, sharing bills with the Demolition Doll Rods, the Porch Ghouls, Bob Log III, and the Immortal Lee County Killers.His songwriting however started to out-grow the sleazy blues rock of the Studdogs, and Gebhardt left the band to pursue a solo career.This growing interest in songwriting brought Gebhardt back to Florence, and later Biloxi, Mississippi, where his delta blues-influenced solo acoustic performances (and blazing red beard) earned him the bluesman nickname "Red Mouth."