 She briefly joined Dylan's band in 2005 on a tour with Merle Haggard, Bob Dylan, and Amos Lee, as the first dedicated female instrumentalist to play in Dylan's touring band since Scarlet Rivera in the early 1970s.The Hot Club of Cowtown briefly separated in 2005.Around this time, Fremerman changed her name to Elana James and released her debut album, "Elana James", forming a trio called Elana James and the Continental Two with Beau Sample on bass and Luke Hill on guitar.