Lamb formed Brown Bird in 2003 in Seattle, Washington but moved soon thereafter[1] to Portland.[2] The line-up soon included Jerusha Robinson on cello and her husband Jeremy Robinson on multiple instruments.[2] The Robinsons left the group in 2009, leaving Lamb, MorganEve Swain on fiddle,[3] and Mike Samos on lap steel guitar and dobro[3] in the line-up.[4]
In 2010,[1] with the departure of Samos, the band had become a duo.[4]
Brown Bird played the Newport Folk Festival for the first time in 2011[4] and were then currently based in Providence, Rhode Island.[1] They have toured with The Devil Makes Three.[5]
Brown Bird went on hiatus in early 2013 after David Lamb was diagnosed with leukemia.[6] Lamb died from the disease on April 5, 2014.[7]
