B lack Happy trombonist Jay Carkhuff doesn't remember a lot about the band's early days.

But he remembers the very, very beginning, when he and a few other members of the North Idaho College jazz band were asked by members of heavy metal band Sacrament to play on a song.

Carkhuff, who had played the trombone since sixth grade, performed in various bands and ensembles through his high school and NIC days. To him, it wasn't a strange request.

"We did lots of crazy things back then when we were young," he says. "That seemed normal to show up at a late night band practice out in the prairie, in somebody's house, and give it a try."

Though details are a little fuzzy, Carkhuff knows that first rehearsal led to others, which led to live shows. What started as a bit of a joke for Sacrament e

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