Beginning with a gig at Grinders' Café in Toronto in 2014 with Ben McColl, Allan Kinney, and Ryan Carr, Ben's Motel, by 2016 consisting of Scott Corkery and Allan Kinney, joined forces with JoAnn Brooks and Jack van der Meer with Allan Kinney doubling as the third member of "The TripLettes" in playing to a full house at Castro's Lounge in Toronto's Beach neighbourhood on Monday 16 May 2016. When Allan Kinney moved back to Ottawa later that year, Ben's Motel added Michel Danis on guitar and the vocalist Natalie L'Amour at the Atomic Rooster and at The Cross on Elgin.