"Two Gallants" are a folk rock duo from San Francisco, California, they are made up of Adam Stephens on guitar, harmonica, keyboard and vocals and Tyson Vogel on drums, guitar and vocals. Stephens and Vogel started performing around San Francisco as Two Gallants in 2002, when both were 21, In July 2005, the band signed with Saddle Creek records and in August 2005, they played their first shows overseas in London as well as the Reading and Leeds festivals. The name comes from the title of a story by James Joyce in Dubliners.