Having meet at a party in the summer of 1991, piper and ruth began playing together in the privacy of Ruth's home. Writing and singing together, they had no intention of performing until a friend of a friend, Johnny Irion, invited them to open for his band, Queen Sarah Saturday, at the rock venue, Under The Street. Under pressure to come up with something to call the duo, Ruth quickly came up with the one name that they each, being the youngest in their respective families, had been referred to all
of their lives, "kid sister".

After that performance, they recorded a five song demo tape. Out of two hundred tapes, 120 were sold at their next performance. Only 10 were ever actually used for booking. This self titled recording was later distributed internationally through Ladyslipper Inc.

Keeping their day jobs, they continued to perform locally and ocassionally ventured outside the area and then in 1994, still working full time jobs, the duo began to perform more often, traveling more outside of the state. The song Dashboard Buddha was born out of working 40 to 50 hour work weeks while still performing.

In 1995, through outside financial and emotional encouragement, they recorded their first CD, Broken Bridges. Producer Arlen Custer at Reel to Real Studio in Raleigh helped to release the cd in the summer of 1995.

Fellow singer-songwriter,Shawn Mullins, encouraged them to tour more and was generous with his knowledge of both the road and venues. Ruth quit her job in 1997 and Shawn agreed to produce their next album.

Ruth booked the band on a national tour for the beginning of 1998. They returned home for a few days and then headed to Atlanta to begin recording at Orphan Studio. There, Shawn Mullins produced and Glen Matullo engineered kid sister's second CD, dashboard buddha.

Soon after the release of the CD, Shawn Mullins was signed by Columbia Records and in 1999 was nominated for a grammy for his single "Rockabye". Glen Matullo has since worked on several projects, most recently for Collective Soul and Amy Ray (Indigo Girls) .

Ruth and Piper have continued to tour nationally since 1998 and have released their 3rd CD, A One Night Stand By Request, which is a live performance recording.