Three Taverns unofficially began playing in January of 1994 at which time Timothy Shetter and Micah Claycamp met and began leading worship together for Campus Crusade for Christ at Northern Arizona University. Soon after Tim and Micah were influential in the development of "The College Group" at Flagstaff Christian Fellowship. The small group of college students exploded to over 300 students in a matter of months. During this time Tim and Micah grew as worship leaders and songwriters and the foundation was laid for the music of Three Taverns as exists today.

After graduating in 1996 Tim (geology) and Micah (fine arts) said their goodbyes to their friends in Flagstaff, as well as to each other. Tim headed for the East Coast and Micah headed for Colorado each to pursue their chosen careers. By the amazing hand of God, 9 months later they found themselves back together as roommates in Denver, Colorado.

Within their first week re-united, at least one of their current songs was written. They realized at that point that God had placed His blessing on their music. One clear night about a month later the name "Three Taverns" became official as the guys "hung out" on a mountain face overlooking the Denver city lights. As spoken of in Acts 28:15, a quest to meet Paul took a few brothers on a journey. It was a journey that took the brothers by foot over 30 miles to the ancient gates of Rome. Those brothers were from the town of Three Taverns. Paul, who was in the midst of his third missionary journey, was encouraged by the efforts of these brothers. The name was perfect! Three Taverns was born as Tim and Micah set out to meet their brothers with the "sound of encouragement."

Within a matter of months Three Taverns scraped together enough funds to spend a half day in studio recording a cassette! Armed with some product Three Taverns began playing at coffeehouses, churches, weddings, camps, and college events around Colorado. Not long after they were opening for artists such as Five Iron Frenzy, Sherri Youngward, Ridgely (and later Eric Peters), Matt Jones, Mark Williams, 5’Oclock People, and Jason Ingram.

Over the years they have been compared to bands such as Jars of Clay, Ridgely, or early Caedmon’s Call. Three Taverns began as the duo of Tim and Micah. The strength that caught peoples’ attention was these guys’ tightly crafted harmonies and catchy tunes. Today, however, Tim and Micah’s harmonies are backed by Three Taverns’ magical acoustic instrumentation. The cello, violin, and upright bass have been an amazing addition to the guitar work of the original members of the band; and the percussive work of Alfredo Pinto has added the backing groove. Jennifer Darr has also been recently added to the line-up, bringing not only her own creative writing abilities, but the vocal sounds of heaven.