Album Notes

"Filled with remarkable and heartfelt songs of love, loss and longing, Looks Like Rain is a stunning, perfectly-produced recording... -Darel Snodgrass, WKNO-FM, Memphis
Heartbreak Bound
Eddie Dattel: lead vocal and classical guitars- Matt Isbell: pump organ
Another Night
Eddie Dattel: lead vocal and acoustic guitar-William Lee Ellis: slide guitar-Dave Smith: bass; Matt Isbell: electric guitar; Tony Thomas: keyboards-Steve Potts: drums; Kevin Houston: additional guitar, percussion; background vocals: Jackie Johnson & Carla McDonald
Now That I’ve Lost You
Eddie Dattel: lead vocal-Matt Isbell: acoustic and electric guitars, background vocals-Dusty Sikes: bass-Gerald Stephens: Rhodes piano-Preston McEwen: drums
Darkness Is Following Me
Eddie Dattel: lead vocal-Matt Isbell: guitars, keyboards, background vocals-Kevin Houston: recorder, percussion
Margarita
Eddie Dattel: lead vocal, classical guitar-Matt Isbell: lead guitar-Melissa Marquardt: accordion
I Once Loved Someone
Eddie Dattel: lead vocal, acoustic guitar; Kate Ryan: violin
All Tore Up & Crying
Eddie Dattel: lead vocal-Joe Restivo: guitars-Lance Williams: upright bass-Gerald Stephens: organ-Preston McEwen: drums
Beautiful Tears
Eddie Dattel: lead vocal, acoustic guitar-Li Chin-Mei: cello; Carl Wolfe: flute, flute and cello arrangement
How I Miss You So
Eddie Dattel: lead vocal, acoustic guitar-Matt Isbell: harmonica-Sam Shoup: upright bass-Tony Thomas: keyboards-Tom Lonardo: drums-Preston McEwen: percussion-Jackie Johnson and Vicki Loveland: background vocals
I Ain’t Goin’ Fishin’
Eddie Dattel: lead vocal, acoustic guitar-Matt Isbell: electric slide guitar
Holding On
Eddie Dattel: lead vocal, acoustic piano; Matt Isbell: electric guitars and keyboards/programming; Wally Ford: acoustic guitar-Sam Shoup: fretless bass-Tom Lonardo: drums-background vocals: Jackie Johnson & Vicki Loveland
I Think I’m Gonna Laugh Today
Eddie Dattel: lead vocal, percussion-Matt Isbell: electric and acoustic guitars, percussion, background vocals-Dusty Sikes: bass and percussion-Preston McEwen: drums and percussion-Kevin Houston: percussion and saxophones
If I Could Start Over
Eddie Dattel: lead vocal, acoustic guitar-Matt Isbell: lead guitar, mandolin-Joe Nathan: “Muscle Shoals” electric guitar-Dave Smith: bass-Tony Thomas: organ-William Lee Ellis: twelve-string guitar-Preston McEwen-drums-background vocals: Jackie Johnson & Carla McDonald
All songs recorded and mixed by Kevin Houston at Inside Sounds, Memphis, except Heartbreak Bound, Margarita, and Ain’t Goin’ Fishin’ (recorded by Kevin Houston and Matt Isbell)

This CD is dedicated in memory of Grayson Wells, who left us March 29, 2009; Chuck Belcher aka Thomas Beltzer, whose novel Parcheesi Blues was published in 2007 (the year before his death in 2008), and to James Luther Dickinson, Kevin’s spiritual father, who died during the recording of Looks Like Rain. We remember these fine artists with love and gratitude for what they shared with the world during their time here. Our love goes out to their families.

Produced by Eddie Dattel, Kevin Houston & Matt Isbell for Inside Sounds