Album Notes

(How Loose Ends came about) Acoustic a la Music Deluxe!
Back in August of 2005, longtime musicians Gerald Chism and Dennis McBride, both residing in Springfield, Missouri, had been backing up other bands, while at the same time, had been forming their own group. One Thursday evening they were on the town square in Ozark, Missouri jamming with other musicians in the area. There was a "new kid" in town, kind of shy, a little hesitant to join in, but with a little coaxing, began to come forth a little.
Over a relatively short period of time, Gerald noticed a certain potential in this new guy, (from the California "Bay" area), and since he and Dennis were looking for another "double" or "triple" threat to help round out their group, asked Bobby DeWitt if he was playing with anyone. He said that he wasn't, so, long story short, Loose Ends was born.
Soon after, in December 2005, Laura Bastedo (from upstate New York), was brought into the fold to provide percussion, flute and the female vocal flavor to the group, and Loose Ends headed to the recording studio in January, just three months after forming. In 28 short recording hours, these twelve songs were recorded, (*tracks 1,4,6,7,8,10,11 are originals), all vocals and instrumentals on separate tracks, knocking out a complete song about every 2 1/2 hours! In fact, Gerald wrote "How Can You Say" on a Wednesday, it was practiced on Thursday night, and recorded on Friday night!
Now folks, these songs were, of course, mixed in the studio, but Loose Ends sounds exactly like this cd when performing live! There are no studio musicians used...everything you hear on the cd is everything you hear live! All the instrumentation, percussion, and vocals are NOT overdubbed, it's just as it's performed!

Thanks goes out to Jonathan David Brown at Watercress Studios for his recording expertise and his fabulous "Nuendo" recording platform.... Jonathan has been instrumental in the past, working with the likes of Glen Campbell, Vince Gill, Ricky Skaggs, Petra, and others)!......So, with that little piece of history being told.....

From straight out of the beautiful hills and hollers (yeah, we really do actually say hollers), of the beautiful, scenic southern Missouri Ozarks, comes dynamic, distinctive vocal harmonies that will soothe your soul like a cool, mountain stream on a scorching summer day!

"We love all kinds of music and we write, arrange, produce, and record our own music and put it out there on the streets for you!!"

If you like our music, we ask that you please pass our info on to ALL your friends! Music is our goal, our passion, and our life, and we're trying hard to bring as much good music to you as we possibly can.

We have alot more original stuff to record, enough right now for the next two albums, but we need to be able finance this endeavor, so we hope you will help by buying this cd and please, tell all your friends about our music....we'd surely be grateful!

For "live performance" bookings, go to the website www.thelooseendsband.com, where you will find complete contact information, or feel free to email us at thelooseendsband@gmail.com or click the link at the left!

Thanks for visiting our spot, thanks for readin' this and thanks for listening! Hope you like it, want you to love it...want you to LOVE it enough to BUY it............'cause we got bills to pay! uuuhh....(alot of bills!)
also: check out www.myspace.com/looseendsband

Loose Ends members:
Gerald Chism l&r guitar, harp, lead and harmony vocals
Dennis McBride upright bass, background vocals
Bobby DeWitt lead, rhythm guitar, lead and harmony vocals
Laura Bastedo percussion, flute, lead and harmony vocals

1. Fishin' Song, *B. DeWitt/B. Williamson
2. Rain Maker, P. Rowan
3. Fly Away Home, John Dillon
4. Meant To Be, *B. DeWitt/G. Chism
5. Georgia On A
Fast Train, Billy Joe Shaver
6. How Can You Say, *Gerald Chism
7. Lure Huntin', *Bobby DeWitt
8. On My Knees, *Bobby DeWitt
9. The Rose, Amanda McBroom
10. Headed For Glory, *Bobby DeWitt
11. Lead Me Home, *B. DeWitt/G. Chism
12. Standing On The Rock, John Dillon

Recorded at Watercress Studios, Sparta, Missouri
Engineered by Jonathan David Brown, Produced by Loose Ends and Jonathan David Brown.

***NOTE: If anyone out there speaks Swedish and can translate the review below by Gert-Ove Fridlund, please email us and let us know what it says...'cause we don't have much of a clue!!!!! I think he likes our music though!! Thanks!!!