Little Lost Cause features a number of fine Chicago musicians and
behind-the-scenes artists, all of whom
generously contributed their time, creative ideas and extraordinary talent.
Among them:
Eric Lugosch -- winner of the 1984 National Fingerpicking Championship, Eric teaches
at Chicago's Old Town School of Folk Music when not on tour throughout the US and Europe. He
has recorded six CDs, including the two most recent, Kind Heroes and New Tradition (on the Acoustic
Music label). Eric has been a mentor throughout the songwriting and arranging process. His
guitar is featured on "Old Konstanz" and "Blow Me Away."
Bob Goins -- Bob has played for over
twenty years and performed professionally
for fifteen. He currently plays guitar in the Amoreys and Farmageddon, and
will soon be recording
albums with both. Bob teaches guitar and theory classes at Old Town. His outstanding
lead
guitar is featured on 9 songs throughout Little Lost Cause. Notably, Bob played
all instruments on
"The Dollar Store" and the gorgeous lap steel on "Nothing I
Don't Like."
Steve Rosen -- Steve teaches banjo
and fiddle at Old Town, and performs regularly with
his string band, the Volo Bogtrotters. Primarily self-taught, Steve has played
and recorded
all over the US and in Italy, France and Australia. He's also an outstanding
fisherman.
Here he plays banjo on "Some Truth To The Ad" and "Pity Party,"
as well as mandolin on the latter.
Joe Klaw -- Joe plays viola on "Cottonwood," keyboards on "Over Your Head" and bass on
"Little Lost Cause". He is a multi-talented editor for Foote Cone & Belding, a major advertising agency
in Chicago, as well as an expert in Pro-Tools recording software, which he used
to help mix a number of tracks on the album.
Meg Guttman -- Meg has been a member of two Chicago bands, The Plunging Necklines
and
The Art Thieves. Besides singing, she excels at costume and interior design.
Her
harmonies can be heard on "The Dollar Store" and "Tonight On
The Carnival Midway."
Dave Kresl -- Dave also works at Foote Cone & Belding as an audio engineer, and is an
accomplished musician. He contributes lead guitar and bass to "Pity Party,"
and bass to "Nothing I Don't Like."
Lisa Barcy -- Lisa is a filmmaker who specializes in animation. She creates
art in a variety of other media as well, and teaches at the Art Institute
of Chicago. She and her
saw account for the haunting strains that drift in and out of "All
That's Left."
Tony Dale -- Tony plays drums and percussion for several blues bands around
Chicago. Constantly in demand as a session player, Tony provides the percussion
on "Little Lost Cause."
Tobias Schlingensiepen -- Tobias wrote "Cottonwood" for his wife
Ulrike. Here
he delivers the male vocal for a duet rendition of the song. Toby formerly
sang and played
fiddle and harmonica with the Flatboaters in Bonn, Germany. He is currently
the pastor of First Congregational
Church in Topeka, KS, a chaplain for the local police department, and a damn
fine big brother.
Brian R. Johnson (Producer) -- Brian has worked extensively in film, video and sound editing. He co-produced and edited the feature length "Plaster Caster," a documentary about the life and work of renowned rock-n-roll artist/groupie Cynthia Plaster Caster. Brian helped mix many of the songs on the album and also supplied some rhythm and sound effects. His ear for music, encouragement, and good humor
have been essential to the completion of Little Lost Cause.
Dan Stout -- Dan has had many years of experience mastering albums for such
diverse
musicians as Wilco, Christina Aguilera, Anthrax and Styx. Working out of his
Wicker Park
studio, Colossal Mastering, Dan is a stickler for detail, which lends depth,
color and professional tone of this album.
Mitch O'Connell -- Mitch has worked
as a freelance illustrator for over 25 years, contributing
to Playboy, Rolling Stone, Newsweek, Guitar Player, Spin and numerous
other publications. He
assisted with graphic design and photography of the CD package and liner notes.
More importantly,
it was Mitch who proposed that the songs be recorded in the first place.
He has continued to support this effort ever since.
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