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The band came together for one weekend in Reno, Nevada in 1999. I play drums and had been playing in a band in Spokane, Washington where I live. I got a call from a friend of the guitar player who I had met when we played in Seattle. His name was Dave Byrum He had written some songs and wanted to do a demo recording.

I drove down with all my gear and spent three hot days jammed in a small recording studio called Nelsound. One of the songs (The Things That You Don't) was written in the morning and recorded in the afternoon.

Unfortunately, he never payed for the session and we never got a final mix of the songs The songs here are from the quick mix at the end of the session. They aren't bad, but I know there is a lot of nice touches that are missing.

Dave's son, Jamie played bass on the recordings. He was 13 years old at the time. He was going to put down some more guitar tracks as well, but I don't know if that ever happened. He was a brilliant young musician.

Anyway, I came across these recordings the other day and thought they deserved to be heard. I am also trying to track down anyone involved in this project. I have lost touch with them and despite substantial efforts to track them down, I have had no luck. If anyone knows about this project or these people, please let me know.

I don't play live much anymore. Too many drunk lead guitar players. I really enjoyed the studio recording work and would be interested in the right project.

Bands with a very strong instrumental ability in addition to the singing and songwriting. That seems to be lacking somewhat in todays music.

I play an old acoustic set of Rodgers drums and use nothing but Zildjian cymbals. I have used acoustic triggers and a drum sampler on everything except the snare. They never got the tracking right on those.

I would be curious to see if people think these songs come across as current. They were written and recorded almost 10 years ago, but I feel they still have a good sound today and wonder if other people agree.