The Party

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Chrash - The Party

Intro
I'll Turn Off All the Lights (1)
The Blanks (2)
Kids With Swords (3)
True Color Blind One (4)
Burning Bridges (5)
Bridge Work Ahead (6)
To The Person With Too Much Perfume (7)
The Sordid Details (8)
My Future Predictions (9)
Springbored Break (10)
Light Through Darkness (11)

Chris Bernat played guitar on all songs, some bass on track 4.
sang back up vocals on several songs, and lead vocals on all songs.

Wes, aside from co-arranging all songs save for track 4, played
lead guitar on every song except for 4 and bass on all but 2,4.
He sang along on 1 and in between the lines on 9. He inserted some
keyboards on 7 and 9, "kanga" drums on 1 and 3, rhythm guitar on 8,
ans played "the fish" on 11.

Pat, in addition to co-mixing all tracks minus 2 and 4, added guitar
on 7 and 8, and sang backups on 6,7,8, and 10. He handled some keyboards
on 5 and 10, as well as hammond organ on 8. Most notably he kicked out
some banjo on 11.

Kara played keyboards on every song except 7 and 10.

Jeff co-produced track 4 and added bass and keyboard to 4 as well. He
also co-wrote some of the bass lines on 5 and 6.

Rob co-produced and engineered tracks 2, 8 and 11. He also played bass on 2.

Bill created percussive soundscapes on every song besides 2,4,8 and 11.

Marty hit drums hard on 2,8, and 11.

Jamie played screaming guitar on 9 and did some great bar room singing on
6 along with special guest Amy Wine.

Lisa Bradley played Viola on 10.

Carey provided background vocal textures on 6,10 and 11.

Interview and video direction by Atom Burke.

All songs written by Christian Burnout.

Tracks 1,3,5,6,7,9 and 10 were recorded by Wes at the Peanut Gallery in
"Rock" Island, IL - thanks to Ron Fellin and Sarah Jayne Boyd.

Tracks 2,8 and 11 were recorded at Reel Trax Studio in Davenport with much
appreciated help from Rob.

Additional engineering on tracks 1,3,5,6,9 and 10 by Neil Karras.

The Peanut Gallery tracks began as far back as 1997. Recording began in fall
of 2000 on Wes' VS-880. Wes took the tracks to Portland, OR where he teamed up
with Neil at Karras Recording Studio to add layers of instruments on
Pro Tools. Mixes were then sent back to the heartland where Chris teamed up
with Pat to somplete the tracks in Pat's basement.

All tracks were mastered by Dave Cox at 2 Dogs Digital Studio in Moline, IL.
A long process, but a good time was had by all.

Special thankful consideration to Jodean Rousse, Charles Fisher, Mom, Phil
Coates, Mark Mclaughlin, Pete Schulte, Mojo and Family, and The Kiley Family.

Booklet Photo: Jennifer Mao
Back Photo: Kevin Schafer
Track Listing Photo: Jeff Wichmann
Artwork collaboration with Sarah Dennhardt.

chrash "The Party" would not have been possible without this cast of friends
and helpers:

Christian Burnout
Wes Haas
Pat Stolley
Marty Reyhons
Jeff Konrad
Kara Toal
Bill Golden
Jamie Toal
ROb Cimmarusti
Carey Bernat
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