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We wanted to make an authentic-sounding record that was reminiscent of that era of music, Low Star Chris Seefried says of the CSN/Eagles inspiration. We're not trying to reinvent the wheel, says Low Star Dave Gibbs. People don t even realize that they miss this kind of music until they hear it. It s straightforward, very genuine music. The situation today is that everything is so processed and artificial. You don t really have to know how to play anything or how to sing. You can fix everything with Pro Tools in the studio. But that s not us. We re just four dudes with guitars. We sound exactly like that when we stand in front of you and sing. Having known each other as friends and having toured on some of the same shows, Low Stars were hatched organically. The initial seed came when Gibbs booked his annual benefit at Hotel Café (the hip L.A. folk room where Damien Rice broke) to help the Audrey Hepburn Children s Fund. He and buddy Seefried were on the bill, and at the last minute Jude showed up and played. We just started talking after the gig saying, Wouldn t it be great to start singing together? recalls Seefried. Then we realized we made a nice chord. I have a raspy rock voice and Dave has a sweet voice and Jude has a really clear natural falsetto. Gibbs had been playing in another project with Jeff Russo, and a few phone calls later the four Low Stars were singing on Jeff's porch up in the Canyon in the Hollywood Hills. We started hitting some chords together that sounded pretty nice, so we kept on singing, and we ended up playing late into the night, says Jude. At one point, one of the girls staying at the house came outside and said, I really miss this kind of music. We just looked at each other and started laughing a little, 'cause that's how we felt, too." Low Stars music is an exhilarating, hook-laden blend that is full of the same hope and idealism that fueled some of their idols. The song Calling All Friends, which was chosen as the