User:Kosmo kramer24

Bravo, Max! is a Dallas based band that began in 2006. The band originally consisted of vocalist and songwriter, Johnny Beauford, bassist and song arranger, Ben Gastright, and drummer Daniel Beauford. In 2007 guitarist Steve Vanderheide, was added. In December, 2008, the 4-piece recorded their first studio tracks, consisting of early versions of "All Your Grace", "Horn in Hell", "Losing Her", and "Tom Fool Lover" at Dallas Sound Labs, with Rene Orth as engineer. The recordings were not mastered until november 2009, and were never properly released. In April 2009, Ellie Stevens, Accordionist/Clarinetist and Bob Loshelder, rythm guitarist joined the group, and in September that same year, Eli Stafford, also a member of the Dallas band Binary Sunrise, took over on drums, in place of original member, Daniel Beauford. The most recent line-up, is Johnny Beauford, Ben Gastright, Steve Vanderheide, Ellie Stevens, Bob Loshelder, Eli Stafford, and newest sit-in member, guitarist, Chris Schmidt. Bringing the total number of permanent members to six and very often performing with all 7. In June, 2010, the band recorded it's second studio sessions, at a home studio, in Dallas. The recordings were produced and engineered by Jonathan Jackson and released (web only) as a single later that month, under the title "German Chocolate Cake".

The band has a scheduled studio date at Prairie Sun Studios in Cotati, Ca. They have also secured respected producer, Oz Fritz, as main producer and sound engineer for their first full length project.