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LostSoulsBand
Lost Souls Band Started out in 1996 in Butler Pennsylvania. Brothers, Greg and Jeff Dunsmore were united together once again to start creating music. Prior to 1996, Greg Dunsmore was living in Hawaii and Jeff Dunsmore was living in Ohio. They were both playing in bands, but once again, 1996 was the year they decided to move back to Pennsylvania and started working on their first CD "Spirits are Flying". Both Greg and Jeff are very creative song writers, but both admit that when they sat down and started writing together, it intensified their creativity. Jeff once said, "It infused his soul".

Lost Souls literally recorded the first CD in their bedroom in Butler, Pennsylvania. Matter of fact, one of the first tracks they finished started out on a Tascam 4 track. They went out and bought a Fostex 8 track recorder and transferred the 4 analog tracks to the Fostex digital 8 track to finish the song. The first song they finished was "Two Worlds". Jeff had been working at BMG Music at the time and one of his colleagues from BMG, Bill Hamely, helped Lost Souls mix the track. It is definitely a clean mix and Lost Souls always credited the BBE Sonic Maximizer for the added clarity.

They continued to write songs and by the end of 1997 they had enough songs written to start thinking about playing live and forming a group. The band name came from a song they wrote called "Lost Souls". Their Uncle, Roger Dunsmore, who is a Poet and teacher spent a little time on an Indian reservation. Roger wrote a book called "Earths Mind". This encouraged the brothers to research more about the Indians and how they lost their land. The song Lost Souls even has an authentic Indian chant in it. So, when the time came to picking a band name, they settled on Lost Souls Band and it was based off of the song title Lost Souls.

After choosing the band name they set out to form a group. The first member they found was drummer J.J. snow. They wrote a few more songs with J.J Snow and even managed to record a few with him. It was apparent, they needed to find a bass player and start playing live. The next member to come along was bass player, Eric Cralle. Once again, they started writing even more material and managed to get a few more songs recorded.