The loss of our singer, co-writer, and friend Paula Smith also means the end of the road for Lochinvar, the band. There is absolutely no way that this band can or will go on without her. There is no Lochinvar without Paula.

Paula founded this band 22 years ago, in 1986. I joined in 1989, when I was 25.

Lochinvar was like "the little band that could" in many ways. There were so many people who were into the band, even though we never had a major label record deal, haven't played a live show as a band in 10 years, and never toured outside of Texas and Oklahoma. Both Paula and I were honored to be a part of your lives, and we were extremely proud of what we accomplished with the band, even though we had absolutely no idea what we were doing most of the time. The fact that people in Europe and Japan bought our little self-financed CD's was INCREDIBLE to us.

We owe a huge thank you to all of the fans who purchased and listened to our music, the websites, podcasts, and print magazines that reviewed our CD's, interviewed us, and helped spread the word, and all of the people who ever saw us play or took the time to say something to us after a show. It really, really, means a LOT. Nobody who does music for the right reason does it to make money. We do it to touch people and to express our deepest feelings, fears, hopes, and dreams. We had an opportunity to do that, and we will forever be grateful to each of you for it. Most people never know that their music has touched someone, but Paula did, and she relished it. Again, on behalf of Paula as well as myself, I thank you.

There were a lot of people who were a part of all this; band members, family, friends, producers, engineers, writers - there are too many to list them all, and I'll probably miss some, but here goes:

The guys in the band:
Steve Rabeler
Chuck Williams
Gregg Schmidt
Scott Magoon
Neil Brincks
Scott Stine
Clint Barlow
Monte Bethel
Bret Polan
A never-ending, constantly changing cast of bass players
Assorted spare guitarists
Robert Stanovich

The guys who helped us along the way:
Omega Audio
Kim and Kelly Brown of Frankly Scarlet, for introducing me to Paula
Tim Grugle and Danny Brown, Sound Logic Studios
Rick Rooney, Planet Dallas Studios
Harvey Gertz, Indian Trail Studios
Gary Long and Kol Marshall, Nomad Studios
Jeff McMullen, Two Patricks
Linda Hollar, Buddy Magazine and Harder Beat
Charles McGarry
Brian Harris, for turning me on to Rivera amps
Dave Rabbit, The Rabbit Zone Podcast
A1 Mark, A1 Artist Spotlight Podcast
Unkle Bonehead, The Unkle Bonehead Show Podcast
KNON
Q102

Our families and friends:
Diana Walker
Steve McCraney
Cody, Amanda, and Cheyenne Walker
Christen and Rhiannon Smith
Jeff and Stacy Crawford
Anna Faye Crawford
Paula's Uncle Alford

Our inspirations:
Ann and Nancy Wilson, Roger Fisher, and Howard Leese, Heart
Stevie Nicks
Led Zeppelin
John Sykes, Whitesnake/Blue Murder
Black Sabbath
Ronnie James Dio
Geoff Tate and Chris DeGarmo, Queensryche
Ty Tabor, King's X
Gary Moore
George Lynch and Don Dokken, Dokken/Lynch Mob
Alex Lifeson, Rush
Ace Frehley, KISS
Pat Travers
My bud Ernie Peghiny from Underdog

Words cannot express how much we appreciate all that you made possible for us. Thank you, for everything.

Oh! young Lochinvar is come out of the west,
Through all the wide Border his steed was the best;
And save his good broadsword he weapons had none.
He rode all unarmed and he rode all alone.
So faithful in love and so dauntless in war,
There never was knight like the young Lochinvar.

Dallas Pre-concert Rush Party 8/11/07

Where: Rob's Billiards & Sports Bar 13930 Trinity Blvd. Euless, Tx.
When: Saturday, August 11th, 2007
Time: 12pm - 6pm
Music: Rush tribute band ANTHEM performs at 2pm!

Come get warmed up for the big show at Rob's and meet up with a bunch of your fellow Rush fans for a great afternoon of music, drinks, and fun!

We are going to play some stuff that we've never done before, as well as some older stuff that you will NOT hear at the Rush show that evening.

www.rushrocks.com for party info.
www.anthemonline.net for band info

See you there -
ANTHEM - a Tribute to Rush

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There's a new review of the Fire Eyes CD in the Summer 2005 edition of Metal Maidens magazine. We've posted it here.

We're getting close to selling out the first pressing of "Fire Eyes", which is awesome! Thanks to all of you who've bought the CD.

There's a very nice review of Fire Eyes on the Harvest Moon Music site, by Dave Knoch. Harvest Moon Music exists to support indie artists like us and there's a lot of cool stuff on Dave's site. It's very well designed and very well written. Check it out, and tell Dave Lochinvar said hello!

You can also read Dave's review on our reviews page.