An eclectic blend of traditional country, country, rock & ballads

Walt Cronin met Zander Schloss when working on a now cult film called "Repo Man" by Alex Cox. Walt's friend Peter McCarthy from Chicago was one of its producers. He had just moved to Los Angeles and helped out videotaping the auditions with his interest in video production just beginning. Zander of course played "Kevin" and went on to pursue his true passion of music, writing some of the soundtracks of Alex's other films, "Sid & Nancy,"& "Straight To Hell" as well as acting in them. He is the bass player for one of L.A.'s founding punk bands "The Circle Jerks" still on tour after these many years.

Zander has also written with the late Joe Strummer and Scott Weiland. Zander, originally from St Louis moved to California as a teenager. Having become friends while working on "Repo Man" in 1984, they reunited when Zander rented the studio apartment in 1999 over Walt's garage. This was a home he and his wife were renting in Los Angeles. This old Spanish home built in the 1920s had what is very uncommon in L.A. "A basement".

This is where they spent countless hours recording analog tracks onto an eight track reel to reel. Zander's command of musical instrumentation and the help of his many friends who contributed both instrumental and vocal tracks over a period of 3 years evolved when they brought the reels to Brian Susko's Westside Recorder Studio. It was there, that editing, mixing and dozens of more tracks were added digitally over the next few years with Brian's fine ear.

Walt moved to Crestline, CA in the San Bernardino Mountains where he and his wife had bought a cabin on an acre of land. Walt was seeking some peace of mind having been diagnosed with post-traumatic stress. He had served as a Navy Corpsman ( medic) with a Marine platoon in Vietnam in 1970.

After the wildfires in the fall of 2003, Walt was never able to regain a sense of safety living somewhat remote in the forest and returned to urban L.A. He finally has completed what had been sitting on those back burners these many years.. The Gousters. The origin of the name is what is perceived as pre-dating the "Grunge" look in Seattle.
It was a term he referred to he and his friends as of the similar style or "non-style"of the way they dressed growing up in Chicago in the mid-1960s based on black street slang on the south and west side.

	Way Back Home Home from war feeling alienated and alone youtu.be/p2kVWaDN738		Americana
	Dancin' Girl Girl dancing to her own world https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yo7OsXmUpV8&t=38s		Folk/Acoustic Rock/Americana
	Tumble Me Down The cycle of living and strife www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z5wM1VcRFlo		Folk/Acoustic Rock/Americana
	One Step Over Feel the turn of time and let go of the blues..they've been always following you. www.youtube.com/watch?v=XUtV9xyq6k4		Americana
	We Go On Dealing with the loss of those we have loved https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FkPa39y9NFg		Americana
	If I Knew A Hero If I knew a hero that I could call up I’d go sit on their doorstep when I’m out of luck https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F6yoP2j104Q		Americana
	Sense The World And you know you want to be there and you always felt the need And you always known the difference that you’ve seen		Americana
	Vagabonds A song about being homeless		Americana
	Once Again Dealing with the Blues		Americana
	Try To Be Kind Love the ones that need you and try to be kind		Americana
	Sleep Wake Thoughts and images from our subconscious when awakening..		Americana
	All These Things One thing that I can't afford is losing you		Americana
	We Were Young Then Cuz boys come home broken from stupid wars and some can't be with the one they love		Americana
	Make Me A Kinder Man		Alternative Country Rock
	Everything's Gonna Be Allright		Alternative Country
	If It All Goes Well		Americana
	Bottlenecked Confusion		Alternative Country
	Closed For Repairs		Americana
	In Eighty Years		Americana
	Only Eighteen		folk punk
	Showered In Blue		alternative folk
	Original One		Americana
	Trickle Past		Ballad
	Wheatfield		Ballad
	Road To Cathay		Ballad

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Steve April	3/13/2018 5:56:49 PM Hi, Awe-thentic. cheers, Steve
Steve April	3/7/2018 10:33:37 PM Hi, You've got a great sense of melody, and creative production values. Authentic... I'm on the road quite a bit m'self lol...so I relate... Listenin' to your songs like a road to recovery for me, on nights like tonight. cheers, Steve
Desperado Revue	2/16/2018 11:03:34 AM Over the next few weeks I will gradually be moving your songs from " Desperado Revue Vol. 2 " to " Desperado Revue ". I will be setting you up for " Friday Featured Artist " on March 2nd on " Desperado Revue ". After wards I will be moving some of the songs to give you presence on both stations. Norm - Stations Manager
Steve April	3/12/2013 10:52:20 AM Welcome to IAC... kudos on "Only 18", what a testimonial, grand harmonies, harmonica, guitar... Hopefully, will have time to check out your artist page soon....
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