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Key to the City


Guest Musicians
Jake Brookman: cello
Dave Max Crawford: trumpet
Henry Frayne: guitar
Mary Weingartner: violin

Guest Host
(Johnny Winjoe) Chad Lind
Guest Opening Act: Dana Anderson
Camera Operators: Dustin Grove, Brian Hunt, Carsten Müller
Live Audio Recording (Chicago): Gary Rogers Post-Production
Audio: Brian Hunt, Brian Leach, Christian Moder

Video
Editor and Producer: Brian Hunt
2007–2008 Live Concert Footage Venues (Chicago): Abbey Pub, Quenchers, Subterranean

Interview Venues (Chicago): Abbey Pub, Darkroom, Fearless Radio Studios, Joyride Studios, Philander’s, Phyllis’ Musical Inn, Pontiac Café, Ten Forty Two

Additional Live Concert Audio: 1999, 2001 Beverungen / Thorsten Luck 2001 Wesel / Reinhard Wilczewski | 2002 Langenau / Hans-Peter Leuze 2002 Wredenhagen / STUDIO “MusiKus” | 2003 Tübingen / Fritz Weidner 2004 Karlsruhe, Nurnburg / Michael Scheuring The Great Crusades

Additional Studio Audio: Blaise Barton, The Great Crusades, and Adam Schmitt

The Great Crusades Would Sincerely Like to Those Involved in Making Key to the City and the Following for Helping Us Make Music for Ten Years:

Alumni
Mike Rader, Roderick Van Huis
Jason Docter, Matt Docter, Charlie Dold,
Don Gerard, Jim Mefford, Derek Niedringhaus


Bands, Artists and Media
American Professionals, Dana Anderson, Ass Ponys, Dan Baird and the Heart of the Georgia Satellites, Tim Beam, Larry Beers, Jay Bennett, The Blacks, Bottle Rockets, Botanica, Broken Social Scene, Stephen Bruton, Edward Burch, Cowboys on Dope, Fearless Radio, Fetch, Flatwheel Band, Ghosts in Light, Hoopafreaks, Hum, Lanterna, Leningrad Cowboys, The Lift, The Lusties, Menthol, Chris Mills, Minim, Gary Moore, Poster Children, Robynn Ragland, Richmond Fontaine, Phil Rockrohr and the Lifters, Rusty Pipes, Mathias Schüller, Scorpions, 16 Horsepower, Slim Cessna’s Auto Club, Tito and Tarantula, 25 Green Way, The Unconscious, Walkabouts, Paul Wallfisch, Wussy, Steve Wynn and the Miracle Three

Booking
Christian Gaertner and Lüdger Kordt, KGB
Chris Jaeker, JTC Konzertagentur
Carsten Müller, Promo Sapiens Booking


Guest Engineers, Musicians, and Producers
Blaise Barton, Gina Black, Jake Brookman, Laura Coy, Dave Max Crawford, Henry Frayne, Justin Holt, Daniela Karrass, Mackie, John Mose, Red Mosrich, Angela Mullenhour, Frank Octane, everyone at Rax Trax Recording, Judyann Reis, Adam Schmitt, Ben Spoden, Todd Tedder, Matt Tiefenbrun, Mary Weingartner, Brian Wilkie

Merchandise
George Colvin
Carsten Müller
Annekatrin Rüppel

Photography
Claus Martin Friese, Klaas Jan Guchelaar, Hans-Peter Leuze, Patrick Mitsuuchi-Stork, Radim Rotek, Stephen Austin Welch, The Great Crusades, and countless others who have sent us their personal photographs of the band.

Record Labels
Glitterhouse Records
Reinhard Holstein, Rembert Stiewe
Christoph Anders, Ingolf Boysen, Immylou Coalminer, Wulf Kriebel, Bastian Kwiatkowski, Lutz Mastmeyer, Archie Nolte, Yannick Stürznickel, and all other employees and interns past and present.

Trocadero Records
Rüdiger Ladwig

Checkered Past Records
Larry Lipson, Scott Schaefer

Innocent Words Records
Troy Michael

Mud Records
Geoff Merritt, Michael Roux, Angie Heaton, Jim Kelly

Tour Managers and Drivers

Thorsten “Apfelsaft” Braun
Gregor “Captain Coma” Milewski
Carsten “The Müller” Müller
Christian “Fancypants” Seefeldt
Rembert “Sir Drivealot” Stiewe
Gerrit “Super Gerrit” Stuntebeck
Stefan “The Dude” Tolkmitt

Venues and Festivals
Abbey Pub, Alte Piesel, Beat Kitchen, Bevern im Forst Festival, Blind Pig Co., Blue Shell, Blueberry Hill, Cafe 10 Degrees, Chelsea, Club Harmonie, Club Relax, Club W71, Cowboy Monkey, De Witte Bal, Dolder 2, Double Door, Dreikonigskellar, Druckluft, The Earl, El Lokal, Empty Bottle, Exit/In, Friends & Co., Gleis 1, Gleis 22, Grammophon, Hideout, Highdive, Hurricanes, Jacobsmeyer’s Tavern, Jazzclub, JZ Karo, K4, Kapilio, Knaack, Knust, KSET, Kulisse, Laboratorium, Mabel’s, Martyrs, Museumskeller, Musikbunker, Mylord, Nowhere Bar, Orange Blossom Special Festival, Pageant, Parterre, Pfleghofsaal, PMK Bögen, POLO-rockt!, Pontiac Cafe, Quenchers, Real Music Club (Lauchhammer), Record Service, Riverhouse, Rockpalast, Rosenkeller, Roter Salon, Scherer 8, Scheune, Schlachthof, Schubas, Shanahan’s, Sinkkasten, Spitalkeller, Speicher, Substage, Subterranean, Sumpfblume, Tonenburg, Treibhaus, Underground, Wild at Heart, Zeche, Zeche Carl

A Very Special Thank You to Our Fans, Our Families, Our Friends, and the Music Lovers Who Attend, Host, Organize, Publicize, and Promote Our Concerts and Make It Possible for Us to Make Music

All songs by The Great Crusades © 2008
Published by The Great Crusades / Frank Octane Experiment (ASCAP / GEMA)

Entire catalog of The Great Crusades music available at glitterhouse.com (Europe) and iTunes.