The Lost Cause, Part One
My name is Tim Wildsmith, and we are The Lost Cause.
Lately a lot of people have been asking me about the new band name.
What does it mean? Where did it come from? Why use it now? ...All good questions.
I was never the "I want to be a rockstar" kind of guy. I was more of the "I want to be in a band" kind of guy. In high school I played guitar in The Flaming Penguins (yes, I know… I tried to veto it). I think we played two shows, maybe three. Freshman year of college I was in a band called Following Griffin. A couple years ago (in the midst of working on my solo career) I went on tour playing guitar with a band called Akita-Ken. And even after my first album came out under my name, I put together the Tim Wildsmith Band and toured around the country.
So the band thing isn't really all that new to me. It's my ideal way to play music.. with friends. I like to do a lot of things by myself, but playing music isn't one of them.
When I started recording A New Morning in 2007, I didn't have a band. So when it came time to play the CD release show I recruited Matthew (drums) and Jason (bass), because they were the guys who played on the album. I asked Craig and Jake to play guitar mainly because they were cool-looking guys (not joking). I never knew that we'd all still be playing together.
After a year or so of gigging the same songs, I started showing up to rehearsals with new material. And those songs became what you hear on Little Armor. For the first time in my life I was letting other people shape the songs before I put them over in the "DONE" pile. I didn't record them and then ask these guys to play them. I invited these guys to help me shape them. That right there is the main reason that we're using the band name The Lost Cause… because this album is fundamentally different because of these four guys that I share the stage with. It's as much theirs as it is mine. We are a band.
Sure, I write the songs. My face is the one we promote. I'm definitely the ring leader. But I can't take all the credit.
So releasing this album as Tim Wildsmith & The Lost Cause is simply a nod to these four guys who each played a huge part in making this album. I've found the perfect outlet for the kid in me who just wanted to be in a band.
I'm blessed that they share the stage with me.
I'm blessed that they put up with me.
And I'm blessed to be making music with four great friends.
Tuesday, February 9, 2010 at 9:45PM 
