THE CASANOVA PLAYBOYS BIOLOGICAL

In 2004, Canadian alternative rockers AWOL reunited for another kick at glory. Singer and guitarist Jamie Salloum, his brother bassist Nathan Salloum and drummer Zack Yerxa proceeded plans on recording "Ladies and Gentlemen" at Grandmother Sound in Edmonton. The band changed its name to The Casanova Playboys. The young starlings mixed the album with producer Jonathan Fluevog in Vancouver at Vogville Studio. The tracks were sent to Colorado after to be mastered by Dominick Maita at Airshow. The sound of the album exceeded all expectations and the skies looked very promising.

The Casanova Playboys had to think big from the start. Zack called his long time friend Will Manchuk to play keyboards. Soon after, Cody Nouta responded to an ad to play lead guitar. The group started jamming regularily. Radio interviews, industry shows, fundraisers and media response followed. The Casanova Playboys moved to Vancouver in September 2004, except Nathan. Cody left after a couple days. The band was forced to replace the entire front line.

Jonathan hooked up a promising guitar player named Joshua Parrett. Jamie, Will and Zack lived in a shabby house in East Vancouver, jamming in the basement every night, recording at Vogville during the day and meeting industry contacts at the clubs. Played with The No No Spots at the Media Club and The Rub at the Railway. Things seemed to be going right for The Casanova Playboys, other than they were running out of money fast. Drum techs and assistants are expensive in the recording realm.

A proposed performance with the Scissor Sisters hung on the fridge. Zack left back to Edmonton to pursue a music director job at a radio station. Jamie and Will moved back home leaving Josh behind. The band went on hiatus for a while but reunited on talks of recording a record. "Low Noise" was to be completed long distance fashion. The album was a work in progress and took considerable time to finish.

By the end of 2005, production was coming to a close and Fluevog mixed the album, sending the songs to Sterling Sound in New York City to be mastered by Ted Jensen. Finally, a rock solid album. In the spring of 2006, Josh moved to Edmonton and former AWOL guitarist Mitch Miller came back to play bass. The fivesome played, performed and promoted constantly.

Once again, the group was on fire playing every week all over Canada in A-list venues with bands like Electric Six, Jeff Johnson and Kelly and the Kelly Girls. The Casanova Playboys were respectively named Band of the Month at the local rock station and other various pop stations around the country received the single "Burlesque". The audience loved the band's fresh live sound and the path seemed clear. Unfortunately, personal problems and expected bad egotistical differences got in the way of the business.

The band released "Low Noise" at the CD release party in January 2007. Within a couple of weeks, the band broke up and shows were cancelled. More coming business, touring opportunities and distribution proposition was axed. Zack decided to move back to Vancouver and Josh followed him after. Jamie, Will and Mitch continued life apart from eachother. Jamie spent all of his time in the studio recording electro pop music without his band. Nobody can say what it feels like to lose something so dear and precious until you lose yourself. From there, many voids need to be filled.