11 Trampoline

14 Here's Your Lullaby

12 A Momentary Twist

10 If You Look At It That Way

09 They Call It Love

08 She's Good At Leaving Me Badly

07 Orson Welles

06 Texas 1983 (for Daniel Johnston With Respect)

05 It Doesn't Work

04 Queen Mary And The Positive Truth

03 Frame From A Bad Movie

02 The Weakness In Me

01 I'm Glad To Be Back

Brett Hartenbach has spent his Brett Hartenbach has long been known as one of the best acoustic guitarists in the folk and indie worlds. Singers love performing with Brett because of how closely he listens and adjusts his style to their voice. Musicians love performing with him because of his vast knowledge of different musical traditions (he's been half-jokingly referred to as a "Human Jukebox"), deep love and passion for music, and complete lack of ego (he often gets referred to as "the other guy" when he performs with various acts).

In May 2010, Brett suffered a grand mal seizure; his wife, Dawn, found him unresponsive and called 911. An ambulance trip to the ER and a subsequent CT scan and MRI showed a lesion in his brain. Six months later, another MRI showed a slight change in the lesion. Brett had neurosurgery in December 2010, and on January 7, 2011, he and Dawn heard the news: the lesion was a grade III anaplastic astrocytoma brain tumor.

Brett has undergone radiation treatment and is currently getting chemo treatment (he takes Temodar in pill form, 5 days a month for a year, and will finish in July 2012). Because of the treatment and the location of the tumor, 

Before the diagnosis, he had been accompanying well-known pop/indie icon Daniel Johnston on tours across the US, Europe, Japan, and Australia, as well as singer-songwriter, Rachael Davis and singer, Dawn Boyer.

"Frame from a Bad Movie (long player)," is first full-length release. 

Frame from a Bad Movie (long player)

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