Where do I even begin? I want to thank oh so many people, and I shall try my best to thank them all. First, Allison: you truly are the muse for my song; when thousands of years have passed into books and memories, I hope they don't write my name without putting you next to me. Truly... you have all of me. Dad & Mom: even if I wrote millions of words, I could never thank you enough for all you've done. You're both amazing. Dacia, Jason, Noah: whether you're about as old as family gets for me (Dacia) or as new as they come (Noah) or somewhere in between (Jason), I love you dearly. Thank you for believing. My other family: Gordon, Carol, & Garrett: in my wildest dreams I would've never thought to conjure more fantastic and beautiful in-laws – thank you. Gabe: your passion and spirit never cease to amaze and inspire me; thanks for being my friend. Bird: your vision and character astound me; thank you for being my friend. Ryan: no matter how close or far apart we live, I don't think there will ever be anyone that "gets" where my music comes from as much as you do. And thanks for letting me borrow the Trinity. Brian & Buffy: I miss the days when we could just walk over to your place; we should do that again someday. Seriously. Jon: it means to much to have a friend like you here in California; I'm so glad the posse went to Long Island that spring break. Mike & Anne: thanks for letting us hijack your circle and for letting us become a part of your world... we like it there, and you probably won't ever get us to leave, even if we now live way too far away from you. Ben Kesler: I couldn't have made this record if I hadn't learned so much from you the last time around. You still rock my face off. Duane, Noy, and the other kind folk at Deer Creek: you taught me so much, thanks for making us part of your family, if even just for a season. Steve Graffius: Your generosity and helpfulness is overwhelming; thanks so much for letting me borrow your smooth bass (and I don't mean fish). Dom, Ali, Giff, Jane & my other friends at Mix 100: I hope you will be able to add my record one of these days. :-) Seriously, though, thank you for everything you did for this real-world neophyte – my "first job" couldn't have been any cooler. Elicia: your pictures are nothing short of wonderful (and not because they're of me) – you captured the spirit of this record; thank you for caring. Ron Harrell: I might vote you "least likely person to ever read this," but just in case, I wanted to say thanks – you are without question the best boss I've ever had and you've become a great friend; your support of my music means more than you'll probably ever know. Scott: for taking a chance on me. Thanks for your hard work and for simply loving the music I write. Here's hoping! Starbucks: (bet you never thought you'd make it in here) for reminding me how to talk to people in person and not just over a microphone... even if said people are a bunch of yuppie, caffeine-addicted freaks. Last but certainly not least: my friends from all over the world (sub-thank you: MySpace) who care enough about me and my music to read all of this. I can't say it often enough or with more sincerity: you are the reason I do this. Thank. You.

To create & record all the sounds on The Let Go, Josh played a Seagull acoustic guitar, a 1973 Epiphone hollow-body electric guitar, a Yamaha Clavinova digital piano, a Yamaha P90 stage piano, a Korg Trinity workstation, a Bently bass guitar, a Studio Projects C1, a pair of MXL 603S's, a basic library of sampled sounds & loops, and the Yamaha silver trumpet straight out of his high-school band geek years.

Josh wrote all the music and lyrics (except to "Hallelujah," info below), designed the artwork, produced, arranged, recorded, mixed, & mastered The Let Go.

Allison Joy provided additional background vocals on "You" and "Hallelujah."
Andrew Jed provided additional electric guitar on "You."

So-called "hard copies" of The Let Go were manufactured by: TBA... hopefully soon.

All songs (except "Hallelujah") © 2006 Josh Allan & Firefly Project Music (BMI)

"Hallelujah" was written by Leonard Cohen; it originally appeared on his album "Various Positions" released in 1984. Sony/ATV Songs LLC OBO Bad Monk Publishing (BMI)