Lost Letters

Retroverb first formed in 2003 and, through several incarnations, remained active through 2008.  Here, Will Maranto first teamed up with Shreveport-local Wes McKinney and developed a signature, harmonic sound.  The various line-ups included Will Maranto, Wes McKinney, Tom Bonts, Kellye Trant, Dave O’Con, Charlie Dempsey, Mike Gauthier, Jeremy Hale, Don Echols, and Kenneth Brown.  With Dempsey, Gauthier, Hale, and Brown, Retroverb recorded Lost Letters in 2007-2008.  It has a very earthy, singer-songwriter vibe and includes some of Maranto’s most direct compositions to date: “No Going Home,” “Nothing Seems Pretty,” “So Misunderstood,” “Far Away From My Mind,” “Strangest Ways,” and “By George.”