Biography
The Loose Enz
Effective period / Period of releases: 1967 - 1968
Members: Rick Barshinger, Alan Jackson (9), Eric Chester (2)
The Loose Enz were from York, PABand with an unclear biography, active in the second half of the 1960s.
The Loose Enz was formed as a quartet. The original line-up was most likely:
- Eric Chester (guitar)
- Alan Jackson (bass)
- Kauffman (presumed - Richard "Rick" Kauffman)
- Casey (vg).
With this line-up, the band recorded the first single:
- "A World Outside"
- "Better Man Than I",
which was released on April 16, 1967. on the DB Records label - Dee-Bee Recording Service,
Windsor, PA (DB-41667, US).
Before the production of the second (last) single (recorded with Frank Virtue - in his - Virtue
Recording Studios in Philadelphia):
- "The Black Door"
- "Easy Rider"
(released December 12, 1968, by Virtue Stiles Production, V-2502, US)
there were personnel changes - keyboards joined the team (organ, harpsichord):
Rick Barshinger (Richard Norman Barshinger, born October 16, 1944, York, PA, died July 16, 2006),
who was the author of both compositions.