Soft rock rhythms, acoustic guitar textures and ingratiating melodies are the basis for Hanging On. Something of an all-star cast of Milwaukee musicians, the band is led by vocalist-songwriter Michael Henszey, a one-time session musician with Cheap Trick and Jerry Harrison, and the skilled players include the Russian-born omnivore of keyboards, Kostia. Willy Porter co-wrote one of the songs, “I Found You,” and John Sieger, hot off recording an excellent CD with his own band, Semi-Twang, produced the album.
CD release party June 9 at Shank Hall.