This CD is the first in a 3-part series of original songs with Iowa themes composed by Lou Fautsch.

It was released in 1994. As indicated, the music for two of the songs was written by Chad Sigafus.

The cover is a reproduction of an original Grant Wood painting titled Appraisal. This painting is owned by the Carnegie Stout Public Library in

This CD is the first in a 3-part series of original songs with Iowa themes composed by Lou Fautsch.

It was released in 1994. As indicated, the music for two of the songs was written by Chad Sigafus.

The cover is a reproduction of an original Grant Wood painting titled Appraisal. This painting is owned by the Carnegie Stout Public Library in Dubuque, Iowa and used with their permission.

Full album price is $15.

This is the second album in the 3 part series and contains 14 songs.

It is a collection of original music designed to celebrate and promote an interest in Iowa, the people who live here and the history behind it all.

The cover of Our Iowa Home part 2 is a reproduction of the original painting, Stone City, Iowa, by Grant Wood and was used with

This is the second album in the 3 part series and contains 14 songs.

It is a collection of original music designed to celebrate and promote an interest in Iowa, the people who live here and the history behind it all.

The cover of Our Iowa Home part 2 is a reproduction of the original painting, Stone City, Iowa, by Grant Wood and was used with permission from the Joslyn Art Museum in Omaha, Nebraska.

This album was first released in 1995.

Full album price is $15.

Our Iowa Home part 3 was released in 1998.

This collection of original sings is a continuation of parts 1 and 2 of the Our Iowa Home series and again features songs with Iowa themes.

"Horses' Hooves and sleigh Bells" is our first Christmas song. With its family theme, it was a fitting addition to this album.

It is our hope that you enjoy listening

Our Iowa Home part 3 was released in 1998.

This collection of original sings is a continuation of parts 1 and 2 of the Our Iowa Home series and again features songs with Iowa themes.

"Horses' Hooves and sleigh Bells" is our first Christmas song. With its family theme, it was a fitting addition to this album.

It is our hope that you enjoy listening to the music as much as we enjoyed creating it.

The cover photo is taken from the original painting titled "The Birthplace of Herbert Hoover", another Grant Wood original. It was used with permission given by the Estate of Grant Wood and licensed by VAGA, New York, NY.

Full album price is $15.

Welcome to Dubuque, the oldest city in Iowa, and one of the most charming communities in the upper Mississippi Valley.

My people have lived here since the 1870's, and I take great pride in my family's roots in this city, as well as in Dubuque's history, culture and natural beauty. I hope the songs in this album convey that pride, and extend it to

Welcome to Dubuque, the oldest city in Iowa, and one of the most charming communities in the upper Mississippi Valley.

My people have lived here since the 1870's, and I take great pride in my family's roots in this city, as well as in Dubuque's history, culture and natural beauty. I hope the songs in this album convey that pride, and extend it to the great American heartland of which we are a part.

This C.D. contains 17 original songs with local themes and two traditional hammered dulcimer instrumentals.

The music is a special celebration of Dubuque, both past and present.

This album is also being used in Third Grade classrooms throughout the Dubuque Community School District in conjunction with the Dubuque History curriculum.

The music helps students learn about certain aspects of Dubuque history through Lou's original songs while having fun singing along as they go.

Full album price is $15.

A continuation of the first CD of the same name, the original songs contained here are meant for students and adults to enjoy, have fun with and sing along, while learning some historic information about Dubuque.

Several of the songs have familiar traditional melodies with new lyrics put to them, which makes them easy to learn as well as easy to

A continuation of the first CD of the same name, the original songs contained here are meant for students and adults to enjoy, have fun with and sing along, while learning some historic information about Dubuque.

Several of the songs have familiar traditional melodies with new lyrics put to them, which makes them easy to learn as well as easy to remember.

Songs 13 through 21 are also original songs but with an Iowa theme and can be found on the three Our Iowa Home albums on this website.

This album is also being used, along with part 1, in Third Grade classrooms throughout the city of Dubuque to help teach Dubuque History to Third Graders.

Full album price is $15.

My daughter, Leslie Fautsch, was born and raised in Dubuque, Iowa. She began playing the hammered dulcimer at the age of twelve and was basically self-taught. During the next six years, she performed regularly with my folk group, The Unstrung Heroes.

The group was comprised of seven members, including my first born daughter, Laura, who sang and

My daughter, Leslie Fautsch, was born and raised in Dubuque, Iowa. She began playing the hammered dulcimer at the age of twelve and was basically self-taught. During the next six years, she performed regularly with my folk group, The Unstrung Heroes.

The group was comprised of seven members, including my first born daughter, Laura, who sang and played bass with the group. After high school, Leslie left Dubuque and the hammered dulcimer behind to attend college. Upon graduation from law school she began her career and later married her husband, Eric.

Over the years there have been many requests to put Leslie's tunes on a solo album. Now is the time to honor these requests. The melodies included here are a compilation of her favorite and most requested tunes which were recorded during her years with the band.

The order of the tunes is the same as the order in which they were originally recorded: from age twelve to eighteen.

You will also notice that recording technology has progressed during this time as well.

Leslie's instrumental solos delighted many audiences and were always the highlight of the group's concert appearances.

We hope you will enjoy the tunes on this C.D. as much as we have enjoyed bringing them to you.

The cover was designed by ABT Graphic Design, Philadelphia, PA. The tunes were compiled on this CD in 2007. Album price = $15.00

This album, originally released on cassette in the mid-1990's, was re-released on 2005 on C.D.

Images is an ecclectic mix of songs which consists of my original music, the works of other song writers (credited in each song as needed), and traditional hammered dulcimer tunes.

The album is dedicated to my mom and pop and to those closest to me.

This album, originally released on cassette in the mid-1990's, was re-released on 2005 on C.D.

Images is an ecclectic mix of songs which consists of my original music, the works of other song writers (credited in each song as needed), and traditional hammered dulcimer tunes.

The album is dedicated to my mom and pop and to those closest to me.

Idealistically speaking, I deeply hope that my songs about them will become and important part of my legacy.

My warmest gratitude is extended to Joey, my friend, lover, long suffering wife, prime mover, ad infinitum, whose intelligence and common sense have gotten us to where we are today and made this project a reality; to Chad Sigfaus, a premier weaver of song sublime, my wizard of song; to Laura and Leslie, my Dreamtime Pals, whose contributions to this album both vocally and on hammered dulcimer respectively, make me realize that God indeed has been very good to me; to Bob Bildstein, fine friend, exquisite singer and big time worrier, who literally sweat over every note he sang; to Terri Sigafus, whose voice causes me to wish hopelessly that mine was the male counterpart; to Camilo, whose photographic talents created an album cover to fit the mood of the songs inside; and finally to the rest of The Unstrung Heroes, Bob, Paul, Dave and John, who have been a bigger part of my life than perhaps they realize, and who have once again come through for me when I called on them, I most sincerely thank you all.

Double album price = $15.00