THE BAND:
Frank Thomas - Lead Vocals, Guitar
Drew Carrano - Drums, Vocals
Mark Turko - Lead Guitar, Vocals
Ken Dempsy - Bass , Vocals



TRACK FRAGMENTS:
1.) “Do It Again” –For the intro of this track the lead guitar is playing one guitar arrangement while the rhythm guitar underneath it is playing fill-in chords.  This is a very basic Rock N Roll song writing technique.  There is a rhythm change connecting the musical intro with the musical verse.  Both guitar rhythms change their rhythms for this section.  For the musical verse the guitar arrangement changes once again.  It is at this time both guitarist begin playing the same rhythm.  The lead vocals had a Phil Lewis of L.A. Guns feel to them.  There was a small arrangement change for the musical chorus.  The lead & backing vocals of the chorus had a huge L.A. Guns feel.  The lead guitar solo is after the second chorus.  I felt because the song was so simple and laid back that the band could have made the solo a little more intense.
2.) “Love Letters” – This song opens with the chorus.  There is no intro arrangement.  There is an arrangement change for the musical verse.  The way the band wrote the guitar tracks for the musical verse lets the lead vocals become the main focus.  Once again the vocals have a Phil Lewis sound to them.  The lead guitar solo connects the second chorus with the breakdown section.  The solo is two lead guitar solos connected together.  After the third chorus there is a minor lead guitar solo.  This minor solo runs over the top of the outro section. 
3.) “Morning Noon or Night” – This intro was heavily influenced by the stuff the Black Crowes where writing on their freshman release titled ‘Shake Your Money Maker’.  There is a musical change for the musical verse.  There is a musical rest connecting the musical verse with the musical chorus.  The lyrical arrangements on this track are very reminiscent of The Black Crowes.  The lead guitar sol is after the second chorus connecting the chorus with the breakdown section. 
4.) “Talkin’ Bout Love” – This track opens with a simple rhythm guitar riff.  The lead vocals that opens the song was done using a vocal effect.  The actual song kicks-in with a snare drum fill.  The musical verse had a very simple laid back feel.  There was a lead guitar solo after the first chorus.  Songs like this that have a very simple groove to them are songs that are a blast to play when you just sitting around jamming with your band.  
5.) “I’ll Be Fine” –This track opens with a simple fifties Rock N Roll guitar riff.  The band uses the same rhythm riff of the musical verse as the one for the intro.  The vocals of the verse were a little reminiscent of early Hootie & The Blowfish material.  There was a rhythm change for the musical chorus.  After the first chorus there was a small clean electric guitar solo.  There is a second lead guitar solo over the top of the outro section.
6.) “Cloud” – This track opens with a very simple classic rock intro section.  There is a small musical rest connecting the intro with the musical verse.  The way the guys arranged the lyric lines was very similar to the way Mick Jagger arranges his giving the verse a Stones feel.  The musical & lyrical verse was heavily reminiscent of the Stones.  There is a sixteenth-note rest connecting the first chorus with the second verse.  After the second chorus there was a small build-up bridge section that lead into the lead guitar solo.  The next chorus was done with a vocal effect.     
7.) “I Believe” – This track opens with a simple acoustic guitar rhythm.  After one measure the lead vocals kick-in.  It sounded like the lead vocals of this section where double tracked.  After four measures the song kicks-in.  Instead of changing the acoustic rhythm of the musical verse the band added an electric guitar arrangement over the top of the acoustic.  There is an arrangement change for the musical verse.  The guitar riffs of this track were very reminiscent of Hootie & The Blowfish.  The lead guitar solo of this track was the best on the release!     
8.) “Fallen Apart” – Classic seventies Aerosmith!!!
9.) “Last Train To Clarksville” - This cover song was written by Bobby Hart and Tommy Boyce.  The song was the debut as the number-one single by The Monkees and was included on the group’s self-titled LP.
10.) “Slow Down” – This intro opens with a banjo arrangement.  For the main musical intro there are two different guitar rhythms.  The main rhythm is the same as the opening banjo.  Underneath it the second guitar is playing fill-in chords.  Instead of changing the rhythm for the musical verse both guitars play the fill-in rhythm.  There is a musical change for the small chorus.  There is a lead guitar solo and bass line solo connecting the first chorus with the second verse.  This track may very well be the best on the CD!!!! 


     As far as the genre of classic rock goes The Bonesmen coves the gambit with influences from everything from The Rolling Stones to Hootie And The Blow Fish to Aerosmith.  Even taking time to record a very cool cover of The Monkees “Last Train To Clarksville”.  In the ten plus years I have been doing this there has not been to many times a CD, or band will cross my desk that surprises me.  This is one of those rare cases.  If you’re into good solid classic rock you should buy this CD.