‘Someday’ Out Now
Tuesday, April 8th, 2008

Frank Carillo and the Bandoleros’ new full length album has been released world-wide.

About ‘Someday’

In the fall of 2007 Frank Carillo and the Bandoleros entered Millbrook Studios in upstate New York and teamed up again with producer/engineer Paul Orofino, who also produced Bad Out There. At Blue Cat Studios in San Antonio, Texas, legendary keyboard player Augie Meyers (Bob Dylan, Sir Douglas Quintet, John Hammond, Texas Tornados) added his distinctive keyboard talents to four songs. The result is the remarkable new Album, 'Someday'.

“I met Augie Meyers when we were in John Hammond’s ‘Wicked Grin’ band,” remembers Frank. “Augie and I hit it off right from the first day of rehearsals. He is one of the great storytellers, can tell you a joke and all the while you think it’s a real story until he gets to the punch line. He gets me every time. I was a fan of his from the days of Sir Douglas Quintet, as well as the Texas Tornados. We’ve become really good friends over the years and try to get together whenever possible. He’s a great songwriter, musician and, most of all, he’s a great friend. We were having a drink together when we were on the road somewhere in Europe and he turned to me and said, ‘Ya know Frank, don’t get too excited when things start goin’ good ‘cause they’ll eventually go bad. But don’t get too excited if they go bad, ‘cause they’re gonna go good again.’ Then he gave me this big Texas grin. A truly great man.”

'Someday' demonstrates Frank Carillo’s knack for combining potent songs and stirring performances, resulting in an album that radiates with the values of traditional heartland, blue collar roots-rock. Of the 14 songs on 'Someday', Frank shared his thoughts about a few of them in particular.

“Regarding ‘Roll the Bones’ - I was listening to some old CDs by Fairport Convention and Steeleye Span - British folk/rock. I have always been amazed with the content: lust, murder, war, betrayal, sheep shearing! All the things that make up a great story! I wanted to write something that was in that highwayman vein; the guy with the mask and three-cornered hat who robbed the coaches in England. I thought it would be fun to add some romance along with a sprinkling of betrayal and revenge. I wanted to slip in some of my favorite places in London as well, Chelsea and the Old King’s Road. It was a kick to write.”

“’Someday’ was a deliberate attempt at writing a song with just one chord. It started with just that Slim Harpo kind of rhythm and grew from there. The lyrics pretty much wrote themselves. In fact, while we were recording it, the ‘see the light inside your head’ verse just came flying out. It wasn’t on the lyric sheet. I love this one ‘cause it’s one of the songs on the CD that the lead vocal was recorded while we were cutting the track and the recording was very spontaneous.”

“I started writing ‘Eastern Time’ on an instrument from Spain called a laud. It has a shape similar to a mandolin, but much bigger and it has 12 strings. I picked it up in Barcelona when I was on the road with John Hammond. Augie Meyers and I found it in a small shop off some side street. I’ve always been inspired by new and different instruments. It seems like they have new songs built into them. Anyway, the lyrics came after a trip to Thailand and Hong Kong that my wife and I took. It has kind of an old 1940s mystery movie theme. There are shady characters (I love shady characters - from a distance), exotic locales and a bit of humor. There are some bits of reality, too, like the Quan Yin. It was given to us in Hong Kong, but we didn’t have to smuggle it into the States! This was written mostly in Arizona. Go figure.”

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