This
debut disc by Peter Bernas was an album about relationships gone wrong presented
by a new distinctive voice. These are extremely personal and passionate songs
that should resonate with any lover who has lost. Comparisons in tone to the early
solo work of Neil Young are not amiss.
Aiding Bernas in this creative
outpouring was producer Ralph Covert well-known as leader of Chicago's The
Bad Examples and, in the 21st Century, Ralph's World
as well. Extremely integral to the sound of the album was the guitar of the late
John Duich (Legendary Blues Band) who plays on every cut and contributed a solo
instrumental, "The Paul Super Apple Blues." The musicians included drummer
Ron Barnes (Middle 8), keyboardist Buddha Slim (Remainders), guitarist John Siegle
(Insiders), and bassist Pickles Piekarski (Bad Examples). Dean Goldstein, Ken
Jagmin and Jeff
Vezain appeared as background vocalists.
One track, "Swieta
w Chicago," which already appeared had on the 1998 Christmas compilation
Reindeer Pancakes (Tie Records - CS9803), is an adaptation of Covert's
"Autumn
In New Mexico" to reflect the experience of post-war Polish immigrants
during the holiday season and is sung in the native tongue of Bernas' parents.
Covert serves as co-lyricist on two other songs as well. Formerly from the band
Coin, Greg Interdonato helped shape the music of "With You On My Mind."
Bernas subsequently formed a band called Made To Be
Broken. After a few years hiatus from music, he returned with the boisterious
punk outfit Love
Dictators. He unexpectedly passed away in his sleep at the age of 33
on January 30, 2007. |
  Apart
 The
Girl You Knew Before (v 1.0)
With
You On My Mind
When
The Ends Don't Meet
St.
Agnes
Then
I'll Believe
Anywhere
But Here
Swieta
w Chicago
The
Girl You Knew Before
In
The Heat Of The Night
The
Paul Super Apple Blues
My
Addiction
The
Night Our Love Died
All
songs written by Peter Bernas / Soulmobile Music (ASCAP) except "With You
On My Mind," music co-written by Greg Interdonato; "Swieta w Chicago,"
music and original lyrics by Ralph Covert, new lyrics by Peter Bernas; "St.
Agnes" and "The Night Our Love Died," lyrics co-written by Ralph
Covert; "The Paul Super Apple Blues," is an instrumental by John Duich. |
