“This is a song… for my muthaaaaaa… (and the boy she raised)”

Boy, there ain’t nothing much better than some nasty groovin’ guitar and some killer drums is there? Soulhat’s “Bonecrusher” has always been a hot slice of bluesy rhythm riffery; kind of a loosey goose Hendrix take wrapped up with a touch of Stevie Ray Vaughan and some good doses of Aerosmith funk but I’ll be derned if it ain’t the relentless drum chug from a dude named “Frosty” that really makes this thing cook like no other. Lyricially it’s a bunch of mumbo jumbo but who cares? With five plus minutes of devious skronk you’ve got one helluva good track.

“Bonecrusher” was the lead radio track from this Austin four piece’s second major label album Good To Be Gone and shows off more of the rocking side of Soulhat compared to some of the alterna-blues jam bandiness found on the rest of the album. This whole thing sounds like it’s built from one glorious live take and layered with extra vocals, yelps, different guitars, and feedback that jumps out of the speakers and grabs your attention with some stinging fretwork and slinky bass. But man it’s those DRUMS! Frosty, aka Bartholomew Eugene Smith-Frost, long a veteran of the music scene and known for playing with Lee Michaels (“Do You Know What I Mean?”) in the early 70s is such a propulsive dynamo on this as he lays down one deep, DEEP groove. Listen to the accents on the high hat and cymbals but most especially his cannon shots on the snare that slam along with the riff, and dig some of his other tasty fills during the solo spots. Pure drummer ear candy.

Tons of fun, some nonsense often funny lyrics, and a groove like no other. Totally worth your while to track down other Soulhat tracks while you are at it!