Dokken "Broken Bones"

 

Another submitted selection.  Hey, if you want to provide me with a copy of something relatively new, no more than five months since release, I'll give it the treatment.  Be prepared, though, I am brutally honest. 

The guitar work is still the best thing about a Dokken record.  When I saw the current slinger's name, Jon Levin, a faint bell sounded from deep in the bowels of my brain's musical chamber. 

Mr. Levin was recruited by Warlock just as Doro was going solo in the very late '80's.  And here he is with her back in 1989 alongside journeyman drummer Bobby Rondinelli...



I'll sell you that poster if interested.  Got plenty of others from the old music store days that I'll part with for a few $'s (all the Mikey J's were sold when he passed).   

Never thought much of Don Dokken's voice or songwriting skills. Best thing about the band used to be George Lynch's guitar work. With "Broken Bones," Don D is still singing and writing and Lynch is long gone. Care to guess my opinion?  The opening track and single offered an eyebrow-raising start...



...but the remainder was back to status quo.  Couldn't even listen through the one song Dokken didn't write. 

Thanks to the above video, "Broken Bones" isn't a total flusher like fellow LA band Great White's latest effort.