In 2009 and 2013 , at the request of Johnny Winter , Guerra wrote the liner notes for Winters ' series of live albums entitled '' The Bootleg Series . '' When Mambo Sons went on hiatus in 2012 , Guerra shifted to songwriting , studio session work , and production , as well as working on solo recordings . He also turned to topical songwriting : his 2012 song " Love Comes to Us All " addressed the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting and was praised by several Connecticut politicians . In 2013 , he recorded " Put Up Their Names - The Ballad of the U.S.S. Frank E. Evans " to honor the 74 sailors lost aboard the USS Frank E. Evans naval disaster off the coast of Vietnam in June 1969 . According to Guerra , the purpose of the song is to bring attention to the U.S. Government 's refusal to list the names of those 74 servicemen on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial . His first solo album '' All of the Above '' was released in 2014 , followed by '' Trampling Out the Vintage '' in 2016 , and '' American Garden '' in 2018 . The latter album included several songs that Guerra had been invited to write for a Yardbirds reunion album that was ultimately shelved
Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting
Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting
Tom Guerra