As a multi-instrumentalist, Buonohas been making  his brand of Pop/Rock-Americana under the moniker The Tell Alls starting with  the 2006 full-length CD Feeding Frenzy on his start up label Journeyman Records (establishing himself as an artist/songwriter/producer, adding to his credits as a drummer/founding member of the Philadelphia-based bands Flight of Mavis & Buzz Zeemer).  

In the Fall of 2010, Buono, along with his wife Anne Marie & black lab-golden retriever mix Stax, uprooted from their native Philadelphia, Pa, and headed south to call Nashville, Tn home.

Concentrating more on breaking into the co-writing/songwriting community that the town is famously known for, Buono decided to put The Tell Alls on the back burner to focus on honing his skill set as a songwriter.

Fast forward to when the pandemic hit, and everything changed. Out of frustration on how the US administration at the time was handling the matter domestically, he wrote the song “Won't Come Down” (re: the sitting president downplaying the pandemic as a whole). He reached out to his friend, guitarist Kirk Swan (Dumptruck) out in LA, Ca to ask if he wanted to play on the track. This would prove to be the restarting of The Tell Alls 2.0, as Buono released the song to streaming platforms, and lamented Swan as his go-to guitar player.  

In 2024, Buono  reconnected with his long time friend, producer Adam Lasus (who co-produced Feeding Frenzy with Buono, recorded at Lasus'  Fireproof Studio Brooklyn, Ny). They set up some recording sessions at Lasus'  Studio Red out west in North Hollywood, Ca., where Swan is also based in nearby Encino, Ca. Buono''s initial plan was to come in with 2 or 3 songs, a maybe come back to Nashville with one mixed and mastered as a possible “next single”. The trio of friends got to work, and were having too good of a time to stop at just 3 songs. With Lasus' encouragement, Buono realigned the plan and the three kept knocking out more of Buono's originals till they had the makings of a full blown record. 

The first single released from The Tell Alls forthcoming record dropped in June, 2025. A Nashville co-write between Buono and Belmont student Kyle Nachtigal, entitled Road Gets Rough (featuring Lilly Hiatt on duet vocals). The track immediately caught the ears of local Nashville DJ Ana Lee (WMOT Roots Radio-89.5 fm) who premiered the song on her The Local Brew Hour show, as well as DJ Casey  at WRLT Lightning 100 (100.1 FM), who chose the song as his DJ Pick-Of-The-Week upon its release:  https://lightning100.com/2025/the-tell-alls-road-gets-rough-caseys-dj-pick-of-the-week/ .