New Year's Eve in 1984 with The Hooters, Tommy Conwell's Young Rumblers

 Cheers to all of you in 2022! 🎶🎉🎸 

And great memories of NYE's past! On this night in 1984, it was The Hooters at Philly's Tower Theater in 1984 with special guest, a 3-piece band called Tommy Conwell's Young Rumblers!

Recognition of TCYR's "Rumble" from WXPN #XPN2021

Rumble, the 1988 major label debut album from Tommy Conwell and the Young Rumblers, made “#XPN2021 The 2,021 All-Time Greatest Albums” list. Per WXPN, the list features “one song from each of the greatest albums of all time, as voted on by the XPN listening community!” See the complete list on Spotify.

TCYR at Ardmore Music Hall, Nov. 2021

Video by Stephen Haldis on YouTube from last weekend’s Tommy Conwell and the Young Rumblers concert at Ardmore Music Hall on 11/20/2021.

Tommy Conwell and the Young Rumblers - Full Set (XPoNential Music Festival 2021)

Tommy Conwell and the Young Rumblers perform at the 2021 XPoNential Music Festival. Recorded live at Wiggins Park on the Camden Waterfront, NJ, on September 19th, 2021.

Rumble Released 33 Years Ago - 1988

Tommy Conwell and the Young Rumblers released their national debut album 'Rumble' 33 years ago on August 8, 1988. 😎🎸🎶 

8️⃣-8️⃣-8️⃣8️⃣ 

Andy Vineberg, David Uosikkinen's In the Pocket Podcast

Host of David Uosikkinen's In The Pocket Podcast, Andy Vineberg, who shared the music podcast with drummer David Uosikkinen, recorded his final ITP episode on June 1, 2021. 

Audio Rumble would like to congratulate Andy on his new career opportunity! And also a special thank you for his research, great questions and follow-up questions in each podcast. 

Audio Rumble especially loved his epic podcast intro in Episode 11: “…one of the greatest rock n roll guitarists and all-around showman to ever come out of Philadelphia-- Tommy Conwell!” 🎸🎸🎸 

Listen to Tommy Conwell’s two interviews with the ITP podcast: 

➡ In The Pocket on Wildfire Radio – Episode 11 – Tommy Conwell (November 16, 2018)

https://in-the-pocket.simplecast.com/episodes/in-the-pocket-episode-11

Tommy’s first conversation with ITP that takes an entertaining look back at his eventful career, including his short-lived meeting with his favorite band of all time and stories of his great 'lost' album. He also performs a new song in its entirety. 

➡ In The Pocket – Episode 38 – Tommy Conwell (June 6, 2019) 

https://in-the-pocket.simplecast.com/episodes/in-the-pocket-episode-38-tommy-conwell

Tommy Conwell talked about the songs from the album, "Showboats and Grandstanders,” the first TCYR album in 30 years. The ITP podcast will continue with David and bassist, Kenny Aaronson. 

Here's a link to all In The Pocket episodes ➡ 

https://in-the-pocket.simplecast.com/episodes

The Blue Comet Bar and Grill Closing in March

The Blue Comet Bar and Grill in Glenside, PA, has announced that it is closing its doors on March 21, 2021. The venue has been operated under the same ownership since 1995. According to a 2015 article in the Chestnut Hill Local, the bar was named for a passenger train operated along the Central Railroad of New Jersey from 1929 to 1941.

From the early 2000's until around 2010, Tommy Conwell played solo on Saturday nights at The Blue Comet.  

Read an article below courtesy of Marc from Kennett Square's former Tommy Conwell tribute website.

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 Jazz Session at the Blue Comet
- by Marc from Kennett Square

“Who is this guy, he sucks! I’ve been away for three years in Arizona and this CRAP is what I come back to?” My wife and I speculate that the agitated man must be an ex-convict. Rather than explaining that Tommy Conwell, who is on stage performing at The Blue Comet, is a local Philly rock legend, I say, “You know, it’s not easy playing old Frank Sinatra lounge tunes from sheet music on an acoustic guitar.” 

 

The Blue Comet is a neighborhood institution with the décor of a vintage roadhouse blues bar. The pictures on the wall cry out that Brian Setzer, rockabilly, tattoos, rolled up jeans, and the 1950’s are not retro but eternally cool. 

There were no shrieks from young girls and no Guild guitar. Rather, Tommy Conwell, delivered a blizzard of jazz standards and acoustical lounge music to local drinkers.

Tommy sat on a stool and sang a dozen of songs such as “That’s Life” and “I’ve Got You Under My Skin”. One song he introduced by saying, “This song is from 1972 and it is my all-time favorite. I was in fifth grade and all I was thinking about was making out with a girl named Miss Whatever.” I must admit that I was quite bored until Tommy was joined on stage by a jazz saxophonist, Kip Morris, and a singer from the audience, named Laura. The impromptu jam session made my night! 

Smoking a pipe--Hello, this is not England!--and talking excitedly about Latin Swing Music at The Five Spot, jazz tenor saxophonist Kip Morris tells me his schedule for the night. “I intend to hustle by three clubs tonight and see if I can sit in with a band. I just like to play! This gig at the Blue Comet was very impromptu.” 

I asked him if he knew the guy named Tommy that he jammed with tonight. “No, I have never heard of him nor was I invited. He was keen enough to invite me to play. I could tell he understood how to improvise like us jazz guys.” 

What I saw tonight was unspectacular, but the real life of regular musicians……...two jazz guys out to make a buck and play their music.

Tommy’s Acoustic Lounge Act The Blue Comet
Saturday Nights 6PM-10PM sharp
Tips are appreciated!
Not here to sell Little Kings or Young Rumblers records
Come back on Sunday if you want rockabilly
Just earning a buck like all of you working-class stiffs

Happy Birthday, Tommy Conwell!

 Happy Birthday, Tommy Conwell! [January 14, 1962]