Tommy Conwell and the Young Rumblers Concert Video - 11/19/16

Video from Saturday night's Tommy Conwell and the Young Rumblers concert at The Ardmore Music Hall - 11/19/16. Thanks to Chris Cafiero for posting on YouTube. 

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Setlist: 

Top Five Live Versions of TCYR's Gonna Breakdown

On today’s #ThrowbackThursday, DJ Caterina counts down the TOP 5 live versions of “Gonna Breakdown” by Tommy Conwell and the Young Rumblers on YouTube. Why? Because…TOMMY CONWELL AND THE YOUNG RUMBLERS PLAY THIS SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 19!!! 

Phew. Got that out of my system. 

HONORABLE MENTION: Gonna Breakdown - Tommy Conwell and the Young Rumblers at the Ambler Music Festival, 6/14/14. 

What would a Tommy-Conwell-guitar-solo™ be without seeing Tommy precariously perched from a very high point on the concert stage? Exactly.

 

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#5. Gonna Breakdown – Tommy Conwell and the Young Rumblers, Nov 6, 2010. 

The audience sing-along, a tight band and great concert energy at the now-gone Blockley Pourhouse.


 

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#4. Gonna Breakdown - Tommy Conwell and the Young Rumblers at the Electric Factory in Philadelphia, November 23, 2012. 

What a great venue. What a great night of music. Tommy’s vocals are amazing. EVERYTHING IS AMAZING! And I was there!




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#3. Gonna Breakdown - Tommy Conwell and the Young Rumblers at the Bay Center in Dewey Beach, Delaware, Aug. 21, 2010. 

This concert was a rehearsal (of sorts) for TCYR’s “reunion” Philadelphia concert (see #5) at the Blockley three months later.


 

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#2. Gonna Breakdown - Tommy Conwell and the Young Rumblers in Italy, 1989. 

It’s the third month of 1989 and this is the best band on tour in Europe. What band am I talking about? Tommy Conwell and the Young Rumblers, that’s who. And listen for Chris Day’s soaring background vocals!

Other dates in Europe:
- 03 MAR 1989 :::: Lund, Sweden – Mejeriet 
- 06 MAR 1989 :::: Hamburg, Germany - Grosse Freiheit 
- 10 MAR 1989 :::: Amsterdam, Netherlands – The Paradiso




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#1. Gonna Breakdown - Tommy Conwell and the Young Rumblers at the Pennsylvania State Fair in Bensalem, PA, Memorial Day 1989. 

The 80s. Enough said.

Interview with Tommy Conwell: CIGARS, BOOZE & CONVERSATION [with Darryl Ray]

Interview with Tommy Conwell -- it's a Q and A with Darryl Ray on Cigars, Booze and Conversation! 

Tommy: There would be no Little Kings without Darryl Ray. 
Darryl: I hear ya. 

AND... possibly a new Tommy Conwell and the Young Rumblers album in 2017? YES! YES! YES!

I'm Seventeen | Cover from France

"I'm Seventeen" -- or "J'ai 17 Ans" -- Tommy Conwell's song cover in French by Hervé Paul - acoustic version.
[Adaptation par Kent Cokenstock (p) Hervé Paul]

Hershey Concert Doused - July 1988 Article

Image from Twitter: 2/20/18

Hershey Concert Doused
Patriot-News Co.
24 July 1988

Rain is usually good for plants, but for rock singer Robert Plant, it might have put him on the Stairway to Heaven.

Rainstorms are no place for electric guitars, microphones and amplifiers.

Plant, former lead singer of Led Zeppelin, was scheduled to perform outdoors last night at Hershey Stadium. A heavy downpour in the late afternoon and early evening forced postponement of the concert until 2 p.m. today.

Mike Brandon, a spokesman for Electric Factory Concerts, said the heavy rain would have made the concert unsafe for both Plant and his band, as well as the audience. "Robert Plant appreciates everyone's understanding," Brandon said.

He said gates at the stadium will open at noon, and tickets will be sold at the door.

Some 13,000 tickets had been sold for the show, which also features Cheap Trick and Tommy Conwell and the Young Rumblers. An estimated 10,000 ticketholders made it to the stadium before turning back.

Promoters announced the postponement about 10 minutes before opening act Conwell and his band were scheduled to go on.

Traffic was backed up through Hershey as concertgoers arriving at the stadium were forced to turn around upon hearing of the cancellation. "Our main worry was safety," said Hersheypark spokeswoman Kim Schaller. She said it appeared the rain would not let up. 

Plant, whose plane had circled fogbound Harrisburg International Airport several times before landing, did not want to play if the fans would have to stand out in the rain the entire time, Schaller said. 

The well-soaked fans had mixed reactions to the rescheduling.
"At least this way, we don't have to stand in the downpour," said Sheila Albert of State College, who planned to stay in the area and attend the show today.

Tracey Barish, a 16-year-old Harrisburg resident, expressed displeasure while walking barefoot through the stadium parking lot.
"We're already soaking wet, and it doesn't matter to us if we get any wetter," she said. 

Only a 30 percent chance of rain is predicted for today.