This weekend, DJ Caterina trekked 1,462.7 miles from Dallas to Philadelphia to see Tommy Conwell and the Young Rumblers perform the last of an epic two nights at The Blockley Pourhouse, Nov. 4 and 5.
Nov. 4 - Tommy Conwell and the Young Rumblers andThe Peace Creeps (Richard Bush of The A's).
Nov. 5 - Tommy Conwell and the Young Rumblers and Smash Palace.
Gems included on Saturday night's set list included a new song - "just for the fans" - Whatever This Crowd Wants, a couple of songs performed by guitarist Chris Day and the never-recorded but legendary fan fave, Demolition Derby. The performance also included covers; Time Has Come Today and Back in the USA.
Brief concert clips below of Tommy Conwell and the Young Rumblers at the Blockley Pourhouse on Nov. 5, 2011.
Tommy Conwell and the Young Rumblers return to the old Chestnut Cabaret on Friday November 4th, and Saturday, November 5th, for a very special 2-night reunion run.
Tommy and the Rumblers rocked The Blockley last November to a sold out audience - their first Philly headline play in nearly 15 years!
Complete with old friends Richard Bush and Smash Palace; dinner seating; and a VIP meet and greet with Tommy and the boys; it promises to be an epic weekend of music!
Hey, you guys! We're doing it again, only this time we're doing 2 nights. We're gonna beef up the sound system a little bit, and maybe (MAYBE!) whip out some unrecorded oldies. Richard Bush from the A's is opening the first night with his band The Peace Creeps, and Smash Palace is opening the second night! Pretty good openers, huh? Tix are $25, but if you come both nights it's $40 total, and the band is gonna have a little get together with the combo ticket holders, who also are gonna get a signed poster, which hopefully will be pretty cool. I hope I didn't get anything wrong here, but the main thing is... it's going to ROCK!
Cheers,
Tommy
Tommy also made the special announcement during a WYSP Alumni guest spot on August 30.
A December 1986 interview with Tommy Conwell and Paul Slivka on 93.7 WSTX-FM with Bob Bowersox.
Tommy and Paul discuss the new release of Tommy Conwell and the Young Rumblers' first independent album on Antenna Records, Walkin’ On the Water. Tommy reminisces about the first Young Rumblers gig at University of Delaware in Newark - Skid Row Beach Party, Feb. 24, 1984.
The boys also talk about the addition of two new members: Chris Day and Rob Miller and Walkin' On the Water's record producer, Andy King, bass player for The Hooters.
The following is an excerpt from an article originally found on www.mpprojects.com/tc.
Guitarist/songwriter - Javier Hernández Boni - accidentally stumbled across Tommy Conwell and the Young Rumblers' Guitar Trouble in the early 1990’s and subsequently took the music to Let Me Love You Too and recorded Por Que No?for his first solo record. Sounds pretty vanilla, except for the fact that Boni is from Spain and is a guitarist for one of Europe ’s biggest classic rock bands.
Read this transcontinental story prepared by Mario Martin, manager of Barricada:
Javier Hernández Boni is the rhythm guitarist and 50% singer of Barricada, a Spanish rock and roll band that has been together since 1982. Boni is a shy guy, seems quiet and calm. Everything changes when he is playing live; when he becomes a savage guitar player! Boni’s guitar influences include Rory Gallagher, Slade, Sisters of Mercy, The Recovers, Sex Pistols, and The Clash.
In 1992, Boni went into the studio to record Peligroso Animal de Compañía [translation: Dangerous Pet], being helped by a couple of friends and his brother playing drums, as well as two Barricada band members. This was a personal experience for Boni, to play with close friends and his brother.
Boni wrote all of the lyrics on Dangerous Pet but two of them. The first written by Barricada's other lead singer, Enrique Villarreal, and a second song, based on a song written and performed by Tommy Conwell titled, "Let Me Love You Too."
For some reason, Boni seemed to like that song so much and chose it for his very first solo album. (The song was actually discovered by Boni’s brother.)
Today, it is very common for Spanish recording artists to record cover versions of very popular songs. Boni decided to take the risk of recording a cover version of a song not known at all in Spain. So, he took the music and a few parts of the lyric and recorded Por Que No? (translation: "Why Now?”)
His record, Dangerous Pet, was a personal success; he never toured for the album because his drummer/brother had an accident and broke a hand. Boni’s dream was to record a solo album, and if it wasn’t possible to play with his brother, he didn’t mind not touring. His success was to record it. Nowadays, Boni still records and plays with Barricada, harder and louder than never!
http://www.barricada.com.es/
