Audio Rumble: End Year Review 2023

 Audio Rumble end of year review for 2023:

Dec. 10 – Video of Buzz Zeemer at the Franklin Mills Mall in 1997 released on YouTube on Good Day Philadelphia with “Psychedelic Santa.”

Dec. 2 – Tommy Conwell and the Young Rumblers perform at The Recher in Baltimore, Maryland.

Dec. 1 – Tickets go on sale for Buzz Zeemer reunion to promote “Lost and Found” at Ardmore Music Hall on March 29. https://wl.seetickets.us/event/buzz-zeemer/578079...

Nov. 11 – Tommy Conwell and the Young Rumblers perform at Ardmore Music Hall.

Oct. 16 - Frank Brown (Flight of Mavis/Buzz Zeemer) interview “Yo That’s My Jawn"

https://theimpactplayers.com/.../yo-thats-my-jawn-the.../...

Oct 24 – Frank Brown (Flight of Mavis/Buzz Zeemer/Travel Lanes) interview with “25 O’Clock” – Philadelphia’s longest running music podcast. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rtnd8ObESnQ

Sept 30 – Tommy Conwell plays Ardmore Music Hall with David Uosikkinen's In The Pocket.

Sept. 24 – Video of Buzz Zeemer performing “Crush” live on Walnut Street at HMV in 1996 released on YouTube.

Sept. 23 – From Sept 23 – Oct 13, Buzz Zeemer’s “Lost and Found” topped the Radio Free Americana charts and remains near the top at the end of 2023.

Sept. 8 – Released on Main Street Music Records, Buzz Zeemer’s “Lost and Found” is their first album release in almost 30 years. And a very personal project for Pat [Feeney], the owner of Main Street Music, who managed Buzz Zeemer during their run. Curated from recordings done with Adam Lasus between 1993 and 1997. MainStreetMusicPA also hosted a record release listening party that evening.

Aug. 30 – Buzz Zeemer’s single “Sometimes” is released on all streaming platforms! This early version features Kevin Karg, Andrew Chalfen and Gus Cordovox.

Aug. 28 – Video of Buzz Zeemer performing “I Live Next Door” on Walnut Street 1996 in front of HMV.

Aug. 9 - All Better Said,” the 3rd single from LOST AND FOUND by Buzz Zeemer, is out on all streaming options.

Aug. 8 - Tommy Conwell Rumblers and the Young Rumblers released their national debut album 'Rumble' 35 years ago on August 8, 1988.

July 28 – Tommy Conwell and the House Rockers perform at the 37th Annual Upper Merion Concerts Under the Stars in King of Prussia, PA.

July 23 – Tommy Conwell and the Young Rumblers perform at Bottle & Cork in Dewey Beach Delaware.

July 18 – “Shelly Don’t Mind” released on streaming sites.

June 30 - Dan DeLuca includes Buzz Zeemer’s “C’mon If You Can” in his Summer Music article in @phillyinquirer: “Before you hop in the car, roll the windows down and drive into the sun, you need some good tunes.”

June 24 – Flight of Mavis (3/4 of the band Buzz Zeemer: Frank Brown Ken Buono and Dave McElroy) perform to a sold-out audience at 118 North in Wayne, PA.

June 24 – Buzz Zeemer’s first single “C’mon If You Can” hits streaming across the internet.

June 20 – Main Street Music Records announces their inaugural record release of Lost and Found by BUZZ ZEEMER on September 8.

April 28 – The Return of the Guild! Tommy Conwell and the Young Rumblers perform at Ardmore Music Hall. https://audiorumble.blogspot.com/.../the-return-of-guild...

Jan. 20 – Tommy Conwell and the House Rockers perform at 118 North.

Buzz Zeemer - Psychedelic Santa

Buzz Zeemer at the Franklin Mills Mall in 1997. Psychedelic Santa is from the Record Cellar release, Season's Greetings. 🎅🎄❄⛄

Music Dreams Do Come True!

 And they said this day would never come! Tickets go on sale today for Buzz Zeemer at Ardmore Music Hall with The Tisburys. Tickets can be purchased here.

R.E.M and Ardmore Music Hall

Dude:  What’s up, DJ Caterina?

DJ Cat: Hey, did you hear that Michael Shannon, part-time musician and full-time famous Hollywood actor (and he’s so amazing as an actor!) and musician Jason Narducy (Bob Mould Band, Superchunk) are taking their act on the road for a tour in February?

Dude:  Really?

DJ Cat: Yup, the duo is going out for a seven-date concert tour where they will perform R.E.M.’s debut album “Murmur” in full every night. And one of the stops is at Ardmore Music Hall.

Dude:  Sounds intriguing.

DJ Cat:  Maybe. I’m not necessarily a big R.E.M fan, but I have enjoyed hearing R.E.M.’s lead singer Michael Stipe discuss how he was in awe of Michael Hutchence's (lead singer of INXS) songwriting.

Dude:  But are you going to this concert?

DJ Cat: Another R.E.M story that I’m familiar with is that when Philadelphia’s Flight of Mavis was touring with The Reivers in 1991, people began hearing ‘underground’ stories that R.E.M. were performing secret concerts on the East Coast under the name, Flight of Mavis. Except it wasn’t R.E.M.—it WAS Flight of Mavis.  

Dude:  …and?

DJ Cat:  Frank Brown, the lead singer of Flight of Mavis, now fronts a band called Travel Lanes. AND his other band, Buzz Zeemer has also just released an album of “new-to-us” songs recorded in the 1990s, hence the name, “Lost and Found.”
It’s on bandcamp!

Dude:  Am I in a commercial here?! Look, I’m leaving.

DJ Cat:  I’m all out of R.E.M. stories, anyway.

Buzz Zeemer - The Red Sessions

Somewhere in the early 2010's, I picked up some Buzz Zeemer "demo" tracks online that were ID'd as "The Red Sessions" or "The Red Days." What I didn't know was that these tracks--Easy Does It, All Better Said, What I've Got--were recorded at Adam Lasus' Studio Red in the 1990s. You can see Studio Red on the inner sleeve of Buzz Zeemer's "Lost and Found" vinyl. If you still haven't heard any of these tracks, check it out soon! 
Meanwhile, one of my goals is to walk down a city street, turn a corner and BOOM! There's my favorite band just performing on the sidewalk! And listen to that TC solo! 🎶🤩🎸