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Although he’s a talented songwriter, Tommy Conwell and his band, the Young Rumblers, haven’t were able to escape the bar band circuit. Making use of their first recording, 1988’s Rumble, the music group earned a little radio and video strike using the joyous, self-deprecating rocker “I’m Not really Your Guy,” …

Since 1976, Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers have already been among America’s finest rock and roll & roll rings ever, merging the calling guitars from the Byrds using the gritty rhythmic travel from the Rolling Rocks. Petty’s stories of American losers and dreamers had been simple and immediate, but emotionally …

Upon the discharge of the first album in the later ’70s, Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers were shoehorned in to the punk/new wave motion by some observers who found over the tough, vibrant energy from the group’s mixture of Byrds riffs and Stonesy swagger. In ways, the categorization produced sense. …

Although for a couple years Tom Fogerty was in another of the most effective rock and roll groups on earth, it had been his lot to maintain the large darkness of his more youthful and a lot more talented sibling, John Fogerty. Tom performed rhythm acoustic guitar and sang some …

Within the middle-’90s revival of roots-rock, the Wallflowers kept a special link with among the unique inspirations: vocalist/songwriter/guitarist Jakob Dylan. Though he’s the son of the legend, Jakob’s commonalities to his dad are periodic — actually, the Wallflowers tend to be more affected by Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers than …

While greatly popular within their local Canada, the Tragically Hip found the global graphs continually resistant with their blues-influenced pop fare. Created in 1984 in Kingston, Ontario, the music group comprised childhood close friends Gordon Downie (vocals), Bobby Baker (acoustic guitar), Paul Langlois (acoustic guitar), Gord Sinclair (bass), and Johnny …

Scottish singer and songwriter Roddy Hart 1st appeared around the scene along with his impartial release, House Tapes, in 2004. The collection, a range from some demonstration recordings, was solid enough that Hart quickly discovered himself on the air, and — moreover — asked to open up for the famous …

Elevated in Akron, OH, alt-country singer/songwriter Tim Easton was affected by a mix of pop icons (the Beatles, Kiss) and bluegrass/folk legends (Doc Watson, John Prine). Kosher Spears, his university music group from his times at Ohio Condition, performed their particular roots rock cross over the Midwest, and Easton ultimately …

A rocking bar music group with blues and folk affects, the Tightners formed in Calgary, Alberta, in 1992, named following a community slang term for alcohol consumption. The group includes vocalist Henry Lees; keyboardist John Parker; guitarists Peter Bissonnette, Don Henderson, and Kelly Cowan; bassist Steve Dueck; and drummer Gary …

Canadian singer/songwriter Mike Plume fronts his roots-based namesake music group, which includes guitarist Dave Klym, bassist Derek Mazurek, and drummer Ernie Basiliadis. Plume’s bandmates are longtime close friends, but his 1st record, 1993’s Tunes From a North Town, was documented with a program music group in Austin, TX. Plume didn’t …