Bruce Tunkel is a guy I drummed for as part of his backing band several years ago. I played on and off with him for about six years in different incarnations of the band.
He had some moderate success in the early 90's with a band Red House. They got a major label deal, even charting in the top 40 with a video on MTV. I really enjoyed playing with him. He's got that "Jersey sound" and is one of those musicians from the NJ shore scene.
We got to play some cool gigs, opening up several times for Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes, as well as Joe Grusheky and the House Rockers. We also played with Jon Eddie, a well known Jersey guy. We played at gigs where the likes of Springsteen, Bon Jovi, and Dion jammed. It was a great time!
He's supposed to come over tonight to jam. We'll see. I'm really looking forward to it. Hopefully he'll put a band together again, including me of course! Friday night we'll be going down to Asbury Park to "The Saint", a dive we used to play at back in the day. We'll be celebrating at a CD release party for my old friend Frankie, (& former band mate) and his band Maybe Pete. That should be cool. Perhaps he'll let us jam with him for old time's sake.
If you get the chance, Google Bruce Tunkel and check out his site. Love him or hate him, he's a talented, and pretty cool guy.
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