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PREVIEW: JOAN JETT AND THE BLACKHEARTS to perform Saturday at Thunder Valley
from: placercountyonline.com
by PLACER COUNTY ONLINE
Although most fans will be focused on the front woman Saturday at Thunder Valley Casino Resort, JOAN JETT concert-goers might be just as interested to learn about the man behind the drum kit.
THOMMY PRICE has been playing with the BLACKHEARTS, Jett's back-up band, for more than a dozen years. But his resume reads like a Who's Who of rock 'n' roll. It includes providing a steady backbeat for performers such as Billy Idol, Blue Oyster Cult, and Scandal, just to name a few.
Last year, he toured with Green Day throughout Europe at outdoor venues but still enjoys performing for his smallest audience -- his 3-year-old daughter who taps her foot along to the rhythm.
Price started playing drums when he was 5 years old. He was influenced in the late 1950s and early 1960s by listening to the jukebox with his older brother at the local Ice Cream Parlor in Brooklyn,New York. His first gig as a performer was at the Apollo at the age of 10.
"Back then, the Appolo was more like the local movie theatre than what it is today," he said this week from his home in a phone interview.
When asked if Price had advice for young musicians trying to make it today, he discussed how the music industry has changed since he started.
"Back then, you made a three-song demo, and passed it around hoping a label would pick it up," he said, adding that once you got signed by a label, the record label paid for the recording, distribution, tour and marketing.
Today, although he has other musical interests, the BLACKHEARTS remain Price's priority as he bangs away the beats to "I Love Rock 'n' Roll."
Saturday's show is the latest in Thunder Valley's summer concert series. Showtime is 7:30. Tickets range from $19 to $55. For more information, visit www.thundervalleyresort.com
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