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NIGHT TRAIN @ CITY HOTEL, NORTHERN CAMBRIA 5/1/10
For the second time in three days, I headed up the hill to Northern Cambria to check out more entertainment at the City Hotel, this time catching up with local favorites Night Train.
The City Hotel was doing good business as I arrived, with a sizable crowd in the house, including a wedding party. Night Train was just starting their second set, reconvening the music with Matchbox 20’s “3 AM.” Through the two sets I witnessed, singer Don Duriez, the father-and-son guitar-playing tandem of Jerry and Jared Carnevali, bassist/singer Ken Pompa and drummer Tim fired through a variety of rocking favorites from the ‘60s to present. Their repertoire stretched from ‘60s chestnuts like Crazy Elephant’s “Gimme Gimme Good Lovin’” and Van Morrison’s “Brown Eyed Girl” to Sammy Hagar’s “Mas Tequila,” The Clarks’ “Shimmy Low,” Three Doors Down’s “Kryptonite,” Santana’s “Smooth” and more. The group kept the dance floor busy through it all with numbers from Eddie Money, Billy Idol, Bon Jovi, Tom Petty, Gin Blossoms, Rare Earth, Guns N’Roses, Doobie Brothers and more.
The band was tight and together, and vocally Night Train was on the mark with solid voices and harmonies. I liked their song selection, energy level and pace; they kept the music constant, never giving the dance floor crowd much opportunity or reason to want to sit back down.
Clearly the hometown crowd liked these guys, because at night’s end Night Train got called back up for not one, but two encores! The group answered the first with Billy Idol’s “Rebel Yell,” and rewarded the second encore demands with The Cult’s “Fire Woman.”
This Train kept a rollin’ all night long, and delivered the good time!
For the second time in three days, I headed up the hill to Northern Cambria to check out more entertainment at the City Hotel, this time catching up with local favorites Night Train.
The City Hotel was doing good business as I arrived, with a sizable crowd in the house, including a wedding party. Night Train was just starting their second set, reconvening the music with Matchbox 20’s “3 AM.” Through the two sets I witnessed, singer Don Duriez, the father-and-son guitar-playing tandem of Jerry and Jared Carnevali, bassist/singer Ken Pompa and drummer Tim fired through a variety of rocking favorites from the ‘60s to present. Their repertoire stretched from ‘60s chestnuts like Crazy Elephant’s “Gimme Gimme Good Lovin’” and Van Morrison’s “Brown Eyed Girl” to Sammy Hagar’s “Mas Tequila,” The Clarks’ “Shimmy Low,” Three Doors Down’s “Kryptonite,” Santana’s “Smooth” and more. The group kept the dance floor busy through it all with numbers from Eddie Money, Billy Idol, Bon Jovi, Tom Petty, Gin Blossoms, Rare Earth, Guns N’Roses, Doobie Brothers and more.
The band was tight and together, and vocally Night Train was on the mark with solid voices and harmonies. I liked their song selection, energy level and pace; they kept the music constant, never giving the dance floor crowd much opportunity or reason to want to sit back down.
Clearly the hometown crowd liked these guys, because at night’s end Night Train got called back up for not one, but two encores! The group answered the first with Billy Idol’s “Rebel Yell,” and rewarded the second encore demands with The Cult’s “Fire Woman.”
This Train kept a rollin’ all night long, and delivered the good time!
Night appropriately started to arrive as Northern Cambria’s Night Train arrived onstage. Singer Don was a bit under the weather, but nonetheless did a good job fronting the group as they did a strong mixture of classic and current rocking favorites. I was impressed by Night Train’s strong harmonies as they did tunes from 3 Doors Down, Bon Jovi, Gin Blossoms, Allman Brothers, Doobie Brothers, Three Days Grace, Billy Idol and more. Perhaps my favorite highlight of their set was when they broke out Sammy Hagar’s “Mas Tequila.” The father and son tandem of Jerry and Jarrod frequently displayed strong guitarwork and dual guitar harmonies along the way. It was a strong and sturdy set that reminded me that I don’t get to see this band nearly enough, and that I need to make the effort to trek up the hil l to catch them again sometime soon.