..Hailing from the Land of Rising Sun (Japan), TOKYO TRAMPS is on a mission to deliver joy and excitement of true American music, Blues and Rock'n'Roll. American music has a tremendous power to make three Japanese come down here. The musical journey started when Satoru Nakagawa left Japan to go to Louisiana searching for the spirit of Rock'n'Roll. Soon he found its father, Blues. Yukiko Fujii left a very lucrative job in Tokyo and took a giant step following her heart to play American music in America. Kosei Fukuyama had a dream of becoming the best drummer. His ambition is to hit the big time in America. These three had a chance to meet in Boston, where American revolution started. Satoru took its name TRAMPS from his early idol, Bruce Springsteen's song, Born To Run - "Tramps like us, baby, we were born to run." Coming to a foreign land, not having home or families, traveling from place to place searching for the best sounds of America, what else can we do to make our dreams come true except playing for a Rock'n'Roll band?
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*************The venues they played were :
Massachusetts - Harpers Ferry, House of Blues, TT the Bears, Hard Rock Cafe, ChiliHead BBQ, Dodge Street Grill, Lizard Lounge, Abbey Lounge, Plough and Stars, Church, Sea Note, Asgard, Midway Cafe, Kirkland Cafe, Next Page Cafe, ChitChat Lounge, Roosevelt, and many more!
New York - Kenny's Castaways, Baggot Inn, Blaggards Pub, Lion's Den, The Annex, Alphabet Lounge. New Jersey - the Buffstone's. Pennsylvania - Abilene, Club128, and the Tokio Ballroom. Rhode Island - The call. New Hampshire - the Barley House. ........and many many more!!The band has participated in the showcases at :
Cutting Edge Music Business Conference in New Orleans, LA and Midwest Music Conference and Film Festival in Lexington, KY in 2002, Indianapolis Music Conference in Indianapolis, IN in 2003, and Millennium Music Conference in Harrisburg, PA and Independent Music Conference in Philadelphia, PA in 2004, 2005 and 2007. In 2006, NXNE Music & Film Festival in Toronto and NEMO in Boston, MA. Most recently in 2008, Independent Music Conference in Los Angels, CA.A few examples of the band's appearances in local media are :
Boston Globe, Boston Herald, Boston Magazine, Metronome magazine, Soundcheck Magazine, The Noise Magazine, WAAF, WFNX, 92.5 The River, WMWM 91.7FM, AOTV, WIN-TV, and so on.TOKYO TRAMPS was selected as one of the semifinalist for the Boston Blues Society's "Blues Challenge 2004." TOKYO TRAMPS won the WMWM Radio Battle of the Bands 2004.TOKYO TRAMPS toured to Japan and had a big show in Tokyo in January 2005.TOKYO TRAMPS has released four albums : the first one "Long Way From Home" in July 2000, the second one "Bound For Glory" in June 2003, the third one "Lucky Jive Will Come Home On King's Road" in May 2006. The latest one, "TOKYO GUMBO," has just released in September 2008.TOKYO TRAMPS in Los Angels - Fall 2008
