Tommy Tokyo & Starving For My Gravy

Tommy Tokyo is not a Japanese art school rocker, but a sturdy songwriter from the Norwegian city of Fredrikstad. He and the band move throughout a wide soundscape between indie rock and Americana. Tommy began playing guitar well into adulthood and started his career with a few EP releases with the band Piggyback and on his own. Last year’s solo album ‘Octopusdrunk And The Arms To Prove It’ was released on the small Osito Records and was met with praise all across the nation. In 2007, Tommy played at Skaugum – the nice, little backyard of Palace Grill – on Club Night. This year, he’ll be bringing his crew and material to the Medieval Park. Tommy Tokyo and the musicians in Starving For My Gravy have just signed with major label Warner, and many of us are excited to see what this band might come up with when working with budgets that are a little bit bigger than they’ve been accustomed to so far. A new album is planned for release this fall. Some of Tommy’s associates have previously been in great Fredrikstad acts like Ricochets and Peru You. In an attempt to describe his hometown, Tommy came up with the following lines: “It’s nothing like Eden, and it’s not far from Sweden, down here we are in love with our cars”. At Øya you’ll get a chance to peek into Tommy’s musical backyard.

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