SenyorROCK, featuring Pinoy Rock legends Joey “Pepe” Smith and Wally Gonzalez of the legendary Juan dela Cruz Band, Sampaguita, Resty Fabunan of Maria Cafra and Lolita Carbon of Asin, will come together again on April 8 at the Hard Rock Cafe at Glorietta in Makati.
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| (L-R) Gary Perez of Sampaguita, Resty Fabunan of Maria Cafra, Pepe Smith of Juan dela Cruz band, and Rene Garcia of Hotdogs band. |
Joey “Pepe” Smith songs are “Himig Natin” and other Juan de la Cruz originals, like “Balong Malalim,” “Beep Beep,” “Rock N Roll sa Ulan,” “Titser’s Enemi No. 1,” among others, accompanied by guitarist Wally Gonzalez.
Sampaguita, meanwhile, made popular hit songs such as , “Bonggahan,” “Tao,"“Sa Diyos Lamang” and “Nosi Balasi” which made her name as the real Pinoy rock and roll queen.
Resty Fabunan of the Maria Cafra band, one of the greatest Filipino lead guitarists, popularized the rock songs “Kumusta Mga Kaibigan,” "Pagbabalik ng Kuwago," and “Estranghero.”
Lolita Carbon, vocalist of folk band Asin have in their names hit songs like “Masdan Mo ang Kapaligiran,” “Usok,” “Byaheng Langit,” and “Balita” which has become an internationally popular rap piece when Black Eyed Peas’ Apl D Ap picked some lines from it to make “The Apl Song?”
SenyorROCK is produced by Grace Apolinario and Bing Palad-Apolinario, and presented by Gerry’s Grill in cooperation with First Option Events and Entertainment.--Source: Manila Standard Today