John the Conqueror
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[Dec. 20] Like their namesake, Philly blues-rock band John the Conqueror's story is stuff of folklore.
Jonifin Marvin
Like their namesake, Philly band John the Conqueror’s story is stuff of folklore. As a teenager, frontman Pierre Moore learned how to play guitar from a homeless man who slept in the back room of an auto-repair shop. When Moore and his cousin, Michael Gardner, decided to start a band, they both slipped into roles they had never played before: the former as singer, the latter selling his bass to buy a drum set. Eleven months after the Jackson, Miss., kin met Philadelphia bassist Ryan Lynn, they signed with Alive Naturalsound Records, former home to the Black Keys. Now the blues-infused rock trio is ending the year with one more show here in Philly before heading overseas for a month-long European tour.
Fri., Dec. 20, 9 p.m., $10, with Thee Idea Men and La Capitaña, Boot & Saddle, 1131 S. Broad St., 267-639-4528, bootandsaddlephilly.com.
