Gwyn Davies
Talented Year 13 musician rocks festival
After a fabulous summer tour playing the cello with the National Youth Orchestra of Wales, culminating in a performance at St David’s Hall in Cardiff, Rydal Penrhos music scholar Gwyn Davies turned to an altogether different genre of music on Saturday 23 September.
The Dub Farm Volkswagen Weekend is an annual gathering of vehicle enthusiasts, set in the glorious mountains of Snowdonia, near Rhyd Ddu.
Live bands perform for the campers, and this year, these included a two hour set from ‘Twenty on Black’, a combo led by Rydal Penrhos guitar tutor, Gavin Rasmussen.
Gavin has been teaching Gwyn bass for a number of years now, and he was delighted to put him in the band for the Dub Farm gig. Their set was a wild success, with covers of classics such as ‘Walking on Sunshine’, ‘Twist and Shout’, ‘Nine to Five’, ‘Rebel Yell’, ‘Molly’s Chambers’, ‘Johnny B. Goode’ and ‘Hey Jude’ going down a storm with the hundred-strong crowd of dancing and singing revellers.
Gwyn’s bass playing was gutsy, pulsating, tight with the drums, a rock solid foundation for Gavin to sing and thrash his guitar to. An adrenalin rush for Gwyn, his first professional gig as a bass player in a magnificent Welsh setting will be a memory forever.
Well done Gwyn!