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Is My Father There? is Bobby Bandiera’s third official release if you don’t count the Shove It Down Your Throat compilation of his first two CDs, Bandiera and…
As you will see from what I’ve written below, catching Bob Burger performing his own show at the Celtic Cottage was very much on my “to do” list….
I’ve never been in the USA at this time of year so I was interested to check out all the things we Europeans have come to associate with…
As you will see from what I’ve written below, catching Bob Burger performing his own show at the Celtic Cottage was very much on my “to do” list….
Who?” I hear you ask?? Yes, that’s right “Jimmy and the Parrots”. For those of you who are unfamiliar with the name, these guys have a reputation for being…
With absolute precision, C’mon Caroline steered into the Jukes’ set perfectly, helped by the fact that all the Jukes were on stage anyway! There were lots of much-deserved…
Apart from the few shows the Jukes did with Bon Jovi in 2001, it has been almost eleven years since the band last performed in Germany – scary…
May 27th, 2001 started off much the same as any other late spring Sunday I’ve spent in New Jersey with blue skies and sunshine providing the perfect conditions…
To the discerning traveler, Bleeker Street in New York City’s Greenwich Village is the epicenter of where it’s at as far as great music venues, record stores, ultra…
Longtime Jukes saxophone player, Joey Stann, launched his début album, Family Tree, at Jukestock – three days of Peace, Love and Jukes that took place at the Holiday…
The Background: When Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes decided to play their historic New Year’s Eve show on December 31st, 1999 they had no idea they were…
In spite of the complexities that come with living in Europe, I believe I’ve had a fair share of magic moments over the years with regard to seeing…
For the last few months, there has been much speculation among Southside Johnny Lyon’s loyal fans regarding the news that he was back in the recording studio. Topics…
From 1996 to 1998, the flashback column was a regular weekly feature in the East Coast Rocker written by Jersey Shore musician/songwriter/producer/columnist, Hal B. Selzer. The success of…
In the early 80s, there was a band that dominated the club scene like no other. In the heyday of the Jersey circuit, their record of prominence over…
Back in 1980, a band was forming that would end up in the charts in Europe in 1996. The band was called The Message, and not only did…
If you listened to WSOU in the late ‘80s and early ‘90s, you are probably familiar with the music of Faith Healer. Besides being in heavy rotation on…
One of the first big bands on the Jersey Club scene was Fate, which toured the circuit in the early days of the scene’s development. Back in the…
“We were playing a gig at a college in New York, for a black crowd. They were chanting ‘We don’t want your music,’ and they set up a…
FLA… not only an abbreviation for Florida, but one of the Jersey circuit bands in the ‘80s that played all the top clubs. The band was formed by…
In the early ‘80s, you couldn’t turn on the radio without hearing the Top 5 hit “Sweetheart”, or the Top 20 songs “You’re My Girl” and “Without You.”…
One of the famous names from the heyday of the Jersey club scene is Kinderhook Creek. The band had a nine-year run of success, not only playing all…
Along with Twisted Sister, one of the best-known “glam” type bands on the circuit in the early ‘80s was Monroe. While almost all of the bands from that…
It was in the late ‘80s, and as usual, the Stone Pony was packed. On stage was a skinny, grimacing guitar player, clad in a funny hat and…
One of the wild nights on the Jersey shore scene back in the late 1970s and early 1980s was at the Union Jack in South River, where the…