Sorry to be picky but I don't like the colors, think it is too modern, and doesn't utilize history - I like
"Small Town Charm By the Bay."
Friday, August 16, 2013
Monday, July 1, 2013
Somers Point - July 4 - 5
This week we get a double douse of great, local music
because July 4th falls on a Thursday,
Bob Campanell, a South Jersey native
who earned his stripes in Asbury Park
I remember seeing the Shakes for the first time in the late
1970s at Mothers, which was an after hours joint just on the other side of the
bridge on the Longport Blvd.
That was the summer the Shakes’ original tune “Pour It Out,”
was included on the WMMR “Breakout” album, a song that Bob should bring back
and play again, as it still holds up well.
Later that summer I set up a small cassette tape recorder
and captured a set of Bob and the Shakes live, a tape that I still play once in
awhile when I want to flash back to that time and place, and you can hear the
glasses tingling, the background conversations and laughter, and then the band
kicking in and kicking butt.
Like Bruce the Boss, and other Asbury Park veterans, they
occasionally will introduce a song with a little story, told while the bass and
drummer kept up a steady beat, and one night Bob told the story of how the
Shakes got an audition at the legendary nightclub on Bay Avenue, where the sign
above the door read: “Through these doors walk the most beautiful girls in the
world,” but when they played an original song, got the boot from Tony, who
often said to his bands, “Get at a here you bums!” before breaking into “Hit
the Road Jack.”
But Bob Campanell did come back, after playing a few years
as the house band at Merrels in Margate
With a wide repertoire of classic rock and roll songs, a
great guitar and powerful voice, Bob now has a new band, usually including
Danny Eyer on lead guitar.
And besides playing the annual July 4th gig at the Somers
Point Beach
Free live music outdoors on the beach two nights in a row
isn’t too much to handle, especially when the regular Friday night beach
concert features another great, local South Jersey band - Jeremiah Hunter, an
upbeat party band that includes some of the guys who were in the Soul
Survivors.
One of them, Kenny Jeremiah, a musical consultant for the
movie, “Eddie and the Cruisers,” has been playing the Jersey
Shore
Double dynamite, back to back, classic rock, local fan
favorites, Thursday and Friday nights, July 4th and 5th, on the Somers
Point Beach
[Bill Kelly can be reached at billkelly3@gmail.com (609) 425-6297]
Thursday, June 13, 2013
First Friday Night Somers Point Beach Concerts 2013 Preview and Jersey Gumbo Fest
By Bill Kelly [billkelly3@gmail.com]
Now in its 21st year, the free Somers Point Beach Concert
series has a new primary sponsor - the Shore
Medical Center
Towards that end this season’s premier Friday night June
14th beach concert act - Jumpin’ Johnny Sansone and his New Orleans All Stars,
will stick around town for a few days and also play the Jersey Gumbo Cook Off
and Music Fest the following afternoon at the Somers Point #1 Fire Company Hall
grounds at 447 Bethel Road
Besides Sansone, the Music Fest part of the ten hour show
will also feature Grammy winner Terrance Simien and his Zydeco Experience,
former E-Streeter Vini “Mad Dog” Lopez and his band “License Tto Chill,” Mojo
Mozart and the Mardi Gras Swingers and Rosie O’Reilly, the Sweetheart
Songstress of Hammonton.
Nick Regine was the primary promoter of the Friday night
beach concerts, as well as the founder of the Somers Point Jazz Society, and is
personally responsible for bringing such great music to the Point after the end
of the Bay Avenue Rock ‘n Roll era.
The pronounced New Orleans , Louisiana
Tony took an old Bay Avenue Ratheskeller and created Tony
Marts, presenting live music, and in its heyday, had six bars, three stages and
continuous live music, including a major recording act headliner and talented
house bands that included Len Carey and the Krackerjacks, Full House and Levon
& the Hawks (aka The Band). Carmen and his brother Tony, Jr. ran the place
in its final years, featuring mainly local cover bands before it was sold and
demolished and a disco built in its place. But many people who were there have
vivid memories of Tony Marts, and that music spirit is still strong.
Len Carey and the Krackerjacks, the first house band, were
protégés of Spike Jones, and had a New Orleans New Orleans
Among them is Johnny Sansone, who made his name in New
Orleans Jersey to attend school in Colorado Austin ,
Texas Kansas City ,
North Carolina Chicago New Orleans Atlantic
City
Sansone’s latest CD - “The Lord is Waiting and the Devil Is
Too,” follows his “Watermellon Patch”, and 1997 blues album of the year
“Crescent City Moon,” which also won accolades.
Sansone originally played the saxophone but was also drawn
to the harmonica and guitar. Before clicking in Louisiana Chicago New
Orleans
On Saturday June 15, the day after Sansone kicks off the
Friday night beach concert season, he’ll provide some of the New Orleans sounds
at the Jersey Gumbo Music Fest at Point Fire Company #1, and will be assisted
by Terrance Simien and his Zydeco Experience, an upbeat accordion driven
experience that makes you want to get up and dance, as we know from his
previous Somers Point shows.
Also on the music schedule are Rosie O’Reilly Gazarra, Mojo
Mozart and the Mardi Gras Swingers, and original Springsteen E Street Band
drummer, Vini Lopez and his Key West Caribbean Party Band, “License to Chill,”
who have a laid back Jimmy Buffet style and sound.
Tickets for the whole ten hour show are just $20 and permits
you to come and go and come back again, but there’s no reason to leave, as the Louisiana
Among the chefs presenting their Gumbo will be Richard
Spurlock, whose menu at the Main Street American Café in Mays Landing
specializes in the New Orleans
In addition to all the Gumbo you can taste, guests will be allowed to vote for their “People’s Choice” for the best seafood/vegetarian and the best meat/poultry Gumbo.
In addition to all the Gumbo you can taste, guests will be allowed to vote for their “People’s Choice” for the best seafood/vegetarian and the best meat/poultry Gumbo.
The first annual Jersey Gumbo and Music Fest; a new Somers
Point tradition.
For more info about the Shore Medical Center Concerts
on the Beach in Somers Point go to www.SomersPointBeachConcerts.com and
for more information about the At the Shore Jersey Gumbo Fest go to www.Tonymart.com, where
tickets are available on Paypal or for VIP
tickets call 609-653-6069.
Monday, June 3, 2013
Comets bass player Marshall Lytle dies
Comets bass player Marshall Lytle dies at 79
Lytle died at his home in New Port Richey, Fla.
Lytle recorded hits like “Rock Around the Clock” and “Shake,
Rattle and Roll” with Haley in the 1950s. he was known for his percussive bass
style, slapping the strings as he played, and his lifely performances. He would
sometimes take the bass over his head or ride it like a surfboard.
“He’s known as the father of rock bass by some people,” said
Michael Jordan Rush, who published a memoir by Lytle titled “Still Rockin’
Around the Clock” in 2011. “He certainly influenced rock bass more than any
other individual.”
Lytle was born in Old Fort, North Carolina, in September
1933.
A birth defect made it nearly impossible for him to walk as a child. His older brother would carry him to and from school on his back. It was then that Lytle developed a love of music.
A birth defect made it nearly impossible for him to walk as a child. His older brother would carry him to and from school on his back. It was then that Lytle developed a love of music.
“He had been a musician from the time he was barely able to
walk,” Golda said.
While Lytle was still a young boy, he had surgery that gave
him the use of his legs,” she said.
In 1951, Lytle, then still a teen, joined Bill Haley’s
Saddlemen. At the time Haley had a radio show in Chester ,
Pa.
He suggested they call themselves “the Comets” instead.
Several of the band’s hits are now iconic rock ‘n’ roll
songs. “Rock Around the Clock,” recorded in 1954, is one fo the highest selling
singles of all time. Lytle also played on hits like “See You Later, Alligator.”
Published in The Trentonian, Thursday May 30, 2013 . p. A23
Monday, May 6, 2013
Somers Point Beach Concerts 2013
The free Somers Point Beach Concerts will be
held on 13 consecutive Friday nights, June 14 through September 6 and Thursday, July 4, 2013 from 7 pm ‘til
9:30 pm .
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Jumpin
Johnny Sansone & his New Orleans Allstars: Blues Music Award Winning
R & B /
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June 21
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Mingo
Fish Trap: South by Southwest Award Winning Funky Jammin' Big Band
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June 28
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July 4
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July 5
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The Jeremiah Hunter Band:
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Fullhouse
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July 12
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Kinsey Report:
Reggae, Funk, R&B featuring Donald Kinsey. Co-Producer with Bob Marley
& Peter Tosh
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July 19
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July 26
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Aug. 9
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Southern Hospitality: Victor Wainwright, JP Soars &
Damon Fowler. Emerging Funky Rock Supergroup from
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Aug. 23
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Aug. 30
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Sept 6
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The Eddie Morgan
Jazz Ensemble with special guest Jackie Greggs: Funky R&B, Jazz
& Swingin' Vocals
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Sunday, April 28, 2013
Tony Marts Revival
CELEBRATE THE CLASSIC
ROCK ‘N ROLL OF THE JERSEY SHORE
Experience the rich legacy of the Golden Years of rock ‘n
roll at the Jersey Shore at Greate Bay Country Club Friday evening, May
10th when the Tony Mart Allstars will be rockin’ and jammin’ in “The Music
that Made Tony Mart’s Famous”. Join Dr. Bobby Fingers, Bobby
Campanell, Danny Eyer, Howard Isaacson, Jimmy “Old School” Glenn and Rich
Kurtz as they perform the greatest hits of Bill Haley and his Comets,
Conway Twitty, Duane Eddie and Joey D and the Starlighters.
Dance to “Shout”, “Rock Around the Clock” and “Peppermint
Twist”!
Hear the sounds of Mitch Ryder and the Detroit Wheels; sing
along to “The Weight” and “I Shall be Released” and feel the power of the
moving tribute to Bob Dylan and The Band known as “Levon and the Hawks” in the
summer of ’65 at Tony Mart’s.
Party with the sensational live sounds of the ‘70’s and
relive the songs of the immortal “Eddie & the Cruisers” from the movie that
was filmed at Tony Mart’s in 1982.
A delicious full dinner buffet will be served by the award
winning chefs at Greate Bay 7pm and the show begins at 8pm . A cash bar will be open the
entire evening. Tickets for the dance party, show and dinner are
only $35 plus $5 gratuity. Reserve your seat or tables of 8 by
sending an email to Tonymarto@aol.com or
calling 609-653-6069. For a full dinner menu and preview of the list
of hit songs to be performed go to www.Tonymart.com.
CLASSIC ROCK SONG LIST RELEASED FOR “THE MUSIC THAT
MADE TONY MART’S FAMOUS” GREATE BAY
~ 7-10pm May
10, 2013
Attached is the recently released list of the famous songs
to be performed by the Tony Mart Allstars at “The Music That Made
Tony Mart’s Famous” on Friday, May 10,
2013 .
For reserved seats or more information go to www.Tonymart.com send
an email toTonymarto@aol.com or
call 609-653-6069.
Reserve your seat today. This will be a great
dinner dance party and show!
THE MUSIC THAT MADE
TONY MART’S FAMOUS
(Dates
denote years artists performed @ Tony Mart’s)
Rock around the Clock - Bill Haley & his Comets (1963-64)
Shake Rattle & Roll
- Bill Haley & his Comets (1963-64)
Ain’t that a Shame - Fat’s
Domino
Only Make Believe - Conway
Runaway - Del Shannon (1964)
Honky Tonk - Duane
Eddie & the Rebels (1963)
What’d I Say - Ray Charles
Peppermint Twist - Joey Dee & the Starlighters (1962-64)
Shout Joey Dee &
the Starlighters - (1962-64)
Rainy Day Woman
- Bob Dylan
Like a Rolling Stone - Bob Dylan
The Weight - Levon & the Hawks/The Band (1965)
I shall be Released - Bob Dylan/The Band
CC Ryder/Jenny Take a Ride - Mitch Ryder & the Detroit
Knock on Wood - Eddie Floyd
Try a Little Tenderness - Otis Reading
Sunshine of Your Love - The Cream
What’s Going On? -Marvin Gaye
Hungry Heart - Bruce
Springsteen
Born to Run - Bruce
Springsteen
Rosalita - Bruce
Springsteen
Dark Side - “Eddie & the Cruisers” (filmed 1982) Written
& performed by John Cafferty & Beaver Brown
Encore – Help from my Friends - The Beatles/Arrangement Joe Cocker/Leon
Russell & Mad Dogs and Englishmen
On Friday, May 17,
2013 the kickoff party for the “Jersey Gumbo Cookoff and Music
Festival” will take place at Chef Richard Spurlock’s Main Street
American Café. Everyone is invited to celebrate the kickoff of
the Jersey Gumbo Fest that takes place June 15, 2013 at the Somers Point
Volunteer Fire Company #1, 447 Bethel Road, Somers Point.
On Friday, May 17th Tony Mart’s will present
a free show featuring “Mojo Mozart and the Mardi Gras Swingers”
with free tastings of Carmen Marotta’s “Jersey
Crab Gumbo” and Chef Richard Spurlock’s signature chicken and
andouille gumbo. The party starts at 6pm
with the live performance from 6:30
to 8:30pm .
Chef Richard Spurlock will feature an a la carte menu
with 2 different kinds of Gumbo served with potato salad Cajun style,
Jambalaya, Shrimp Po Boys and several other Louisiana Louisiana New Orleans
Guests are welcome to bring their own beer and wine to
accompany their orders of Chef Richard’sspecialties and more information
will be available at Tonymart.com. Chef Richard Spurlock’s Main
Street American Café is located at 6002 Main
Street
Nancy Marotta
tonymarto@aol.com
tonymarto@aol.com
Tuesday, February 26, 2013
2013 Jazz Calender
The Tuesday Night Jazz Series at Sandi Pointe Coastal
Bistro 8 – 10:30 PM
This Week’s Featured Artists -
Paul Jost – vocal, guitar & piano
with Tim Lekan – bass, Bob Shomo – drums
$5 admission
Sandi Pointe Coastal Bistro, 908
Shore Rd. , Somers Point , NJ
The Budesa Brothers Jazz Jam Session 8 – 11 PM Every Tuesday
Free admission
Geet’s Diner, Rt. 42 and Sicklerville
Rd. , Williamstown , NJ
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guitar, Rick Germanson – piano, Russell Hall – bass, Evan Sherman – drums
Metropolitan Room, 34 West
22nd Street , New York , NY
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Ocean City Library and Somers Point Jazz Society present
2013 Jazz Education Series 2- 3:30 PM
Sunday, March 3
“The Jazz Drummer….from timekeeper to soloist.”
This presentation will be a combination of lecture and
performance, explaining how the drummer’s role has been transformed from basic
time keeping (1920-1940s) to eventually moving into a more active and musical
role! Drummers like Gene Krupa, Louis Bellson, Jo Jones, etc. will be discussed
from the early years, and we will then move forward to the Swing era’s Buddy
Rich, modernists Dave Weckl, Jack DeJonette, Jimmy Cobb, and Elvin Jones and
many others.
Drummers Vic Stevens and Harry Himles will discuss and
demonstrate the genesis of jazz drumming throughout these years. To round out
this group, we have added pianist Jon Pruitt and bassist Andy Lalasis.
See the Our Educational Programs for more
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The 2013 Jazz Education Series
Sunday, March 10
“The Jazz Vocalist….from melody to scatting.”
Our three vocalists for today’s performance will present,
through discussion and performance, some of the wonderful styles and renditions
of some of our favorite jazz vocalists of the past and present, as well as
presenting their own vocal stylings and musical personalities.
Melody, lyrical interpretation, and scatting will be the
mode of today’s performances.
Vocalists Gina Roche, Paul Jost and Denise Montana will be
accompanied by pianist Dean Schneider, bassist Rich Kurtz, and drummer Vic
Stevens.
See the Our Educational Programs for more
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The Barry Miles Trio
Barry Miles – piano, Tim Lekan – bass, Bob Shomo – drums
Sandi Pointe Coastal Bistro, 908
Shore Rd. , Somers Point , NJ
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