Southern Shore Music Festival June 18

Southern Shore Music Festiva SSMF June 18, 2011 Millville, New Jersey

Leon Russell
Deer Tick
Jaimoe's Jasssz Band
Justin Townes Earle
Sharon Little
Joel Plaskett
Patty Blee

8 Hours of Peace and Music

Bob Rose has done it again. This is going to be one great show.

Check it out www.facebook.com/southernshoremusicfestival

Somers Point Beach Concert Schedule

Billy Walton playing guitar on the Somers Point Beach. See him July 17

Free Concerts Every Friday night, beginning 7 pm June 17, at the William Morrow Beach in Somers Point. http://www.somerspointbeachconcerts.com/

June 17 The Kinsey Report: Featuring Donald Kinsey, co-producer/guitarist with Bob Marley and Peter Tosh. Caribbean Funk, Reggae, Chicago Blues.

June 24 Eric Lindell Band: National recording artist, singer songwriter, guitarist...Hot from New Orleans!

July 1 The Jeremiah Hunter Band: Premiere Rock ‘n Roll Party Dance Band, featuring member from The Soul Survivors and Fullhouse.

July 4 The Bob Campanell Band with Danny Eyer:
Our own Jersey Shore Rock ‘n Roll Pop Icon With his favorite lead guitarist.

July 8 Jim Morris & The Big Bamboo Band:
Caribbean Key West Melodies from Radio Margaritaville.

July 15 The Billy Walton Band: Searing Rock Guitarist from South Side Johnny’s Asbury Jukes.

July 22 TBA Please check back soon.

July 29 Dr. Bobby Fingers with “Ernie T” Trionfo: Popular Music Sing a Long Party with sizzling lead guitar.

Aug. 5 Jumpin’ Johnny Sansone: New Orleans Rhythm & Blues & Louisiana Rock ‘n Roll.

Aug. 12 Kenny Neal and His Band: Famous R & B Recording Artist from Baton Rouge.

Aug. 19 Curtis Salgado Soul Band: The Man who taught the Blues to the Blues Brothers with his World Class 9 Piece Big Band.

Aug. 26 The Reba Russell Band: Tennessee Country Blues Diva from Beale Street.

Sept. 2 The Terry Hanck Band: World Class Honky Tonkin'

Sept 9 Jim Ward Big Band w/ Rosemary Benson 16 Piece Contemporary Big Band with Sensational Vocal Styling.

Summer of 2011 Casino Calender

June 17

• Hall & Oates, Borgata
• Robin Trower, Harrah’s Resorts
• Lou Neglia’s Ring of Combat XXXVI, Tropicana
• Kenny Loggins, Borgata
• Girl Talk, House of Blues
• Friday Night Laughs: Eleanor Kerrigan, Harrah’s Resort
• Miranda Lambert, Borgata
• Sully Erna,

June 17-18
• Big Bad Voodoo Daddy, Golden Nugget
June 18
• The Monkees, Borgata
• Kid Rock, Borgata

June 23
• The Flaming Lips, House of Blues

June 24-26
• Dave Matthews' Band Caravan, Bader Field

June 24
• Peter Frampton, Borgata
• LeAnn Rimes, Resorts
• OAR, House of Blues

June 25
• Chris Botti, Tropicana
• Robert Plant, Borgata
• Boyz II Men, Hilton
• Da Vu Celebrity Dancing, Trump Taj Mahal
• G. Love & Special Sauce, House of Blues

July

July 1
• Foxxhole Comedy Jam hosted by Jamie Foxx, Caesars
• Friday Night Laughs, Vinnie Favorito, Harrah’s Resort
• Jo Koy, Borgata
July 1-3
• Duprees, Trump Plaza
July 1 & 3
• Earth, Wind & Fire, Borgata
July 2
• Paul Rodgers (Bad Company), Hilton
• Erykah Badu, House of Blues
July 3
• Jamie Foxx, House of Blues
July 8
• Friday Night Laughs, Dom Irrera, Harrah’s Resort
• Craig Ferguson, Tropicana
• Skrillex, House of Blues
• Sheryl Crow, Borgata
July 9
• Jim Gaffigan, Borgata
• Aaron Lewis, Borgata
July 10
• Johnny Mathis, Borgata
July 14
• Soundgarden, Borgata
July 15
• Huey Lewis and The News, Tropicana
• Interpol, Borgata
July 16
• Jay Leno, Borgata
• Meat Loaf, Hilton
• Sunidhi Chauhan, Trump Taj Mahal
July 17
• Rihanna, Borgata
July 22
• Elvis Costello, Borgata
July 23
• Dark Star Orchestra, Hilton
• Goo Goo Dolls, Michelle Branch, Tropicana
• Daniel Tosh, Borgata
• Howie Mandel, Borgata
July 29
• New Kids on the Block, Backstreet Boys, Matthew Morrison, Boardwalk Hall
• The Decemberists, Borgata
July 30
• Andrew Dice Clay, Tropicana
• Rodney Carrington, Hilton
• Bob Saget, Borgata
• Steely Dan, Borgata

August

Aug. 5
• Melissa Etheridge, House of Blues
Aug. 6
• Stone Temple Pilots, Borgata
• John Oliver (from The Daily Show), Borgata
• Ultimate 80’s Explosion, Hilton
Aug. 12
• Cinderella, House of Blues
• J. Geils Band, Borgata
• Babyface, Borgata
Aug. 13
• Jerry Seinfeld, Borgata
• American Idol Live, Boardwalk Hall
• Bill Engvall, Hilton
• Chelsea Handler: Lies That Chelsea Told Me, Trump Taj Mahal
Aug. 18
• Jamey Johnson, House of Blues
Aug. 19-20
• Styx, Borgata
Aug. 20
• Whitesnake, Hilton
Aug. 26-28
• Frankie Valli, Borgata
Aug 27
• Donny Osmond, Borgata
Aug. 28
Lynyrd Skynyrd, Borgata

September

Sept. 1
• Matisyahu, Borgata
Sept. 2
• Trace Adkins, Kellie Pickler, Trump Taj Mahal
Sept. 3
Journey, Night Ranger, Borgata
Sept. 3-4
• 2nd Annual Atlantic City Comedy Festival, Boardwalk Hall
Sept. 9
• Lou Neglia’s Ring of Combat XXXVI Championship MMA, Tropicana
Sept. 21
• Chita Rivera, Trump Taj Mahal
Sept. 24
• Darius Rucker, Caesars

October

Oct. 8
• Bobby Rydell, Hilton
Oct. 8-9
• Toto Cutugno, Tropicana
Oct. 22
• Sinbad, Hilton

Revues
Ongoing
• Kozak the Magician, Comedy Stop at Trop
Now-July 3
• 42nd Street, Resorts
Now-July 25
• Believe. Divas in a Man’s World, Resorts
Now-June 22
• Let's Make A Deal, Bally's
Now-June 1
• Le Ombre, Harrah’s Resort
Now-June 29
• Best of Broadway, Tropicana
June 21-Sept. 4
• Straight No Chaser, Harrah’s Resort
June 22-July 3
• Steve Tyrell, Golden Nugget
June 22-Sept. 3
The Rat Pack Is Back, Golden Nugget
July 2-Sept. 4
• Legends in Concert, Bally’s
July 9-27
• A Bronx Tale, Caesars
Aug. 15-Sept. 3
• Human Nature, Caesars

Atlantic City Boardwalk Hall
2301 Boardwalk
Atlantic City NJ, 08401
Phone: 609.348-7000

Atlantic City Convention and Visitors Authority
2314 Pacific Avenue
Atlantic City, NJ 08401
609-348-7100 - Fax: 609-645-2200

ATLANTIC CITY HILTON CASINO RESORT
Boston & The Boardwalk
Atlantic City, NJ 08401
Main: 609-347-7111
Toll free: Sales: 1-800-231-8687
Reservation: 1-800-257-8677
Fax: 609-340-4879

BALLY'S ATLANTIC CITY
Park Place & The Boardwalk
Atlantic City, NJ 08401
Main: 609-340-2000
Reservation: 1-800-BALLYS-7
Fax: 609-340-2595

BORGATA HOTEL CASINO & SPA
One Borgata Way
Atlantic City, NJ 08401
Main: 609-317-1000
Fax: 609-340-2595

CAESARS ATLANTIC CITY HOTEL CASINO
2100 Pacific Avenue
Atlantic City, NJ 08401
Main: 609-348-4411
Toll Free: Sales: 1-800-345-7253
Reservation: 1-800-443-0104
Fax: 609-343-2611

HARRAH'S ATLANTIC CITY
777 Harrah's Boulevard
Atlantic CIty, NJ 08401
Main: 609-441-5000
Toll free: Main Menu: 1-800-2-HARRAH
Fax: 609-344-2974

RESORTS ATLANTIC CITY
1133 Boardwalk
Atlantic City, NJ 08401
Main: 609-344-6000
Toll free: Main Menu: 1-800-336-6378
Fax: 609-340-6349

SANDS ATLANTIC CITY
Indiana Avenue & Brighton Park
Atlantic City, NJ 08401
Main: 609-441-4000
Toll free: Main Menu: 1-800-AC-SANDS
Group Sales: 1-800-367-1550
Individual Reservation: 1-800-257-8580
Fax: 609-441-4630

SHOWBOAT CASINO HOTEL
801 Boardwalk
Atlantic City, NJ 08401
Main: 609-343-4000
Toll free: Main Menu: 1-800-621-0200
Fax: 609-343-4057

TROPICANA CASINO & RESORT
Brighton Avenue & Boardwalk
Atlantic City, NJ 08401
Main: 609-340-4000
Toll free: Main Menu: 1-800-843-8767
Room Reservations: 1-800-257-6227
Fax: 609-343-5254

TRUMP MARINA HOTEL CASINO
Huron Avenue & Brigantine Boulevard
Atlantic City, NJ 08401
Main: 609-441-2000
Toll free: Hotel Sales: 1-800-966-6608
Reservations: 1-800-777-8477
Fax: 609-441-8668

TRUMP PLAZA HOTEL & CASINO
Mississippi Avenue at the Boardwalk
Atlantic City, NJ 08401
Main: 609-441-6000
Toll free: Reservation: 1-800-677-7378
Fax: 609-441-2729

TRUMP TAJ MAHAL CASINO RESORT
1000 Boardwalk at Virginia Avenue
Atlantic City, NJ 08401
Main: 609-449-1000
Toll free: Convention Sales: 1-800-225-7777
Reservation: 1-800-825-8888
Fax: 609-449-5501

Bill Kelly interview @ Goingtotheshore.com

Shore Chat: with Bill Kelly

We were lucky enough to have a chat with Bill Kelly. Bill is a freelance writer who grew up in the Ocean City/ Somers Point area. Bill used to write a nightlife column for several local newpapers including the Sand Paper. His column was called Jersey Shore Nighbeat and that is now the name of his blog. Bill has also written multiple books including Birth of the Birdie, the History of Golf in America, and 300 Years at the Point - A History of Somers Point. He is currently working on a history of rock & roll at the Jersey Shore and that is where our conversation leaned. Bill has a wealth of knowledge about the Shore and we hope to have many contributions from him in the future. Be sure to read his blog, there is some absolutely fascinating info in there.

MikeC: Bill when did you move to Ocean City, NJ?

Bill: My family bought a house there in 64 and we moved there permantly about 68. We lived there 38 years. I spent alot of time in Somers point. My Grandfather had a house there. I wrote the history of Somers Point in a book called 300 years at the Point.

MikeC: You majored in History in college correct?

Bill: I went to the University of Dayton Ohio and I was educated in History and English. I was going to be a teacher but I ended up in Journalism. i enjoy writing much more than teaching in school.

MikeC: You also wrote for the local newspaper right?

Bill: I always wrote for the local papers. I started out writing for the Broadsider which was run by Marion Talese the sister of Gay Talese, who was a famous international writer. He was part of the movement to start new journalism. He lived in Ocean City too and his sister started this publication called the Broadsider magazine. I was part of it and so was Kurt Loder. Kurt was editor of it. He went up to Rolling Stone for 10-15 years and then he moved on to MTV.

MikeC: He is still there I think right?

Bill: Well he still there but he is mainly doing movie reviews instead of music.

MikeC: What type of writing did you do for the newspapers?

Bill: I started a music column for the Broadsider and then when the Broadsider went under I took up a music column for that had been started at the Atlantic City Sun. And then I moved over to the Ocean City Sandpaper. The Sandpaper is still there. Its a weekly publication. I wrote a column called nightbeat for 20 years every week. There were alot more bands back then.

MikeC: Weren't there more original bands back then?

Bill: There was always a lot of cover bands. At Tony Marts and at at Bayshores it was mainly cover bands. Only a few came thru that played just originals.

MikeC: Who were some of the big acts that some people may not realize played at the shore?

Bill: Well you know the thing is Somers Point was the main spot down the shore. Somer's Point had the liquor and Ocean City was dry. In the early 60's alot of college kids came to Ocean City. Sort of like the Spring Breakers in Ft. Lauderdale. There were alot of hotels that were two dollars a night. And you could go there and spend a week and not spend more than 30 dollars. Somers Point had not only the alcohol but the clubs. At this point the drinking age was 21 and everyone was sophisticated. They werent just crazy kids. They enjoyed music and they enjoyed having a good time. Thats when "The Band" was there in 1965. Actually they were then known as Levon and The Hawks. They played in suits and ties. They played all the hits and their original songs when they could get away with it.

MikeC: When Levon and the Hawkes were starting out they did covers and originals?

Bill: They tried to do originals but Tony was the owner and he was paying them to stay there and live there and be the house band. He told them they had to do the hits. Levon and the Hawks played Tony Marts the summer of 65. From mid may until the end of August. Then they went with Dylan to play as his back up band in Forest Hills, NY.

Mike: Then thats when they got the name "The Band" as Dylans back up band right?

Bill: They were still the Hawks. What happend was Dylan had a motorcyle accident and recooperated at his manager, Albert Grossman's house in Woodstock, NY. The band drifted up there and they rented a house nick named Big Pink. Thats where that legend started. This was in 66/67. Woodstock was always a haven for Artist.

Mike: After "The Band" hit it big did they ever come back and play the shore?

Bill: Absolutely in the 80's the Band played a reunion concert at Ego's which was formerly Tony Marts. Then Levon came back a half dozen summers and played at Bubba Mac's Shack. Rick Danko came and played the Good Old Days Picnic. And everytime they came back they remembered the great times they had at Tony Marts and how it was a highlight of their career.

Mike: Did you see them when they were in town?

Bill: I wasn't there in 1965. I was only 15. But I was there when they came back and they were all good guys. They were the best. A funny side story was in the summer of 65 when Levon and the Hawks were playing Tony Marts, Dylan came and took them to play as his back up band. The owner was a big Italian guy that was always smoking cigars and drinking whiskey. The Owner said "How can you leave me for the biggest weekend of the year"?

MikeC: So Dylan stole them from Tony Marts?

Bill: Yeah he took them to play his first couple of electric shows. They were booed when they played Like a Rolling Stone for the first time. But eventually the crowd came around. Back at Tony Marts, he lost his main act and he called this guy in NYC and he asked him to bring another band in and they brought in a guy from Detroit. Mitch Ryder and the Detroit Wheels. And they played their hit song at the time " Devil With a blue dress on"

MikeC: Do you still go to shows?

Bill: Its different now. The venues used to bring the bands in but now they have festivals that bring the bands in. Like the City of Somers Point has free shows on the beach every Friday night and they bring in some great music. The Cape May Jazz Festival also brings in some great bands. Back in the day they would play in these nightclubs and you would be right up on the dance floor next to them but now they are outside and its more of a festival atmosphere than a nightclub thing.

MikeC: You are currently working on a book on the history of rock and roll at the Jersey Shore right?

Bill: Yeah, i wrote those colums for 20 years so I have a ton of great material and a good story.

MikeC: Where do you like to eat and hang out these days?

Bill: While I am a Somers Point /Ocean City guy I also lived in Cape May for 5 years. I love Cape May I think Cape May is real hip and has a great restaurant and music scene. Cape May gets a ton of great Jazz and Blues shows. Its a very artistic town.

MikeC: What are some of your favorite restaurants

Bill: I am an old fashioned guy. I don't go to high priced places. I like Gregory's cause they have great Snapper Soup. Whenever someone catches a big striper they bring it in and cook it up. Gregory's has a reputation for the seafood. I also like the Anchorage as well. The Anchorage has been there for 100 years. Don Mahoney is the owner and they have great food. It's not the shot and beer joint that it was in the 70's, that I devoted a whole chapter of my book on, and I wish I could go back in time and be there again, but it will always be the best bar in the world.

http://www.goingtotheshore.com/my-blog/2011/06/shore-chat-with-bill-kelly.html

Billy Walton w/Southside Johnny

 

Billy Walton now plays guitar with Southside Johnny's Asbury Jukes

Southside Johnny, with Billy Walton on guitar

Southside Johnny & the Asbury Jukes at Ocean City Music Pier
Saturday, May 28 • 8:00pm - 11:00pm
Ocean City Music Pier
Moorlyn Terrace & Boardwalk
Ocean City, New Jersey
1-800-BEACH-NJ
1-800-838-3006
http://www.oceancitychamber.com/musicpier.asp
Tickets are $30 in advance and $35 on the day of the show and are available online [http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/166215] for this all ages, all seated show.
Doors open at 7:30 PM.

Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes could be the best party band at the Jersey Shore, but they've been around the block and up and down the boardwalk a few times, so we're familiar with the songs and pretty much know how things will go down on the Ocean City Music Pier, but there's going to be something fresh and even more invigorating with guitarist Billy Walton playing along.

I remember when Southside Johnny did a show in the ballroom of the Atlantic City Convention Hall (now Boardwalk Hall), a totally underused venue that should be used more frequently. That had to be in the late 70s or early 80s, as I recall stopping to see Bob Campanell and the Shakes at Merrels in Margate, the best show of the night. Bob fronted the hotest band at the Shore then, and now Billy Walton does.

While Southside comes from the same vein of music, if not the same exit off the Parkway as Bruce and the boys from the Park, so does his new guitarist Billy Walton.

Anybody who goes to the Southside show at the Ocean City Music Pier this Saturday should pay special attention to Walton, who many will recognize from his Somers Point Beach concerts the past few years, and his frequent appearances at local clubs with his own band.

Billy Walton is the hottest guitarist to come out of the Jersey Shore since Billy Hector, whose a older, wiser and more refined, and also from the same school, but is outshined by Billy Walton's youthful energy. Walton started playing in bands when he was 15 years old, and now he's been doing it for 15 years and is ready to breakout on his own like a wild stallion on a leash.

The Billy Walton Band is an often expanded power trio that also includes creative bassist William Paris and solid drummer Marcus Croan, and keeps its roots close to funky blues and a jam band style that lets the thirty year old Walton shine on guitar.

Tony Mart's son Carmen Marotta was the first to spot Billy Walton's exceptonal talent and bring him down here to play a Tony Mart reunion, and he's done several Tony Mart shows since then, as well as Good Old Days at Kennedy Park, beach concerts and local bar gigs. Walton is widely considered to be the best guitarist around, and only Danny Eyer gives him serious competition.

Just as many of the British bands came over to make it here during the British Invasion years, the Billy Walton Band is more popular in the UK than it is in the USA, and makes routine tours of England, where Walton is a protege of guitar guru Roger Mayer.

Sometimes The Billy Walton Band will open for Southside and Walton will do double-duty, without a letup on his guitar licks.

Southside has a big band, usually a nine piece orchestra, complete with horn section, but if you go, you'll see how Billy Walton stands out, and whose bound for glory, so one day you can say that you saw Billy Walton when he was just a sideman with Southside Johnny.

Now with Billy in Southside's band, they have to work the Billy Walton Band gigs around the Juke's schedule, but still manage to get some local gigs in.

The Billy Walton Band will be at the Sweetwater Casino on Sunday, June 5, Breezes Bar & Grill on Rt. 9 in New Gretna (Parkway Exit 50), and will probably be back on the Somers Point Beach sometime this summer. (Beach Schedule to be announced, check back here soon).

Daryl Hall with Todd Rundgren

 

Daryl Hall

Daryl Hall and Todd Rundgren
Date: May 27th
Time: 9 p.m.
Venue: Borgata Event Center
Location: One Borgata Way, Atlantic City, NJ, 08401
Phone: 609-317-1000

Of course we know Daryl Hall as a local guy from Philly whose partnership with John Hall resulted in an incredible string of hits in the 70s and 80s, selling over 60 million albums, including "Do It For Love," "Rich Girl," "Kiss On My List," "Maneater," "Private Eyes," "I Can’t Go For That (No Can Do)," "Sara Smile," "She’s Gone" and "One On One."

While Hall & Oates continue to perform together, and appear to be set for a Friday, June 17, 2011 gig at the Borgata, Hall's May 27th show will be with another Philly guy, Todd Rundgren.

Rundgrin, best known for his studio work with other bands, has a few hit singles of his own, like "Hello It's Me," "I Saw the Light," and "Bang the Drum All Day."

The first time I heard Rundgrin, and didn't know it at the time, was in 1968 when he was with Woody's Truck Stop, a band that played at the Philadelphia Airport when Presidential Peace candidate Gene McCarthy visited town.

After that he signed with Dylan's manager (BTW Happy Birthday Bob!) Albert Grossman, in a band Runt, with Soupy Sales' sons Hunt and Tony.

One interesting tidbit on Todd is that on the day Mark David Chapman shot and killed John Lennon, Chapman left an eight-track tape of Rundgren's album The Ballad of Todd Rundgren, along with other artifacts, in his New York hotel room in an orderly semicircle on the hotel dresser. "I left it as a statement, I guess," he was quoted as saying in Let Me Take You Down: Inside the Mind of Mark David Chapman, the Man Who Killed John Lennon (Jack Jones, Villard Books, 1992). Chapman had been obsessed with Rundgren and told Jones, "Right between the chambers of your heart is how Rundgren's music is to me. I cannot overestimate the depth of what his music meant to me."

Todd's mom lives in Ocean City, which was also at one time home to Stevie Nick's mom, and I believe is visited on occasion by Patti Smith's mom, which makes me think they should all get together sometime for lunch - Rock Star Moms.

In any case, it is a special occasion for Daryl Hall to join forces with Todd Rundgren, and this new union stems from Rundgren's appearance on Hall's video internet show, Live From Daryl's House, which is a really good show that everyone interested in good music should check out.

http://www.livefromdarylshouse.com/currentep.html?ep_id=2

I first tuned in after I heard John Fitzpatrick and the Tantrum's - Fitz & the Tantrum's "Moneygrabber," which gets good airplay on the University of Penn station WXPN, and were featured on Conan last month.

They also do a show with Daryl Hall at Daryl's House, and the setting and scene appears quite relaxed, as the guests visit Daryl and his wife and have dinner and talk about music before getting down to playing a half dozen songs. It's really pretty good.

Well, according to Daryl, the show he did with Todd went over so well with both of them that they decided to take it on the road, and bring it to Borgata on May 27.

I don't know if I can make it, but would like to hear a report from anyone who goes to the show - email me Billkelly3@gmail.com or post your comments below.

Georege Mesterhazy at the Merion Piano