No Flames, But A Whole Lot of Heat

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“…and when the cow kicked it over
She winked her eye and said
There’ll be a hot time in the old town tonight…”

That FOLK(ish) song is about the Great Chicago Fire of 1871. Dang, I wonder what Old Lady Leary would have said about the old town Friday night. She never heard the Jukes!

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Barbs and Bonds @ BB Kings

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Well, it was another energetic evening at BB Kings on Saturday. Never a dull moment when Gary US Bonds joins Southside on stage. An absolute riot – the two of them trading irreverent insults like an old married couple – all the while belting out some great tunes. As always, there were fabulous covers and standout performances … Chris’s truly kick-a** solo on Fever, Eddie’s sax on Renee, a beautiful accordion solo by Kazee to close out Princess of Little Italy…

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Outside The Box, Inside The Pony

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So, how did YOU spend your Wednesday night?

Me? Well, after bolting from the office at the stroke of 5:00, I jumped on the train down to Asbury Park to simply catch the opening show of Outside the Box’s summer residency. What I ended up with, however, was the privilege of experiencing one of those great nights at the legendary Stone Pony.

I have often felt bummed that I missed out on Asbury Park during its glory days (ahh, Bruce’s “Glory Days”…a shout-out to SS on that one. LOL) There is something about the mix of music, boardwalk and beach that just resonates with me. And, due to the storm that had blown through, there was hardly anyone on the beach. Perfect…just the way I like it.

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The Jukes Kick Off Summer in (Hamptons) Style

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Greetings Fellow Jukians –

Hope this finds you all well and looking forward to the summer (aka Jukes High Season.) The guys kicked off “Chaos 2011” with a fun show out in the Hamptons at the Stephen Talkhouse. Having attended last year’s show there, I was happy to return to this venue again … sans hurricane.

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The (Scottish) Rite of (Nearly) Spring

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The calendar read April 1st … and it certainly seemed that Mother Nature was having the most fun of all on April Fool’s Day.  Waking to a mix of rain and snow Friday morning, the only thing brightening the day was the knowledge that come nightfall, I would be traipsing out to (almost) Philadelphia to see Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes.

Content in that knowledge, the day flew by and I skipped (ok … well, not literally) onto the bus and headed to Collingswood, New Jersey.  It was the first show in what seemed like forever, though in actuality, it had only been a little over a month since the Wellmont Theatre concert.  We Jukesfans are a demanding and spoiled lot. *smile*

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All Was Well in Wellmont...

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(Excerpted from blog…)

I had been looking forward to this show for quite some time, knowing that many of my friends in town for Jovi were going to be attending as well. After meeting up near Port Authority, a few of us girls (including a couple of the crazy Gs who were part of my EuroTour adventure) boarded a bus to New Jersey. #AlwaysAnAdventureWithBAJG (lordy I spend a lot of time on buses in the name of music! *rolls eyes*)

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