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Crossing That Line - Count Basie Theater, Redbank, NJ - NYE 2010
New Years Eve at the Count Basie Theater, Red Bank, New Jersey
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Sirius E-Street Radio Live from the Basie!
Just got the email from SIRIUS… bootleggers, roll your tapes, cdrs, mp3 whatever:
E Street Radio celebrates New Year’s Eve with Southside Johnny LIVE!
Wed 12/31 10:15 pm ET (Thu 01/01 04:15 am CET)
We’ll ring in 2009 with a live performance by longtime E Street “family member” Southside Johnny, along with his band, the Asbury Jukes, from the stage of the famous Count Basie Theatre in Red Bank, New Jersey! The show begins at around 10:15pm Eastern time, but in order to be able to ring the New Year in properly we’ll immediately replay the concert for those of you on the West Coast!
And don’t you think that the South would be taking a rest on New Years Day! After the show, he’s going to take the transit from Red Bank right into the city to host the afternoon show on E Street Radio!!!
Southside Johnny Guest DJs on E Street Radio
Fri 1/2 4:00 pm ET ( 22:00 CET)
Southside Johnny helps is usher in 2009 with our first Guest DJ show of the new year!
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Back at the Basie
BACK AT THE BASIE WITH BANDIERA, BONDS, BON JOVI, & MR. GRINCH – DEC. 22. 2008: Springsteen drops in to wish Red Bank crowd a Merry Christmas, Baby!
It’s all cold down along the beach… the wind’s whipping down the boardwalk… and it’s freezing in Red Bank, where Bruce showed up tonight to bring some extra warmth to the newly renovated Count Basie Theatre. Just as in 2006, with no area holiday shows of his own, Springsteen chose to join in the festivities at Bobby Bandiera’s Hope Concert.
On the bill with Bandiera’s Jersey Shore Rock-N-Soul Revue were Tim McLoone and the Shirleys, Brian Fallon, Nicole Atkins, Gary U.S. Bonds, Southside Johnny, and Jon Bon Jovi; Springsteen’s surprise appearance came at the end of the night, as he joined the house band and a few of the bill-toppers for a few Christmas songs, two classic covers, and one of his own.
The night’s format had crossover between artist’s sets: Gary U.S. Bonds (after notably performing Bruce’s “Action in the Street”) was joined by Southside Johnny for “This Little Girl” to segue into Southside’s set; Johnny was joined on his last song by Jon Bon Jovi for “This Time It’s For Real.” When it came to Bon Jovi’s last song, out came Springsteen to back him up on “Run Run Rudolph,” playing lead guitar and hollering backup on the final chorus.
“Happy holidays!” said Bruce, otherwise a man of few words tonight. (Leave the quotables to Southside: “I’d wish you a merry Christmas, but it would be out of character” and “I get so sentimental, I have to drink myself into oblivion.”) Springsteen opened his own set with a doubleshot of his holiday B-sides, “Merry Christmas, Baby” followed by “Santa Claus is Coming to Town.” Southside — “Mr. Grinch” — joined in on the latter, and LaBamba came downstage to take Clarence’s part, “you better be good for goodness’ sake.” (LaBamba and Mark Pender brought the horn section headcount to eight for Bruce’s set.)
After Bruce went it alone on “634-5789,” Bon Jovi came back out to split the vocals on “Tenth Avenue.” And a final encore, as Springsteen was joined by Southside, singing lead, and Bonds for a rousing “Havin’ a Party.” Weather outside: frightful. Inside: plenty hot.
Source: BACKSTREETS.COM
Bonjovi and Bruce keep Hope alive
RED BANK – There already was star power a-plenty on the stage of Count Basie Theatre in Red Bank Monday night, and then Jon Bon Jovi introduced Bruce Springsteen.
BY KELLY JANE COTTER – Music Writer – December 23, 2008
“It ain’t Santa Claus,” Bon Jovi said, announcing a special guest. “We got something better.” Like his fellow rockers at Monday’s Hope Concert, Springsteen took the stage in a low-key manner, providing guitar solos and backing vocals to Bobby Bandiera’s lead on “Run Rudolph Run.”
Springsteen soon took center stage, with back-to-back performances of “Merry Christmas, Baby” and his definitive version of “Santa Claus Is Coming To Town.” He directed the band and led the audience in cries of call-and-response. “Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out” soon followed, and all was merry and bright.
A finale of “Having a Party,” with Southside Johnny Lyon on lead, backed by Springsteen, Bandiera, Gary U.S. Bonds and the band, capped an evening that raised more than $250,000 for the Parker Family Health Center in Red Bank, as well as thousands of cans of donated food for the FoodBank of Monmouth/Ocean Counties.
This was the fourth Hope Concert, a tradition founded and organized by Bandiera, a longtime member of the local music scene who currently tours with Bon Jovi. Earlier in the night, Bon Jovi sang “Blue Christmas,” and then gave an optimistic wish for the new year and the new president, Barack Obama.
The IV. HOPE Benefit Concert (5 Videos)
Bobby Bandiera’s IV. HOPE Christmas Bash is over since just a few hours… and here’re already the first videos to come in via YouTube of what has been, as it seems like, another marvelous night at the Count Basie Theater in Red Bank, NJ.
THIS TIME IT’S FOR REAL
Remembrance of artists past
THE NEW JERSEY STAR LEDGER – BY JAY LUSTIG – Star-Ledger Staff – MONDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 2005
SHORE GROUP PAYS TRIBUTE TO ROY ORBISON
“I gotta follow that?” asked John “Southside Johnny” Lyon with a look of mock-horror on his face, as he took the stage at Red Bank’s Count Basie Theatre, Friday night.
He was exaggerating for comic effect, but still, he faced a daunting task. It was the first show by the newly formed Jersey Shore Rock and Soul Revue, and Bobby Bandiera, the Revue’s leader, had just finished singing a version of Roy Orbison’s 1961 hit “Crying” that Orbison himself would have been proud of. Audience members responded with a standing ovation, and some were still standing as Southside Johnny walked out.
Shore Rockers bring Tribute to Red Bank
THE NEW JERSEY STAR LEDGER – BY JAY LUSTIG – FEBRUARY 24, 2005
Lots of rock vocalists admire Roy Orbison, but few try to imitate him. It’s just too daunting a task. One of the exceptions is Bobby Bandiera, who has often covered Orbison’s soaring, almost operatic songs, and written tunes with a strong Orbison flavor.
Bandiera, a longtime member of Southside Johnny’s Asbury Jukes who also leads his own Bobby Bandiera Band, will front the newly formed Jersey Shore Rock & Soul Revue in a sold-out Orbison tribute concert, tomorrow night at Red Bank’s Count Basie Theatre. Plans call for this new group, dominated by current and former Jukes, to continue to present occasional tribute concerts at the Basie in the future. Potential subjects include Elvis Presley, Frank Sinatra and The Everly Brothers.
Count Basie Theatre CEO Numa Saisselin came up with the idea for the project, but Bandiera suggested starting with Orbison.
Sharing a lot more than just the stage
THE BRICK TOWNSHIP BULLETIN – BY SANDI CARPELLO – MAY 07. 2003
Shore’s rock ’n’ rollers play to help out Brick resident’s son.
RED BANK — This time, they got together for a cause a lot closer to home. Bruce Springsteen, Jon Bon Jovi, Southside Johnny Lyon, Bobby Bandiera, Gary U.S. Bonds, the Max Weinberg 7 and other local musicians contributed their time and talents last week to “The Hope Concert.” The benefit show raised over $300,000 to cover medical care for Bandiera’s son Robert Bandiera Jr., 21, of Brick, who suffers from an undiagnosed neurological disorder.
During a four-hour, sold-out show at the Count Basie Theatre on April 29, the quintessence of the Jersey Shore rock scene played to an appreciative audience well-versed in the music they came to hear.
