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Sept. 2nd, 2009 - Please tune into 90.5 Brookdales public radio from 7 to 8pm on Thursday Sept. 3rd, 2009 to hear Tim McGuire from Computer Doctors, Robert McCourtney from McCourtney & Friends Foundation & James McCaffrey from Karmic Juggernaut make a guest appearance to help promote the benefit and get some tunes played from the participating bands.
Sept. 1st, 2009 - In an effort to ensure that everyone who purchased tickets receives them, anyone who orders tickets online after August 28th can either pick them up at The Computer Doctors Store on Cookman Ave. in Asbury Park, or there will be a guest list with your name on them at will call at The Stone Pony the day of the show. Please come out and enjoy the show and support a great cause. Tickets are still available by calling Tim McGuire @ (732) 516-8565....
August 26th, 2009 - In a realistic effort to raise as much money as possible for Bob H. Smith coupled with the weak amount of pre-sale tickets sold we have collectivly decided to move the whole event indoors. The outside will still be open, but we will not be utilizing the outside summer stage. Bob has his wheelchair and is getting physical therapy to learn how to use the motorized chair. He is also getting accustomed to being out of his bed. Please everyone buy a ticket or make a donation so Bob can keep his wheelchair after the benefit is over. We can also use alot more donations for the silent auction as well as business advertisements for the program guide.
August 5th, 2009 - Since we are trying to give value as well as raise as much money for the benefit as possible, we have decided to lower the ticket prices to $15.00 pre-sale and $20.00 at the door. Anyone who purchased the $35.00 ticket please contact Tim McGuire @ 732-516-8565 for a refund of the ticket price difference.
July 27, 2009 - We are confirmed for the Stone Pony on Sunday September 6th (Labor Day Weekend). Stay tuned for more details...
JUNE 27th 2009 - We are confirmed for the Stone Pony. The benefit will be either the 1st or the 2nd Saturday in September. Stay tuned for all benefit details and ticket prices. We will have more information in the upcoming week...
We will be holding a silent auction as well as a 50/50 raffle.
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THE BANDS Who Will Be Playing The Benefit
Stay Tuned For More BANDS and Special Guests to Be Announced SOON!!!!!!
Click on each picture or band name for Band Bio
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| Splintered Sunlight formed in 1992. "Splintered" quickly became the most popular Grateful Dead Tribute band in the Philadelphia area gaining praise from Dead Heads and Non Heads alike. Sine that time, Splintered Sunlight has become a permanent fixture for music in the Mid Atlantic regiong. The band has also maintained a weekly residency at Brownies 23 East in Ardmore, PA for years.
Splintered Sunlight has a play list of well over two hundred songs, spanning the thirty year career of the Grateful Dead (as well as numerous other classic rock songs) from which it skillfully crafts each show's set list, carefully endeavoring to not repeat songs--let alons set lists in the same or even nearby venues. Splintered Sunlight and its members have performed with Bob Weir of the Grateful Dead, as well as former Grateful Dead members, Donna Jean Godcheaux; and pianist Tom Constanten. They have also performed with longtime Grateful Dead collaborator Merle Saunders and Jimmy Herring guitarist for "The Dead." In addition Splintered has shared the stage with many notable Dead related acts including Kingfish, Jorma Kaukonen and Jefferson Starship among others. |
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Greg Merritt along with Alex Garay, Dave Migliore and Keith Giordano founded the 90s psychedelic band Amorphous. Dave and Alex went on to form Catbootz, and later the jam scene phenomenon Buzzuniverse. Greg Merritt went on to form the band Good Friend with drummer Dan DeRienzo and bassist Rob Smith. The first release was the 7" vinyl record Out There/River, which received airplay at over 70 college radio stations around the country in 1995. Building on this success, Good Friend's debut CD Best Friend released in 1999 received airplay on over 250 college stations reaching number one on over a dozen stations. Greg Merritt is currently forming a new jam band to follow up on the release of his CD Dream Through A Leaf last spring which debuted at 21 on the jambands.com radio chart. Heavy Road's Improvisation 4 is included in the June issue of Relix Magazine! (the one with Phish on the cover) Check out Heavy Road on Youtube. Several edits from 2-26 are done with more on the way. Improvisation number 6 from 2-26-09 is now posted on www.gregmerritt.net. Check it out and sign up on the email list!. The new band is officially called "Greg Merritt's Heavy Road. I'm thinking we'll eventually just call it Heavy Road. The players are Greg Merritt on guitar/vocals, Ron Thaler on drums, Art Sadowsyi on bass, and Pete Remm on the keyboard. I'll get some more bio stuff up here soon. On Feb 26 we decided to not only record live but also video the second 'rehearsal' of Heavy Road. I don't think this has ever been done before. The video is still being edited and should be ready before the end of March. In the meantime, enjoy a few of the jams. |
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Karmic Juggernaut was formed in the autumn of 2004 with guitarist Randy Preston, former Universal Mind members Kevin Grossman (drums) and James McCaffrey (guitar), and mutual friend/bassist Marcus Morieko. Based on the premise of organic music without boundaries, they have spent the last five years creating their own unique sound; a tasty blend of all aspects of the musical palette. Combining elements of psychedelic and progressive rock, jazz, blues, funk, groove, world music, and a constantly developing array of other influences, K-Juggs stands as an experiment into sonic experience. The quartet has already shared the stage with acts such as moe., Keller Williams, Gongzilla, Perpetual Groove, Lotus, UMelt, and State Radio while playing throughout the Northeast. Morieko left in late August '08 and was replaced by bass extraordinaire Andy Black, solidifying the Karmic lineup. Three of the four are currently attending colleges for music, at Berklee Music College in Boston, Monmouth University, and the Hartt School of Music at the University of Hartford. The Juggernauts plan to continue their assault on the music scene in 2009, and vow to spread their musical flavor to all parts of the globe. |
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Doug Mikula has performed with bands like Woodfish, Drive, Jody Joseph and the Average Joes, The Matthew Curran Band, Course of Evolution (now the Matt King project), DWI, Last Perfect Thing, and Alexis Guerra. You can catch him currently playing with The Domino Effect. In the beginning, Doug was hugely influenced by Joe Satriani, Steve Vai, and other instrumental guitarists. These great guitarists inspired Doug to start an instrumental project of his own. From there, his taste in music started to expand to include more jazz and jam rock influences. You can listen to some of this influence in Doug's new band, The Domino Effect. |
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| "“Sure to please with just a squeeze”, Lemon Juice is an eager young band building momentum in the New Jersey music market. This Wall, NJ based quartet enjoys tasty licks, deep bass grooves, & the support from a growing fan-base. Check out Lemon Juice who has frequently performed at the historic Stone Pony among other venues." -----Words of Chris Paul---- |