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There is an episode 11 00:00:42,479 --> 00:00:44,600 Speaker 1: of a ghost hunting show out there somewhere in the 12 00:00:44,680 --> 00:00:50,120 Speaker 1: streaming abyss Paranormal detectives lurking like ghosts through Rundown concert 13 00:00:50,120 --> 00:00:53,520 Speaker 1: halls and a legendary hundred year old French Italian style 14 00:00:53,560 --> 00:00:57,960 Speaker 1: convention complex. Spoiler alert, they never catch a ghost and 15 00:00:58,000 --> 00:01:00,960 Speaker 1: they totally missed. The Echoes upon Echo is reverberating through 16 00:01:01,000 --> 00:01:04,240 Speaker 1: the neglected live music Temple Echoes all the Way from 17 00:01:04,319 --> 00:01:07,880 Speaker 1: July nineteen sixty six, The Rolling Stones, The Birds, Beach Boys, 18 00:01:07,880 --> 00:01:12,039 Speaker 1: and Ray Charles. From August nineteen sixty seven, Herman's Hermits, 19 00:01:12,080 --> 00:01:16,520 Speaker 1: The Four Seasons, The doors. The Temptations July sixty eight, 20 00:01:16,600 --> 00:01:20,560 Speaker 1: James Brown, Jefferson Airplane, Glenn Campbell and Robbie Shankar. The 21 00:01:20,600 --> 00:01:23,319 Speaker 1: building and its memories are roading ever so slowly into 22 00:01:23,319 --> 00:01:25,800 Speaker 1: the sea. Maybe the echoes are all that is left, 23 00:01:26,319 --> 00:01:29,560 Speaker 1: while outside the city is pulsing with a new golden 24 00:01:29,600 --> 00:01:32,959 Speaker 1: age of live music, the architect of its own resurrection, 25 00:01:33,280 --> 00:01:38,440 Speaker 1: music pouring out of every door, almost willing, taunting the 26 00:01:38,520 --> 00:01:44,319 Speaker 1: crown jewel of the Jersey Shore back to life and me. 27 00:01:44,720 --> 00:01:47,240 Speaker 1: I just got tired of hanging in them dusty arcades, 28 00:01:47,280 --> 00:01:50,480 Speaker 1: banging them pleasure machines, chasing the factory girls underneath the 29 00:01:50,520 --> 00:01:54,920 Speaker 1: BOARDWALKI snap their jeans. You know that tilt the world 30 00:01:54,920 --> 00:01:57,160 Speaker 1: down on the South Beach drag. I got on it 31 00:01:57,320 --> 00:01:59,400 Speaker 1: last night and my shirt got caught and it kept 32 00:01:59,440 --> 00:02:02,680 Speaker 1: me spinning. I don't think I've ever got off Sandy, 33 00:02:02,960 --> 00:02:06,880 Speaker 1: the auroras rising behind us, this pier lights arcronable, life 34 00:02:06,920 --> 00:02:11,919 Speaker 1: on the water, running laughing beneath the boardwalk. Bruce Springs 35 00:02:11,919 --> 00:02:17,800 Speaker 1: seen fo July Asbury Park. This tiny city was built 36 00:02:17,840 --> 00:02:20,360 Speaker 1: to be a Methodist safe haven on North Jersey Shore, 37 00:02:20,400 --> 00:02:23,200 Speaker 1: but something in the air begged to differ. Natural beauty 38 00:02:23,200 --> 00:02:26,040 Speaker 1: and some relentless creative energy drew people to the area, 39 00:02:26,600 --> 00:02:28,760 Speaker 1: and when the Asbury Convention Complex went up in the 40 00:02:28,840 --> 00:02:31,400 Speaker 1: nineteen thirties, there was no turning back. It is made 41 00:02:31,480 --> 00:02:34,560 Speaker 1: up of Convention Hall, a three thousand cedar facing the ocean, 42 00:02:34,840 --> 00:02:37,720 Speaker 1: the Paramount Theater, a sixteen hundred seat room on the 43 00:02:37,760 --> 00:02:40,880 Speaker 1: street end, and a Grand Arcade of shops and restaurants 44 00:02:40,960 --> 00:02:44,200 Speaker 1: splitting it down the middle. The Grand Arcade is currently 45 00:02:44,240 --> 00:02:47,160 Speaker 1: the only functioning space designed by the same team that 46 00:02:47,200 --> 00:02:50,720 Speaker 1: brought you the Grand Central Terminal. The Convention Complex is 47 00:02:50,840 --> 00:02:54,960 Speaker 1: a majestic landmark, a centerpiece of the shoreline, a crown jewel, 48 00:02:54,960 --> 00:02:58,359 Speaker 1: and possibly the heart of this town's artistic legacy. John 49 00:02:58,400 --> 00:03:01,720 Speaker 1: Philip Sousa big band, Jas Sinatra and Tommy Dorsey in 50 00:03:01,800 --> 00:03:05,079 Speaker 1: nineteen forty two, never mind all the aforementioned acts. Through 51 00:03:05,080 --> 00:03:08,920 Speaker 1: the musical renaissance of the nineteen sixties, parades, free concerts, 52 00:03:08,960 --> 00:03:11,359 Speaker 1: and a never ending carousel seemed to spring from its 53 00:03:11,360 --> 00:03:14,280 Speaker 1: footprint down the shoreline. It was what you would call 54 00:03:14,360 --> 00:03:17,640 Speaker 1: a vibrant scene, enough for led Zeppelin and skip Woodstock 55 00:03:17,680 --> 00:03:20,400 Speaker 1: and instead played the Convention Hall in nineteen sixty nine, 56 00:03:21,080 --> 00:03:25,120 Speaker 1: but accompanying the boom of American cultural success was the 57 00:03:25,240 --> 00:03:30,040 Speaker 1: legacy of American injustice, separated by train tracks from the 58 00:03:30,080 --> 00:03:33,040 Speaker 1: beach side east. The west side of the tracks, home 59 00:03:33,080 --> 00:03:36,240 Speaker 1: of people of color and lesser means, were not welcome 60 00:03:36,320 --> 00:03:38,960 Speaker 1: unless it was in service to the party. On July 61 00:03:39,080 --> 00:03:41,360 Speaker 1: four in nine seventy, it all boiled over in a 62 00:03:41,400 --> 00:03:44,640 Speaker 1: full blown riot. When the oppressed are responsible for building 63 00:03:44,640 --> 00:03:47,840 Speaker 1: and maintaining the places others call castles, it is not 64 00:03:48,000 --> 00:03:52,880 Speaker 1: long before the facade properly crumbles. The riots burned up 65 00:03:52,920 --> 00:03:56,120 Speaker 1: the west side though, spots where black musicians thrived and 66 00:03:56,160 --> 00:03:59,240 Speaker 1: built the sounds we all cherished today, where the Boss 67 00:03:59,240 --> 00:04:01,560 Speaker 1: and Gary Tallon snuck in to see Sam and Dave 68 00:04:01,600 --> 00:04:05,240 Speaker 1: and absorb their skills. The tourists and the summer people 69 00:04:05,400 --> 00:04:08,040 Speaker 1: left after the riots, putting an end to the party 70 00:04:08,240 --> 00:04:12,000 Speaker 1: and into the pretending years of corruption and mismanagement followed. 71 00:04:12,400 --> 00:04:16,040 Speaker 1: The small city was labeled an unsafe place in most acts, 72 00:04:16,040 --> 00:04:18,320 Speaker 1: coming through, park their vans and busses as close to 73 00:04:18,400 --> 00:04:23,320 Speaker 1: the stage door as possible. But today, right now, you'll 74 00:04:23,360 --> 00:04:27,119 Speaker 1: find it in the midst of a stunning resurrection. Sure 75 00:04:27,520 --> 00:04:29,920 Speaker 1: a portion of that can be attributed to its reputation 76 00:04:29,920 --> 00:04:32,400 Speaker 1: as a music town. When it all goes to ship, 77 00:04:32,600 --> 00:04:36,120 Speaker 1: the artists have a place they can afford, and discrimination 78 00:04:36,400 --> 00:04:40,119 Speaker 1: struggles to find oxygen in music. We're looking for the song, 79 00:04:40,320 --> 00:04:42,760 Speaker 1: the groove of the field, and a good hang. It 80 00:04:42,839 --> 00:04:45,880 Speaker 1: intrinsically judges what pours out of you. And from all 81 00:04:46,000 --> 00:04:49,159 Speaker 1: that in Asbury Park sprung the East Street Bend and 82 00:04:49,279 --> 00:04:52,599 Speaker 1: integrated ensemble to carry the crown of the scrappy bar 83 00:04:52,680 --> 00:04:56,320 Speaker 1: band sound. The city is known for mixing sounds from 84 00:04:56,320 --> 00:04:58,599 Speaker 1: both sides of the tracks to create the first chapter 85 00:04:58,640 --> 00:05:03,760 Speaker 1: in one of America's greatest songbooks, cementing Asbury Park as 86 00:05:03,800 --> 00:05:08,200 Speaker 1: a live music mecca. It's an hour from Philly and 87 00:05:08,240 --> 00:05:10,640 Speaker 1: the hour from New York City. It's easy to get 88 00:05:10,680 --> 00:05:14,680 Speaker 1: into town. It's still fighting old perceptions. There's always work 89 00:05:14,760 --> 00:05:17,560 Speaker 1: to do in the band, in the song, in the town, 90 00:05:18,160 --> 00:05:21,840 Speaker 1: in the country. But once you see it, and once 91 00:05:21,880 --> 00:05:25,360 Speaker 1: you hear it, it's clear you cannot erase from the map. 92 00:05:25,440 --> 00:05:29,680 Speaker 1: A city that has given us Southside, Johnny and the 93 00:05:29,680 --> 00:05:34,680 Speaker 1: Asbury Juke Jo Grasheck, Bobby Gary U s Bonds, Jimmy Vivino, 94 00:05:34,920 --> 00:05:39,080 Speaker 1: the Unique Nicole At, David Sanchez, Billy Ray, Vinnie Lopez, 95 00:05:39,120 --> 00:05:43,200 Speaker 1: Gary Tallent, Tangiers Blues Band and the Mighty King, Mickey Holiday, Leon, Trent, 96 00:05:43,400 --> 00:05:48,480 Speaker 1: Danny Federici, Clarence Clemens, bon Jovie, Patti Scalfol, Stephen van 97 00:05:48,600 --> 00:05:54,279 Speaker 1: Zandt and Oh Yeah, Bruce Springsteen. Asbury Park is a 98 00:05:54,360 --> 00:05:57,159 Speaker 1: town you must pass through if you're an artist on 99 00:05:57,200 --> 00:05:59,920 Speaker 1: the move. Rock and roll is alive and well. Here. 100 00:06:00,520 --> 00:06:02,760 Speaker 1: The written song on a guitar or piano has an 101 00:06:02,760 --> 00:06:06,000 Speaker 1: internal home. There is a lust for that chemical reaction 102 00:06:06,040 --> 00:06:09,479 Speaker 1: of Adams clashing on stage, amps on fire, and drums 103 00:06:09,520 --> 00:06:12,640 Speaker 1: too loud. You are respected for ruthless swagger when you 104 00:06:12,680 --> 00:06:16,360 Speaker 1: step into the spotlight. Asbury was bordered up after the riots, 105 00:06:16,360 --> 00:06:18,280 Speaker 1: a place you did not go lights out. It was 106 00:06:18,400 --> 00:06:21,360 Speaker 1: nicknamed the dark City, withering on the shore as its 107 00:06:21,360 --> 00:06:24,920 Speaker 1: favorite son began thundering down the road. Springsteen found his 108 00:06:25,040 --> 00:06:28,919 Speaker 1: timeless sound in those ashes, waiting through them, taking the 109 00:06:28,960 --> 00:06:31,480 Speaker 1: promise of rock and roll, song and poetry to the 110 00:06:31,480 --> 00:06:34,240 Speaker 1: top of the mountain in the story of Asbury Park 111 00:06:34,360 --> 00:06:38,440 Speaker 1: with him Today, it is thriving again, but still ghosts 112 00:06:38,480 --> 00:06:41,479 Speaker 1: linger in the buildings forgotten and in the iniquity that 113 00:06:41,520 --> 00:06:45,400 Speaker 1: needs to be confronted. This is America. There is a 114 00:06:45,440 --> 00:06:48,160 Speaker 1: lot for us to learn from both ends of this spectrum. 115 00:06:48,200 --> 00:06:50,880 Speaker 1: I love being there, I love playing there, and I 116 00:06:50,960 --> 00:06:54,359 Speaker 1: love what it tells us about America and American music. So, 117 00:06:54,440 --> 00:06:57,920 Speaker 1: without further ado, for episode two, The Sound of Our Town, 118 00:06:58,000 --> 00:07:02,680 Speaker 1: we are going to the Jersey Shore. Greetings from Asbury Park. 119 00:07:05,520 --> 00:07:07,520 Speaker 1: Sound of Our Town is a podcast about the music 120 00:07:07,560 --> 00:07:09,880 Speaker 1: that shape the city you're touching down in. It is 121 00:07:09,920 --> 00:07:13,320 Speaker 1: also about finding, hearing, and experiencing its best music happening 122 00:07:13,760 --> 00:07:17,040 Speaker 1: right now. What sounds and places of shape the city's culture, 123 00:07:17,320 --> 00:07:20,480 Speaker 1: and what new sounds continue to define it. It's about 124 00:07:20,480 --> 00:07:24,080 Speaker 1: getting together in a room to listen and why that matters. 125 00:07:24,120 --> 00:07:26,160 Speaker 1: So whether you are quickly dropping in or landing for 126 00:07:26,200 --> 00:07:28,920 Speaker 1: a long stay, in each episode of Sound of Our Town, 127 00:07:29,000 --> 00:07:31,920 Speaker 1: I'll introduce you to the real places and sonic stories 128 00:07:31,960 --> 00:07:35,280 Speaker 1: echoing in a particular town, so that your travel is 129 00:07:35,400 --> 00:07:38,560 Speaker 1: enriched with music. My name is Will Daily. I'm an artist. 130 00:07:38,680 --> 00:07:40,920 Speaker 1: I've been called the Troubadour. I'm with you in the 131 00:07:41,000 --> 00:07:45,000 Speaker 1: music halls, iconic venues, coffee shops, and outdoor festivals, venturing 132 00:07:45,000 --> 00:07:46,960 Speaker 1: out into the world and into the night, looking for 133 00:07:46,960 --> 00:07:50,200 Speaker 1: that next stage to connect to and charge our souls. 134 00:07:53,080 --> 00:07:56,840 Speaker 1: The Convention Hall, with its ornate clamshell and sun bleached decor, 135 00:07:57,400 --> 00:08:00,240 Speaker 1: is a slice of history. There's nothing like get on 136 00:08:00,280 --> 00:08:03,840 Speaker 1: the Eastern Seaboard. It's grand, gorgeous, It looks like it's 137 00:08:03,880 --> 00:08:06,520 Speaker 1: about to fall into the ocean. And how does Asbury 138 00:08:06,560 --> 00:08:09,120 Speaker 1: Park thrive like never before despite the absence of this 139 00:08:09,320 --> 00:08:11,960 Speaker 1: iconic structure. What happens to the soil when one of 140 00:08:12,000 --> 00:08:14,760 Speaker 1: its brightest flowers is wilting? What has it taken to 141 00:08:14,800 --> 00:08:18,200 Speaker 1: rebuild Asbury to the glory of today? The boardwalk is 142 00:08:18,240 --> 00:08:20,920 Speaker 1: electric now, the streets are alive, with sounds and bands 143 00:08:20,920 --> 00:08:24,680 Speaker 1: spilling out of the clubs. But resurrection isn't simply a switch, 144 00:08:24,760 --> 00:08:27,480 Speaker 1: otherwise the hall would be restored to its proper place 145 00:08:27,560 --> 00:08:30,480 Speaker 1: upon the boardwalk. But the rest of Asbury is happening 146 00:08:30,640 --> 00:08:37,079 Speaker 1: right now, waiting for you to get to town. You 147 00:08:37,160 --> 00:08:39,760 Speaker 1: find your way into Asbury when you start inhaling the 148 00:08:39,760 --> 00:08:43,400 Speaker 1: sweet ocean air, and you realize it's a tiny city 149 00:08:43,600 --> 00:08:46,319 Speaker 1: and there's still so much to take in. So perhaps 150 00:08:46,320 --> 00:08:48,439 Speaker 1: your first stop when you finally arrive is no stop 151 00:08:48,480 --> 00:08:51,559 Speaker 1: at all. Perhaps you just keep walking. The city of 152 00:08:51,600 --> 00:08:54,080 Speaker 1: Asbury Park is a mirror one point six miles. The 153 00:08:54,160 --> 00:08:57,800 Speaker 1: boardwalk beacons and art does not require a museum. Local 154 00:08:57,840 --> 00:09:00,920 Speaker 1: and international artists alike have turned the city itself into 155 00:09:00,920 --> 00:09:04,960 Speaker 1: a canvas, a kaleidoscope that is eternally a work in progress. 156 00:09:05,240 --> 00:09:08,480 Speaker 1: Jen Hampton, resident muse and the founder and curator of 157 00:09:08,559 --> 00:09:13,040 Speaker 1: the Parlor Gallery, started the Wooden Walls project, originally a 158 00:09:13,160 --> 00:09:16,880 Speaker 1: d I Y operation painting on vacant buildings. Because there 159 00:09:16,920 --> 00:09:19,559 Speaker 1: was no one around to say no, she convinced boardwalk 160 00:09:19,559 --> 00:09:22,400 Speaker 1: developers to commission art from folks from Asbury to South 161 00:09:22,400 --> 00:09:26,480 Speaker 1: Africa to enhance just about any available surface. If you remember, 162 00:09:26,520 --> 00:09:30,600 Speaker 1: this was once named dark City, it's an unexpected plot twist. 163 00:09:30,960 --> 00:09:36,360 Speaker 1: It's a ghost being exercised. It's now a technicolor instagrammer's dream. 164 00:09:36,600 --> 00:09:39,360 Speaker 1: You can check out local all star artist pork Chops work. 165 00:09:39,440 --> 00:09:42,800 Speaker 1: He's got job dropping large murals or in Lewis's fifty 166 00:09:42,800 --> 00:09:45,800 Speaker 1: foot mural on the windows of the historic steam plant building. 167 00:09:46,240 --> 00:09:48,320 Speaker 1: You were coming for the music, so let the art 168 00:09:48,400 --> 00:09:50,480 Speaker 1: welcome you as you take in the town and get 169 00:09:50,520 --> 00:09:53,080 Speaker 1: your bearings. And when your eyes cannot take any more 170 00:09:53,160 --> 00:09:55,959 Speaker 1: the beauty, sunshine and stimulation, you can finish up your 171 00:09:55,960 --> 00:09:58,960 Speaker 1: first stop at Lngosta Lounge for a drink and a bite, 172 00:09:59,320 --> 00:10:02,120 Speaker 1: let your eyes just and possibly take in residencies and 173 00:10:02,120 --> 00:10:06,520 Speaker 1: performances from local artists like Jackson Pine Cranston Dean Band, 174 00:10:06,559 --> 00:10:10,000 Speaker 1: and surprise sets from legends like Joe Grischky. Sit at 175 00:10:10,000 --> 00:10:11,720 Speaker 1: the bar with your first drink in town, and they 176 00:10:11,760 --> 00:10:14,679 Speaker 1: also have great sushi. See the surf side out the 177 00:10:14,720 --> 00:10:18,040 Speaker 1: back windows and stage up front a perfect visual book 178 00:10:18,120 --> 00:10:21,800 Speaker 1: end to your arrival. But brace yourself and pace yourself. 179 00:10:21,800 --> 00:10:27,760 Speaker 1: You're just getting started with each journey we take this season, 180 00:10:27,800 --> 00:10:30,319 Speaker 1: we will be finding the listening rooms. But I bet 181 00:10:30,320 --> 00:10:32,360 Speaker 1: our next stop will be the only time that the 182 00:10:32,360 --> 00:10:35,600 Speaker 1: past thirty years or more of music history, everyone you've 183 00:10:35,640 --> 00:10:39,160 Speaker 1: ever adored is staring back at you while you listen. 184 00:10:40,280 --> 00:10:57,400 Speaker 1: And we'll get there just after this then goes to 185 00:10:57,520 --> 00:10:59,800 Speaker 1: lounge can turn into a listening room with the right performer. 186 00:11:00,440 --> 00:11:03,480 Speaker 1: Tim mccloon's Supper Club formerly a Howard Johnson's, with its 187 00:11:03,520 --> 00:11:06,600 Speaker 1: view of the ocean, is built around listening, but it's 188 00:11:06,679 --> 00:11:09,760 Speaker 1: transparent Clinch Gallery that is one of the most wonderful 189 00:11:09,760 --> 00:11:13,000 Speaker 1: and unique live music spaces in America to see a performance. 190 00:11:13,559 --> 00:11:16,200 Speaker 1: It's not the stage or the sound though both are pristine, 191 00:11:16,640 --> 00:11:18,960 Speaker 1: and though the shows are curated as if the artists 192 00:11:18,960 --> 00:11:21,560 Speaker 1: are being welcome to the family table, it's not just 193 00:11:21,640 --> 00:11:24,720 Speaker 1: whose performing, it's that the last thirty years of popular 194 00:11:24,800 --> 00:11:29,360 Speaker 1: music is attending the shows alongside you. Transparent Clinch Gallery 195 00:11:29,400 --> 00:11:31,760 Speaker 1: was open in two thousand sixteen to host the images 196 00:11:31,880 --> 00:11:35,640 Speaker 1: captured by photographer Danny Clinch. Clinch has been a vital 197 00:11:35,760 --> 00:11:39,040 Speaker 1: artistic presence of American music for the last thirty years. 198 00:11:39,679 --> 00:11:43,520 Speaker 1: You've seen his images Kanye Groll, Jay z Her, Mavis Dylan, 199 00:11:43,679 --> 00:11:47,000 Speaker 1: and lots of Bruce. If you were listening to this podcast, 200 00:11:47,080 --> 00:11:49,840 Speaker 1: you've probably seen images of Danny sitting in a harmonica 201 00:11:49,840 --> 00:11:52,439 Speaker 1: with Springsteen, Pearl Jam, Foo, Fighters, and Willie Nelson, to 202 00:11:52,559 --> 00:11:56,440 Speaker 1: name just a few, a rare artists, capturing artists for 203 00:11:56,520 --> 00:11:59,400 Speaker 1: all time, but with the ripping musicality on harmonica that 204 00:11:59,440 --> 00:12:03,920 Speaker 1: places often on the stage with his subjects. Picture Jane 205 00:12:04,000 --> 00:12:07,840 Speaker 1: Goodall making banana bread with the gorillas. Through the album covers, 206 00:12:07,880 --> 00:12:11,400 Speaker 1: Grammys and music films, Danny still sees through a lens 207 00:12:11,400 --> 00:12:14,280 Speaker 1: of wonder and childlike excitement, and he carries that around 208 00:12:14,320 --> 00:12:17,200 Speaker 1: with him in Asbury Park. You can't help connect with 209 00:12:17,200 --> 00:12:20,079 Speaker 1: that when you're around him, seeing his work or hearing 210 00:12:20,160 --> 00:12:22,560 Speaker 1: him play, but perched on the ocean side of the 211 00:12:22,559 --> 00:12:27,400 Speaker 1: Asbury Hotel. It's the Gallery, a giant glass box that 212 00:12:27,559 --> 00:12:30,640 Speaker 1: serves as a portal delivering a visual of the whole 213 00:12:30,760 --> 00:12:34,680 Speaker 1: musical world directly into Asbury Park. When you walk into 214 00:12:34,720 --> 00:12:37,760 Speaker 1: the gallery, you're greeted by timeless images of Andrey three 215 00:12:37,760 --> 00:12:42,199 Speaker 1: thousand looking right through you, food fighters, tupacs, Cindy Lauper, 216 00:12:42,400 --> 00:12:45,760 Speaker 1: Radiohead with the Twin Towers behind them, Patti Smith clinging 217 00:12:45,800 --> 00:12:47,920 Speaker 1: to a copy of Love Supreme, like it holds the 218 00:12:48,000 --> 00:12:51,760 Speaker 1: secrets to the universe. Well, well yeah, and there are 219 00:12:51,840 --> 00:12:54,880 Speaker 1: vinyl record binds. Every piece of furniture is curated and 220 00:12:54,920 --> 00:12:59,800 Speaker 1: for sale in the windows are adorned with transparent images. 221 00:13:00,200 --> 00:13:04,960 Speaker 1: All this music in still life floating in the gallery cerebellum. 222 00:13:05,040 --> 00:13:08,120 Speaker 1: Your gaze has the first cut right through Stevie Nicks 223 00:13:08,160 --> 00:13:11,720 Speaker 1: to see the lifeless convention hall across the way. Keith 224 00:13:11,840 --> 00:13:14,960 Speaker 1: Richard's mumbling under his breath, how come you're just sitting there? 225 00:13:15,240 --> 00:13:17,920 Speaker 1: Your great stages are crumbling and I'm still alive. The 226 00:13:17,960 --> 00:13:20,920 Speaker 1: eyebrows of Eddie Vetta rays as he's suspended in the air, 227 00:13:21,040 --> 00:13:24,760 Speaker 1: flying above a crowd. He would love to play there. Dylan, 228 00:13:24,840 --> 00:13:27,760 Speaker 1: with his feet up, lowers the newspaper he's reading, shrugs 229 00:13:27,760 --> 00:13:30,199 Speaker 1: his shoulders. He's been a regular at the convention hall 230 00:13:30,240 --> 00:13:33,440 Speaker 1: over the years. Still he loved one more shot at it, 231 00:13:33,559 --> 00:13:36,400 Speaker 1: even if he won't say it. Tom Waits laughs from 232 00:13:36,400 --> 00:13:39,120 Speaker 1: atop an emerald green carouself dragon with a squirt gun 233 00:13:39,160 --> 00:13:42,000 Speaker 1: in hand. He loves the rundown spot just the way 234 00:13:42,000 --> 00:13:45,880 Speaker 1: it is. What's he building? Him? There and Bruce in 235 00:13:45,960 --> 00:13:49,840 Speaker 1: the street band in each other's arms. Should I fall behind? 236 00:13:50,200 --> 00:13:54,200 Speaker 1: Wait for me? But how long do we waitsas little Stephen. 237 00:13:57,120 --> 00:14:00,440 Speaker 1: The first time I rolled into Transparent Clinch Gallery to play, 238 00:14:00,520 --> 00:14:05,000 Speaker 1: I was overwhelmed. Danny Clinch is there, and that's enough. 239 00:14:05,200 --> 00:14:10,280 Speaker 1: He has seen everybody. The intimate crowd that has collected 240 00:14:10,400 --> 00:14:12,800 Speaker 1: is tucked in amongst vinyl bins and vintage to core. 241 00:14:13,440 --> 00:14:16,120 Speaker 1: But I'm solo on its corner stage, and every artist 242 00:14:16,120 --> 00:14:19,760 Speaker 1: in the past thirty forty years makes up every surface 243 00:14:20,520 --> 00:14:23,600 Speaker 1: staring right down at me. We dream of being with 244 00:14:23,640 --> 00:14:27,400 Speaker 1: those that calls to this lifestyle book. Tell not all 245 00:14:27,400 --> 00:14:30,040 Speaker 1: at once, never mind in front of the person who 246 00:14:30,080 --> 00:14:33,360 Speaker 1: has spent his life capturing all these images. Like Pokemon 247 00:14:33,480 --> 00:14:36,360 Speaker 1: and his favorite like a Camera. After thirty minutes of 248 00:14:36,360 --> 00:14:39,680 Speaker 1: my own songs, including a special guest harp appearance by Clinch, 249 00:14:40,560 --> 00:14:43,280 Speaker 1: I felt compelled to address the audience on the wall, 250 00:14:43,640 --> 00:14:46,520 Speaker 1: the gods of my religion glaring right through me. From 251 00:14:46,560 --> 00:14:49,680 Speaker 1: somewhere in the recesses of my damaged mind, I pulled 252 00:14:49,680 --> 00:14:52,200 Speaker 1: out what I have gathered along the way all these years, 253 00:14:52,640 --> 00:14:55,560 Speaker 1: a crude blues cover of Sabotaged by the Beastie Boys, 254 00:14:55,960 --> 00:14:58,080 Speaker 1: into a little bit of ninety nine Problems for Jay 255 00:14:58,160 --> 00:15:01,440 Speaker 1: z Poist, that Rag for Tom Way, It's all over now, 256 00:15:01,560 --> 00:15:05,480 Speaker 1: baby Blue for Bob Learning to Fly, for Tom Petty, 257 00:15:05,960 --> 00:15:09,640 Speaker 1: and for one night and transparent Clinch Gallery, I felt 258 00:15:09,640 --> 00:15:14,040 Speaker 1: like I belonged. And that's by design. Maria Clinch, Tina Crickis, 259 00:15:14,080 --> 00:15:16,640 Speaker 1: and Zack Sandler and many others make sure the gallery 260 00:15:16,680 --> 00:15:20,280 Speaker 1: represents more than Danny's camera. It holds firm the promise 261 00:15:20,480 --> 00:15:23,520 Speaker 1: of Asbury Park to the world. It is like the 262 00:15:23,560 --> 00:15:26,760 Speaker 1: town that cradles it, one of the premier music stops 263 00:15:26,880 --> 00:15:32,000 Speaker 1: in America. And at this point I have to apologize 264 00:15:32,000 --> 00:15:33,680 Speaker 1: because I sent you on a walk and into this 265 00:15:33,800 --> 00:15:37,760 Speaker 1: visual and sonic wormhole of the gallery you must be starving. 266 00:15:38,000 --> 00:15:40,800 Speaker 1: I usually run across from the gallery onto the boardwalk 267 00:15:41,160 --> 00:15:46,120 Speaker 1: and grab something from Pliable. Pretty sure they're a Jersey company. Um, 268 00:15:46,160 --> 00:15:49,680 Speaker 1: it's just like a smoothie extravaganza place. And I just 269 00:15:49,720 --> 00:15:52,280 Speaker 1: feel like when I'm by an ocean and I'm gonna 270 00:15:52,320 --> 00:15:54,760 Speaker 1: see or play a bunch of shows, that's the best 271 00:15:55,000 --> 00:15:57,960 Speaker 1: fuel for me. Some people it's French fries, and that's 272 00:15:57,960 --> 00:16:00,440 Speaker 1: actually a pretty good fuel too, But in the case 273 00:16:00,840 --> 00:16:10,320 Speaker 1: it's smoothies. There were once over one hundred hotels and 274 00:16:10,400 --> 00:16:13,960 Speaker 1: motels in Asbury Park, but only a few escaped demolition. 275 00:16:14,400 --> 00:16:17,720 Speaker 1: One of the exceptions was the Berkeley Cabaret Hotel, now 276 00:16:17,760 --> 00:16:21,160 Speaker 1: known as the Ocean Front. It opened in just a 277 00:16:21,200 --> 00:16:24,280 Speaker 1: few years before the Convention Hall complex, and the two 278 00:16:24,320 --> 00:16:27,920 Speaker 1: structures towered in tandem a Victorian red brick king to 279 00:16:27,960 --> 00:16:31,120 Speaker 1: the shoreline Queen, and it closed and fell into decaying, 280 00:16:31,240 --> 00:16:33,880 Speaker 1: ruined status when tourism went on the lamb in nineteen 281 00:16:33,960 --> 00:16:37,920 Speaker 1: seventy six. But this giant, cruciform shape property was able 282 00:16:37,960 --> 00:16:41,640 Speaker 1: to make a comeback. How is that? Well? Where some 283 00:16:41,760 --> 00:16:45,200 Speaker 1: saw a dilapidated hotel that was rumored to be haunted, 284 00:16:45,560 --> 00:16:49,920 Speaker 1: a few key investors saw an opportunity. One such investor 285 00:16:50,320 --> 00:16:53,160 Speaker 1: was none other than Johnny Cash. I mean with the 286 00:16:53,200 --> 00:16:55,680 Speaker 1: man in black be intimidated by a city in the dark. 287 00:16:56,160 --> 00:16:58,760 Speaker 1: In fact, he loved the place so much he and 288 00:16:58,840 --> 00:17:01,680 Speaker 1: June bought a suite in the cabaret. Johnny and June 289 00:17:01,720 --> 00:17:03,800 Speaker 1: famously did a sold out to night run at the 290 00:17:03,800 --> 00:17:09,000 Speaker 1: Paramount Feater just to celebrate the grand reopening of the cabaret. 291 00:17:09,040 --> 00:17:12,160 Speaker 1: That storied night was yet another spark that helped light 292 00:17:12,200 --> 00:17:15,400 Speaker 1: a greater flame of renewal for this down on its locktown. 293 00:17:15,760 --> 00:17:17,840 Speaker 1: The exterior still remains the same, and if you don't 294 00:17:17,840 --> 00:17:19,800 Speaker 1: have a suite, there's no cover to get into the 295 00:17:19,840 --> 00:17:22,600 Speaker 1: Bang Bang Bar with its modern kitch and listen to 296 00:17:22,720 --> 00:17:25,359 Speaker 1: some covers on acoustic guitar for a drink in the house. 297 00:17:26,000 --> 00:17:29,040 Speaker 1: The cash saved, But the place to get your note 298 00:17:29,040 --> 00:17:31,720 Speaker 1: cover on is right on the boardwalk. No door, its 299 00:17:31,760 --> 00:17:34,480 Speaker 1: mouth opens to the shore. One step off the wooden 300 00:17:34,520 --> 00:17:37,040 Speaker 1: planks and you are at a tiny bar. Cannabier or 301 00:17:37,119 --> 00:17:39,679 Speaker 1: simple ticky drink is in your hand. You don't have 302 00:17:39,720 --> 00:17:41,440 Speaker 1: to pay a dime to get in, and suddenly you're 303 00:17:41,480 --> 00:17:43,919 Speaker 1: out of show. The band is on a respectable corner 304 00:17:43,960 --> 00:17:47,240 Speaker 1: stage a few inches off the cement floor. Welcome to 305 00:17:47,280 --> 00:17:51,840 Speaker 1: Asbury Yacht Club, full band jamming out across the Atlantic. 306 00:17:52,520 --> 00:17:54,919 Speaker 1: Don't let the name fool you. While it sounds like 307 00:17:54,960 --> 00:17:56,520 Speaker 1: the kind of place you could get bounced for not 308 00:17:56,560 --> 00:18:00,320 Speaker 1: wearing your Brooks Brothers, It's really a surf club. The 309 00:18:00,320 --> 00:18:03,199 Speaker 1: owners were just being cheeky. It's part of the beach. 310 00:18:03,960 --> 00:18:06,320 Speaker 1: I stumbled there one night post show after hearing a 311 00:18:06,359 --> 00:18:09,639 Speaker 1: silken harmonica tone echoing down the boardwalk like an apparition. 312 00:18:09,960 --> 00:18:12,600 Speaker 1: A smoky blues band was playing. And who was on 313 00:18:12,680 --> 00:18:17,040 Speaker 1: conga original E Street Band member Richard Blackwell. This is 314 00:18:17,119 --> 00:18:23,159 Speaker 1: just another night in Asbury Park. But you don't go 315 00:18:23,200 --> 00:18:25,320 Speaker 1: to the home of the Asbury Jukes in the Street 316 00:18:25,320 --> 00:18:27,600 Speaker 1: band to leave without getting your face melted. And let's 317 00:18:27,640 --> 00:18:29,440 Speaker 1: say you have one or two nights to do that. 318 00:18:29,960 --> 00:18:31,680 Speaker 1: And I don't want to quite take you to the 319 00:18:31,760 --> 00:18:34,320 Speaker 1: Vatican of Asbury that you might be waiting for. We've 320 00:18:34,359 --> 00:18:36,879 Speaker 1: got a few worthy spots before we get there. The 321 00:18:36,920 --> 00:18:38,680 Speaker 1: Saint is a room that is a necessity of any 322 00:18:38,720 --> 00:18:41,720 Speaker 1: live music city, and I've enjoyed many shows there and 323 00:18:41,840 --> 00:18:44,600 Speaker 1: left my stickers on the walls alongside every other band 324 00:18:44,640 --> 00:18:47,520 Speaker 1: in the world. That's one. Two would be the Wonder Bar, 325 00:18:47,560 --> 00:18:50,240 Speaker 1: sitting squarely in between the gallery and the convention Hall, 326 00:18:50,520 --> 00:18:53,520 Speaker 1: and it has been there for all of it, reflecting 327 00:18:53,560 --> 00:18:56,840 Speaker 1: the undeniable fund of this town. It's carnival artwork carries 328 00:18:56,840 --> 00:18:59,840 Speaker 1: the echo of boardwalks past, but it's the corner stage 329 00:18:59,840 --> 00:19:01,680 Speaker 1: in the modest size that makes that a place where 330 00:19:01,720 --> 00:19:03,760 Speaker 1: you must be aware of the calendar on your visit, 331 00:19:03,800 --> 00:19:06,399 Speaker 1: so you don't miss sweaty evenings with Nicole Atkins, Willie 332 00:19:06,440 --> 00:19:09,679 Speaker 1: Nile or Jared Clemens. In the late nights, however, you 333 00:19:09,720 --> 00:19:12,159 Speaker 1: may find yourself drawn like a moth to a flame 334 00:19:12,320 --> 00:19:14,439 Speaker 1: towards the light of a giant, glowing bowling pin, a 335 00:19:14,520 --> 00:19:17,520 Speaker 1: sign that has surely been unstuck in time. It's the 336 00:19:17,520 --> 00:19:21,119 Speaker 1: original sign that went up in the nineteen sixties, painstakingly 337 00:19:21,200 --> 00:19:24,760 Speaker 1: restored to its unpolished glory. Like the rest of the exterior, 338 00:19:25,280 --> 00:19:27,440 Speaker 1: this spot went down, like the rest of the town 339 00:19:27,520 --> 00:19:30,000 Speaker 1: in the dark times of the seventies through the nineties, 340 00:19:30,720 --> 00:19:34,240 Speaker 1: but its doors are open again waiting for you. Is 341 00:19:34,280 --> 00:19:36,920 Speaker 1: it some vintage punk rock bowling alley or a music 342 00:19:37,000 --> 00:19:41,199 Speaker 1: venue or a diner? The answer is yes, resoundingly on 343 00:19:41,320 --> 00:19:45,960 Speaker 1: all accounts, Welcome to Asbury Lanes. It's still not just 344 00:19:46,040 --> 00:19:48,119 Speaker 1: the perfect spot to get your bowling game on your 345 00:19:48,160 --> 00:19:51,440 Speaker 1: face melted watching acts like Japanese Breakfast top along Dean 346 00:19:51,560 --> 00:19:54,840 Speaker 1: Lewis and even the Commodores, but it also stands attached 347 00:19:55,320 --> 00:20:00,520 Speaker 1: to the Asbury Hotel and transparent clenched gallery. They're combined forces, 348 00:20:00,600 --> 00:20:03,399 Speaker 1: setting their gaze upon the sleeping crown jewel on the 349 00:20:03,480 --> 00:20:06,359 Speaker 1: shore as if to say, see, this is how you 350 00:20:06,440 --> 00:20:09,080 Speaker 1: get it done. The lanes open in the nineteen sixties 351 00:20:09,119 --> 00:20:12,200 Speaker 1: and fifty years of life, love, strikes and spares echo 352 00:20:12,320 --> 00:20:15,280 Speaker 1: through it today, and just like the Convention Hall, paranormal 353 00:20:15,320 --> 00:20:18,679 Speaker 1: investigators have been here multiple times when management observed a 354 00:20:18,680 --> 00:20:23,359 Speaker 1: little too much post last call weirdness. After some tumultuous years, 355 00:20:23,359 --> 00:20:25,679 Speaker 1: it escaped a certain death and was renovated and reopened 356 00:20:25,680 --> 00:20:28,520 Speaker 1: in two thousand and eighteen. Danny Clinch and his Tangiers 357 00:20:28,520 --> 00:20:32,200 Speaker 1: Blues Band and Portugal the Man headlined the reopening. Word 358 00:20:32,240 --> 00:20:35,040 Speaker 1: on the street was that perhaps the musical patron Saint 359 00:20:35,040 --> 00:20:38,120 Speaker 1: of Asbury Park might be a special guest, and indeed, 360 00:20:38,240 --> 00:20:41,040 Speaker 1: Bruce Springsteen, taking a night off of Broadway, hopped on 361 00:20:41,160 --> 00:20:44,479 Speaker 1: stage and ripped through a high octane blue set. Again, 362 00:20:44,960 --> 00:20:48,480 Speaker 1: these are the things that happened some nights in Asbury Park. 363 00:20:53,160 --> 00:20:56,600 Speaker 1: Asbury Park is alive all year, and aligning year calendar 364 00:20:56,960 --> 00:20:59,920 Speaker 1: might be a necessity. Obviously, the summer is jam pack 365 00:21:00,160 --> 00:21:03,199 Speaker 1: all the people's and epic jams, but the offseason is 366 00:21:03,240 --> 00:21:05,720 Speaker 1: sweeter for the music and events on the calendar that 367 00:21:05,880 --> 00:21:09,159 Speaker 1: keep the boardwalk lit. My favorite is the light of 368 00:21:09,240 --> 00:21:11,520 Speaker 1: Day festival that kicks off the new year and takes 369 00:21:11,560 --> 00:21:14,640 Speaker 1: over all of Asbury Park. Started in two thousand, Lighted 370 00:21:14,720 --> 00:21:17,680 Speaker 1: Day raises funds in the fight against Parkinson's and als 371 00:21:17,720 --> 00:21:20,760 Speaker 1: by using every available space to host music in town. 372 00:21:20,960 --> 00:21:23,280 Speaker 1: The weekend culminates with the who's who of the scene 373 00:21:23,280 --> 00:21:25,680 Speaker 1: wraps up with the historic jam at the Paramount Feeder 374 00:21:25,720 --> 00:21:29,479 Speaker 1: in the Convention Hall complex. But yeah, not in recent 375 00:21:29,560 --> 00:21:33,800 Speaker 1: years obviously, sad face. It's the perfect weekend to take 376 00:21:33,800 --> 00:21:37,200 Speaker 1: in all the town. Plus it lists special guests like Springsteen, 377 00:21:37,520 --> 00:21:42,800 Speaker 1: Lucinda Williams, Jacob Dylan, Alejandro Escovedo, and Southside Johnny. The 378 00:21:42,880 --> 00:21:45,400 Speaker 1: concerts and the organization began as a party to celebrate 379 00:21:45,400 --> 00:21:47,919 Speaker 1: the fourty birthday of music industry vet Bob Benjamin, who 380 00:21:48,000 --> 00:21:50,960 Speaker 1: was diagnosed with Parkinson's disease. It has grown since that 381 00:21:51,040 --> 00:21:54,280 Speaker 1: first party that raised two grand to a worldwide musical 382 00:21:54,320 --> 00:21:57,440 Speaker 1: family that has raised well over five million. Light a 383 00:21:57,520 --> 00:22:00,960 Speaker 1: day captures the past and present of Aspay. I build 384 00:22:00,960 --> 00:22:04,280 Speaker 1: my calendar around it. And if there's anything that says 385 00:22:04,320 --> 00:22:07,080 Speaker 1: Asbury Park is back as a music town is what 386 00:22:07,200 --> 00:22:10,480 Speaker 1: happens in September when one of America's best music fest 387 00:22:10,520 --> 00:22:13,280 Speaker 1: takes over the beach. See Here Now is two days 388 00:22:13,280 --> 00:22:17,200 Speaker 1: of music, surfing, food in all that art that welcomed 389 00:22:17,240 --> 00:22:20,080 Speaker 1: you on your walk when you arrived. Another perfect way 390 00:22:20,080 --> 00:22:22,600 Speaker 1: to take in the town as it welcomes the whole 391 00:22:22,640 --> 00:22:26,800 Speaker 1: world of music. It celebrates art, and it focuses on sustainability. 392 00:22:27,000 --> 00:22:31,679 Speaker 1: It's no surprise that the team is led by Tim Donnelly, H. W. Woolman, 393 00:22:31,960 --> 00:22:36,000 Speaker 1: Tim Sweetwood and Danny Clinch. See Here Now is a 394 00:22:36,119 --> 00:22:41,560 Speaker 1: dream gig for any artist. You're out there amongst the waves, 395 00:22:41,800 --> 00:22:45,200 Speaker 1: people with You. Two thousand two features Stevie Nick's Green Day, 396 00:22:45,240 --> 00:22:47,520 Speaker 1: Gary Clark Jr. And Wet Leg to name a few 397 00:22:47,520 --> 00:22:50,240 Speaker 1: of the twenty five plus acts all on the beach, 398 00:22:50,840 --> 00:22:55,080 Speaker 1: posting its footprint just outside Convention Complex like It's knocking 399 00:22:55,119 --> 00:22:57,439 Speaker 1: on the door with its sound and its spirit, just 400 00:22:57,800 --> 00:23:03,680 Speaker 1: daring it back to life. All right, I'm sure you're 401 00:23:03,720 --> 00:23:07,159 Speaker 1: listening and wondering why I haven't mentioned the Vatican of 402 00:23:07,200 --> 00:23:10,600 Speaker 1: Asbury Park. That's because it belongs in this spot that 403 00:23:10,640 --> 00:23:13,679 Speaker 1: we've reserved and sound of our town for such special things. 404 00:23:14,400 --> 00:23:16,480 Speaker 1: On the corner of Second and Ocean NV lies in 405 00:23:16,520 --> 00:23:20,760 Speaker 1: not particularly attractive building. It's got the basics, door, roof, 406 00:23:20,880 --> 00:23:24,680 Speaker 1: slightly sticky floor. But this building is not like others. 407 00:23:24,880 --> 00:23:29,200 Speaker 1: It has a legacy, a soul encoded into its walls. 408 00:23:29,520 --> 00:23:32,320 Speaker 1: Its low slung stage is a shimmering beacon that has 409 00:23:32,480 --> 00:23:36,840 Speaker 1: launched a thousand garage bands. It sparked worldwide grassroots revolution 410 00:23:36,840 --> 00:23:39,320 Speaker 1: when the developer dared try and move it for some 411 00:23:39,400 --> 00:23:45,240 Speaker 1: swanky condos. Some things must remain sacred, and this is 412 00:23:45,280 --> 00:23:49,879 Speaker 1: a landmark of American music. We have reached the stone pony, 413 00:23:50,440 --> 00:23:54,040 Speaker 1: the Vatican of Asbury Park. This is a title that 414 00:23:54,080 --> 00:23:56,520 Speaker 1: could and maybe should belong to the Convention complex. But 415 00:23:56,560 --> 00:23:58,960 Speaker 1: while the lights were flickering on the boardwalk through the years, 416 00:23:59,200 --> 00:24:02,200 Speaker 1: the fires of the only stayed lit. What alchemy allowed 417 00:24:02,240 --> 00:24:05,320 Speaker 1: this place to hang on by a thread? Mitthy establishments 418 00:24:05,359 --> 00:24:09,120 Speaker 1: like the Pony have mortal beginnings. For example, a couple 419 00:24:09,200 --> 00:24:11,280 Speaker 1: of guys open a bar on a boardwalk. You don't 420 00:24:11,280 --> 00:24:13,199 Speaker 1: want to be walking alone at night where all the 421 00:24:13,200 --> 00:24:16,080 Speaker 1: other local joints are folding like a bad hand. But 422 00:24:16,280 --> 00:24:18,879 Speaker 1: Jack and Butch buy a bar and make it a 423 00:24:18,880 --> 00:24:21,679 Speaker 1: place that local musicians want to play. That's it a 424 00:24:21,760 --> 00:24:24,280 Speaker 1: welcoming place, true to the soil and neighborhood bar where 425 00:24:24,280 --> 00:24:29,040 Speaker 1: cats are allowed to work things out, covers and originals. 426 00:24:29,080 --> 00:24:30,920 Speaker 1: Some of the local talent at the time, which is 427 00:24:31,000 --> 00:24:35,479 Speaker 1: nineteen four, happens to be Southside Johnny and Stephen van Zant. 428 00:24:35,960 --> 00:24:38,000 Speaker 1: They have a new band and the Pony needs acts. 429 00:24:38,400 --> 00:24:41,200 Speaker 1: The roof was caving in, so they took a chance 430 00:24:41,200 --> 00:24:43,720 Speaker 1: and gave them a three time a week residency, praying 431 00:24:43,720 --> 00:24:46,600 Speaker 1: that these kids sell enough tickets to fix the ceiling. 432 00:24:46,840 --> 00:24:49,320 Speaker 1: The first week, fifty people showed up, then a hundred 433 00:24:49,320 --> 00:24:53,040 Speaker 1: and fifty, then three hundred, then six hundred. That was 434 00:24:53,080 --> 00:24:56,239 Speaker 1: going viral. They fixed the roof. Stephen van Zandt goes 435 00:24:56,280 --> 00:24:58,200 Speaker 1: to join a new band with his buddy Bruce, who 436 00:24:58,280 --> 00:25:00,679 Speaker 1: is also a regular in the audience and on the stage. 437 00:25:01,000 --> 00:25:04,160 Speaker 1: He's got some records out, but he loves hanging here. 438 00:25:04,560 --> 00:25:06,960 Speaker 1: The Pony is the place where musicians all know each other, 439 00:25:07,200 --> 00:25:09,600 Speaker 1: drink for free, plug in and rock out into a 440 00:25:09,640 --> 00:25:14,080 Speaker 1: bleary eyed morning. Born to Run is coming soon, full 441 00:25:14,119 --> 00:25:16,480 Speaker 1: of all the Asbury all stars, and Bruce is about 442 00:25:16,600 --> 00:25:20,080 Speaker 1: to go nuclear. The locals are watching their hometown hero 443 00:25:20,200 --> 00:25:23,600 Speaker 1: transform into a bona fide rock star right before their eyes. 444 00:25:23,880 --> 00:25:26,280 Speaker 1: People from all over start pouring into the Pony, hoping 445 00:25:26,320 --> 00:25:28,399 Speaker 1: to catch a glimpse, take a swig of electricity and 446 00:25:28,440 --> 00:25:31,199 Speaker 1: the magic in the air. The world at large is 447 00:25:31,240 --> 00:25:34,320 Speaker 1: hearing about the Stone Pony. Now. Managers and promoters want 448 00:25:34,359 --> 00:25:37,000 Speaker 1: to send their artists to the Pony and it's thirsty crowds. 449 00:25:37,000 --> 00:25:39,480 Speaker 1: Soon the sounds bouncing off the walls are coming from 450 00:25:39,520 --> 00:25:43,360 Speaker 1: the heavy touring Axe Stevie, Ray Vaughan, Elvis Costello, the Ramones, 451 00:25:43,480 --> 00:25:46,800 Speaker 1: Cheap Trick Blondie, Jimmy Cliff, and Joan Jet. This local 452 00:25:46,880 --> 00:25:50,520 Speaker 1: bar with the questionable roof has now become a major 453 00:25:50,560 --> 00:25:54,440 Speaker 1: destination on the road dogs circuit. Of course, there are 454 00:25:54,440 --> 00:25:59,679 Speaker 1: no straight lines here. There have been detours, changes of management, bankruptcy, haunting, 455 00:25:59,720 --> 00:26:03,120 Speaker 1: re ending as a dance club. But success is measured 456 00:26:03,119 --> 00:26:06,640 Speaker 1: in survival and it has been a constant battle. Inch 457 00:26:06,720 --> 00:26:10,200 Speaker 1: by inch, year by year, folks have pleaded, pitched, protested, 458 00:26:10,240 --> 00:26:14,600 Speaker 1: and evangelized to politicians, to the press, to developers, declaring 459 00:26:14,640 --> 00:26:18,320 Speaker 1: that this place is a beating heart of a city, 460 00:26:18,480 --> 00:26:21,639 Speaker 1: hands off, and instead of moving the pony, the rising 461 00:26:21,680 --> 00:26:25,640 Speaker 1: developments moved around the pony instead. The renaissance of Asbury 462 00:26:25,640 --> 00:26:28,399 Speaker 1: Park is impossible to imagine without rock and roll in 463 00:26:28,480 --> 00:26:31,760 Speaker 1: this venue is a main character in this tale. Wednesday 464 00:26:31,760 --> 00:26:34,359 Speaker 1: to Sunday, the music is on at the Pony with 465 00:26:34,480 --> 00:26:37,560 Speaker 1: big names and also local names. It still honors its 466 00:26:37,560 --> 00:26:40,240 Speaker 1: home grown talents. You never know when one of them 467 00:26:40,240 --> 00:26:42,679 Speaker 1: will turn into the next Springs team, and you also 468 00:26:42,800 --> 00:26:45,440 Speaker 1: never know when you might catch the man himself slipping 469 00:26:45,480 --> 00:26:48,400 Speaker 1: into the back of the bar. If you're a live 470 00:26:48,440 --> 00:26:51,639 Speaker 1: act in America, you have to pass through the House 471 00:26:51,680 --> 00:26:54,199 Speaker 1: of a thousand guitars to test your metal and to 472 00:26:54,359 --> 00:26:56,800 Speaker 1: declare that you are the real deal. If you're a 473 00:26:56,800 --> 00:26:59,240 Speaker 1: live music lover, there is a reason we call this 474 00:26:59,320 --> 00:27:03,200 Speaker 1: the Vatican of Asbury Park. If you want that visceral feeling, 475 00:27:03,240 --> 00:27:05,280 Speaker 1: if you want to break a sweat and raise the 476 00:27:05,320 --> 00:27:07,560 Speaker 1: hair on the back of your neck, you've got to 477 00:27:07,560 --> 00:27:10,919 Speaker 1: go to the Pony and maybe you already have, and 478 00:27:11,000 --> 00:27:15,840 Speaker 1: if so, I know you're going again. So one more 479 00:27:15,920 --> 00:27:19,440 Speaker 1: thing for your calendar. We know the inside is legendary, 480 00:27:19,440 --> 00:27:21,800 Speaker 1: but during the summer, outside of the Pony turns into 481 00:27:21,880 --> 00:27:23,879 Speaker 1: one of the best places to see live music on 482 00:27:23,960 --> 00:27:27,880 Speaker 1: the shore period the energy cannot be contained to four walls. 483 00:27:28,240 --> 00:27:31,080 Speaker 1: The Pony Summer series runs from July through the fall 484 00:27:31,200 --> 00:27:33,840 Speaker 1: and has an absolutely killer lineup in the books. You 485 00:27:33,880 --> 00:27:36,720 Speaker 1: can get your acts like Phoebe Bridges, Spoon and Jason 486 00:27:36,760 --> 00:27:40,360 Speaker 1: Isabel under the lights in the evening ocean breeze. Now, 487 00:27:40,400 --> 00:27:42,800 Speaker 1: I'll always hype you to a hidden gem on each 488 00:27:42,800 --> 00:27:45,399 Speaker 1: of our journeys, and Asbury kind of feels like a 489 00:27:45,440 --> 00:27:48,000 Speaker 1: hidden gem of live music culture. But it's too big 490 00:27:48,040 --> 00:27:50,960 Speaker 1: now for that. But it does have the silver Ball, 491 00:27:51,040 --> 00:27:54,680 Speaker 1: Pinball Museum and arcade. Depending on your point of view, 492 00:27:54,760 --> 00:27:58,600 Speaker 1: it's a nostalgia seecrets paradise, a professional playground, or a 493 00:27:58,640 --> 00:28:03,520 Speaker 1: wonderful and colorful new world plus no quarters. You pay 494 00:28:03,760 --> 00:28:06,320 Speaker 1: a day or a half day rate and smack those 495 00:28:06,359 --> 00:28:09,359 Speaker 1: bumpers to your heart's desire and rest your ears so 496 00:28:09,400 --> 00:28:12,879 Speaker 1: you're ready for the night. Now getting ready for Asbury 497 00:28:12,960 --> 00:28:14,959 Speaker 1: and having a little of the past to guide you 498 00:28:15,000 --> 00:28:17,480 Speaker 1: through the future is a way to feel like a 499 00:28:17,520 --> 00:28:20,200 Speaker 1: little bit of you already belongs there before you arrive. 500 00:28:20,760 --> 00:28:24,080 Speaker 1: My recommendation the books movies that have brought me closer 501 00:28:24,119 --> 00:28:27,320 Speaker 1: to Asbury starts on YouTube with Riot, Redemption and Rock 502 00:28:27,359 --> 00:28:30,679 Speaker 1: and Roll featuring Spring Scene and Van Zandt talking you 503 00:28:30,920 --> 00:28:34,440 Speaker 1: from the past to the now. Some have suggested fourth 504 00:28:34,440 --> 00:28:36,920 Speaker 1: of July Asbury Park, A History of the Promised Land 505 00:28:36,920 --> 00:28:39,320 Speaker 1: by Daniel Wolfe, but I think the purest gateway has 506 00:28:39,360 --> 00:28:41,240 Speaker 1: to be the audio book version of Born to Run, 507 00:28:41,600 --> 00:28:44,720 Speaker 1: the autobiography as read by its author Bruce Springs scene 508 00:28:44,960 --> 00:28:54,560 Speaker 1: the ghosts in his life end up as songs. When 509 00:28:54,560 --> 00:28:57,719 Speaker 1: a burning passenger ship the morrow Castle Beach just outside 510 00:28:57,800 --> 00:29:01,000 Speaker 1: the Convention Hall in nineteen some of the bodies were 511 00:29:01,000 --> 00:29:04,320 Speaker 1: placed on the floor of the hall as a temporary morgue. 512 00:29:04,440 --> 00:29:08,080 Speaker 1: Admission was even charged for those with morbid fascinations and 513 00:29:08,200 --> 00:29:12,880 Speaker 1: one more ghost story grabs onto Asbury Park. Truth be told. 514 00:29:12,880 --> 00:29:15,440 Speaker 1: The ghost tours in town are a blast, but maybe 515 00:29:15,480 --> 00:29:18,040 Speaker 1: ghosts are what we carry with us as a town, 516 00:29:18,320 --> 00:29:21,400 Speaker 1: as a people, as a country, and our sins need 517 00:29:21,480 --> 00:29:25,400 Speaker 1: the exorcism. There is a haunting when we don't address 518 00:29:25,480 --> 00:29:28,480 Speaker 1: and repair it injustice when we don't invest in the arts, 519 00:29:28,840 --> 00:29:33,160 Speaker 1: and when we don't have equal opportunity. Maybe the Convention Complex, 520 00:29:33,200 --> 00:29:36,200 Speaker 1: with its two legendary stages, slowly falling into the ocean, 521 00:29:36,680 --> 00:29:39,880 Speaker 1: is a price that needs to be paid. But Asbury 522 00:29:39,920 --> 00:29:42,960 Speaker 1: Park should be different. This whole town could have fallen 523 00:29:42,960 --> 00:29:46,480 Speaker 1: into the ocean, remaining a place to avoid. But the 524 00:29:46,600 --> 00:29:49,240 Speaker 1: l g B t Q plus community, when so much 525 00:29:49,280 --> 00:29:51,280 Speaker 1: of the country is not safe and welcoming to them, 526 00:29:51,440 --> 00:29:53,479 Speaker 1: found a canvas to build a life upon, and in 527 00:29:53,520 --> 00:29:57,000 Speaker 1: turn revitalized a city. Musicians who couldn't afford New York 528 00:29:57,040 --> 00:30:00,200 Speaker 1: City rents found a playground to call home in liling 529 00:30:00,240 --> 00:30:03,800 Speaker 1: it with our greatest resource art developers get a with 530 00:30:03,960 --> 00:30:06,360 Speaker 1: of all that, and we find ourselves at Asbury Park today, 531 00:30:06,400 --> 00:30:09,200 Speaker 1: where the Asbury Park Music Foundation is bringing music and 532 00:30:09,440 --> 00:30:12,560 Speaker 1: education programs to the West side of town. Music Monday's 533 00:30:12,560 --> 00:30:15,560 Speaker 1: features every flavor of the sonic spectrum the West Side 534 00:30:15,560 --> 00:30:18,920 Speaker 1: and the East Side built itself upon, and all of 535 00:30:18,960 --> 00:30:21,240 Speaker 1: Asbury shows up for these and that might be the 536 00:30:21,280 --> 00:30:24,920 Speaker 1: most perfect addition to your visit. And the Boss used 537 00:30:24,960 --> 00:30:27,760 Speaker 1: all of this to construct his indelible sound, and he 538 00:30:27,800 --> 00:30:30,000 Speaker 1: poured it into these words in two thousand and two. 539 00:30:31,520 --> 00:30:35,040 Speaker 1: Now the sweet bells of mercy drifting through the evening trees, 540 00:30:35,880 --> 00:30:39,480 Speaker 1: young men in the corner, scattered like leaves, the boarded 541 00:30:39,560 --> 00:30:43,880 Speaker 1: up windows, the empty streets, while my brother is down 542 00:30:43,920 --> 00:30:49,680 Speaker 1: on his knees. My city of Ruin. We have beautiful 543 00:30:49,760 --> 00:30:54,040 Speaker 1: legacies and we have tragic legacies. One is there to 544 00:30:54,080 --> 00:30:57,120 Speaker 1: help repair the other. It is a physical soundtrack to 545 00:30:57,160 --> 00:31:00,240 Speaker 1: our progress and our road ahead. The night is old 546 00:31:00,240 --> 00:31:03,600 Speaker 1: with every type of music, everyone together finding the flow 547 00:31:03,680 --> 00:31:07,840 Speaker 1: state metal, rock, hip hop, funk, blues, just existing like 548 00:31:07,880 --> 00:31:16,840 Speaker 1: the ocean, full of life. And one last thing, don't 549 00:31:16,880 --> 00:31:18,719 Speaker 1: forget to walk down to the beach and put your 550 00:31:18,760 --> 00:31:21,600 Speaker 1: feet in the water. It's been there the whole time, 551 00:31:22,240 --> 00:31:26,880 Speaker 1: through venues come and gone, riots, generations fleeing, communities rebuilding, 552 00:31:27,320 --> 00:31:30,640 Speaker 1: and for the rise and fall of every band passing 553 00:31:30,680 --> 00:31:35,239 Speaker 1: through the waves. Remember, the tides go out and they 554 00:31:35,360 --> 00:31:38,960 Speaker 1: always come back in. So don't let your castles get 555 00:31:39,000 --> 00:31:41,600 Speaker 1: washed away. It's a waste of time, and we could 556 00:31:41,600 --> 00:31:45,440 Speaker 1: be making music in them, both for the ghosts and 557 00:31:45,760 --> 00:31:50,840 Speaker 1: the new life when they harmonize. We have grace. We 558 00:31:50,960 --> 00:32:04,560 Speaker 1: have Asbury Park. All right, you've been listening to Sound 559 00:32:04,560 --> 00:32:06,520 Speaker 1: of Our Town. We're coming at you with twelve episodes 560 00:32:06,600 --> 00:32:09,520 Speaker 1: this first season, covering ten different cities and all in. 561 00:32:09,560 --> 00:32:12,160 Speaker 1: New episodes drop on Thursdays. If you want to chat 562 00:32:12,160 --> 00:32:13,959 Speaker 1: about the music scene in your city, hit us up 563 00:32:13,960 --> 00:32:17,360 Speaker 1: on Instagram at double Elvis and at Will Daily Official 564 00:32:17,640 --> 00:32:20,080 Speaker 1: or on Twitter at Double Elvis f M and at 565 00:32:20,120 --> 00:32:22,760 Speaker 1: Will Daily. 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