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JERSEY JAMS, JERSEY CARES ALL YOU NEED IS LOVE FEST
Statewide Beatles tribute for 40th anniversary of “Please Please Me”
Saturday, March 22 with Eight Shows in One Day!
As the nation drifts to war and the state considers cutting $32 million in
arts funding,
Jersey Jams Fund,
a
United Way
music education program for New Jersey children, has responded with the statewide
Jersey Jams, Jersey Cares All You Need Is Love Fest
. The eight-concert series of Beatles tributes by New Jersey artists will celebrate the 40th anniversary of “Please Please Me” and the 34th anniversary of
John & Yoko’s
first
Bed-In for Peace
. Produced by many Jersey music scenesters, the shows will raise money for a music scholarship fund for the New Jersey Children of 9/11.
Jersey Jams Fund
has awarded nearly $15,000 in music scholarship to about 20 children between the ages of 4 and 16 with money raised from its
Jersey Jams, Jersey Cares
charity compilation and benefit concert series, as well as from corporate donations.
Three of the
Love Fest
’s four all-ages shows will offer music mentorship in the form of raffles for “
Love Me Do
” harmonica packages.
Gorny Music Shop
in Somerville has donated three
Hohner
harmonicas and three lesson books to coincide with a lesson three of New Jersey’s best harmonica players will provide to a winning child or teen. Winners will learn “
Love Me Do
,” which they can perform onstage if they wish.
One of the artists who’ll provide a harmonica lesson during the
Love Fest
is
Gregg Cagno
, a
Hunterdon
County-raised singer-songwriter who’ll also participate in the
Friends of Teen Arts
’ Young Composers program that day. “I enjoy the opportunity to participate in events like the Young Composers program and the
All You Need Is Love Fest
because it gives me a chance to pass on some of the joy and excitement that music has given to me,” says
Cagno
, a recording artist for the Clinton-based
Black Potatoe Records
, one of
Jersey Jams Fund
’s largest sponsors. “‘
Love Me Do
’ was the song that made me pick up the harmonica and so I’m thrilled to pass it onto the next generation of Beatleheads.”
The Jersey Jams, Jersey Cares All You Need Is Love Fest also will include two shows with Beatles-inspired power-pop bands at the
Court Tavern
in New Brunswick and
Hamilton Street Café
in Bound Brook. Canvassing a variety of musical styles, the Love Fest will present A
Beatles Open Blues Jam
for Bernie, which also will raise funds for
Bernie Brausewetter
. The
B.B. & the Stingers
guitarist recently underwent quintuple bypass surgery while in Memphis to compete in the
International Blues Challenge
. Other
Love Fest
highlights will include:
The
New York
classic rock station
Q104.3-FM
at the
Stone Pony
in Asbury Park, where
Bad Medicine
also will pay tribute to Jersey favorite
Bon Jovi
An all-ages all-you-can-eat pizza party that will feature a
Children’s Beatles-Sing-A-Long
with members of the great Jersey band
The Cucumbers
and special guests
Raffles for Beatles-inspired artwork, tickets to
Beatlemania
at
Paper Mill Playhouse
and
Fest for Beatles Fans
in the
Meadowlands.
Prizes, including
America Cares Bears
and
Beatles
T-shirts and CDs
A Webcast from
Broadway Central Café
in
South Amboy
with four of its favorite acts.
The
All You Need Is Love Fest
is part of a series of
Jersey Jams, Jersey Cares
benefit concerts the New Jersey music scene produces, along with charity compilation CDs, to raise money for
Jersey Jams Fund
to provide music scholarship and mentorship to New Jersey children.
Here's a breakdown of all eight
Love Fest shows on March 22:
All-ages All-You-Can-Eat Pizza Party
, noon to 3 p.m.,
Pattenburg House
, 512 Pattenburg Road (Route 614), Pattenburg, with
Beatles Sing-A-Long
led by
The J-Club
, featuring members of
The Cucumbers
, and special guests. $10, includes all-you-can-eat pizza, a token to win an
America Cares Bear
,
Beatles T-shirts or CDs
and a raffle ticket a child or teen to win a free harmonica, lesson book and harmonica lesson. Produced by Bob Makin, co-founder
Jersey Jams Fund
. Call (908) 535-2547. Visit
www.pattenburghouse.com
Beatles Open Blues Jam
for
Bernie
with
Jeanne Lozier Band
, Big Nancy Swarbrick and the
Jersey Jams Allstar Band
, 3-8 p.m., Drumsticks, 240 Dayton Ave., Botany Village, Clifton. All-ages, smoke-free. $8, free for children 15 and under accompanied by a parent or guardian. Ticket will allow free access to evening show at Uncle Roy’s. Show will include an open blues jam of Beatles classics with New Jersey’s best blues musicians and a raffle for a free harmonica, lesson book and lesson with Big Nancy for a child or teen. Partial proceeds will combat B.B. & the Stingers guitarist Bernie Brausewetter’s medical expenses in the wake of quadruple bypass surgery. Hosted by Big Nancy Swarbrick. Produced by Gar Francis of Jeanne Lozier Band. Call (973) 340-4600.
Copperpot, The Milwaukees, Fairmont, Billionaire Boys Club, Mr. Neutron and Allstar Beatles Jam
,
5:30 p.m. to midnight, Hamilton Street Café and Stage, 22 Hamilton St., Bound Brook. All ages. $5, free for 12 and under accompanied by a parent or guardian. Show will include raffle for Beatles-inspired
artwork. Produced and hosted by Jim Testa of Jersey Beat. Call (732)
469-7400. Visit
www.hamiltonst.com
Every Damn Day, Mary Ann Farley with James Mastro, Tris McCall and Allstar Beatles Jam
with surprise guests, 8:30 p.m. to 2 a.m., Uncle Roy’s, 819 Van Houten Ave., Clifton. 21 and up. $5. Show will include raffle for Beatles-inspired artwork by Mary Ann Farley and two tickets to the opening of The Fest for Beatles Fans on Friday, March 28. Produced by Mike Daly of Every Damn Day. Call (973) 779-9748.
Spiraling, The Grip Weeds, The Anderson Council, Headquarters and Allstar Beatles Jam
,
8:30 p.m. to 2 a.m. , Court Tavern, 124 Church St., New Brunswick. 21 and up. $5. Show will include raffle for two tickets to Beatlemania at Paper Mill Playhouse. Hosted by Jeff Raspe of WBJB 90.5 the NIGHT. Produced by Bob Makin, co-founder Jersey Jams Fund. Call (732) 545-7265. Visit
www.courttavern.net
The Marbles, Bongo Jones, Holy Goats, Kiss the Planet Blue and Allstar Beatles Jam
,
8:30 p.m. to 2 a.m., Broadway Central Café, 114 South Broadway, South Amboy. 21 and up. $5. Show will include raffle for Beatles-inspired artwork. May be Web cast. Hosted by Al Muzer of The Aquarian Weekly. Produced by Mike Grau of The Marbles and Bongo Jones. Call (732) 7321-2059. Visit
www.njcoast.com/BroadwayCentralCafe
Bad Medicine
,
8:30 p.m. to 2 a.m., The Stone Pony, 913 Ocean Ave., Asbury Park. 18-and-up show. $10. Bon Jovi tribute show will include raffle for a Fingersmear painting from Sulli Studios in Asbury Park by Richie “La Bamba” Rosenberg and Bobby Bandiera of the Asbury Jukes and Joe Grushecky. Produced by Stone Pony Entertainment. Call (732) 502-0600. Visit
www.stoneponyonline.com
Kathy Phillips & Kim Williams, Gregg Cagno, Spook Handy and Allstar Acoustic Beatles Jam
, 9:30 p.m. to 2 a.m., Urban Word Café, 449 South Broad St., Trenton. All ages. $5, free for ages 15 and under. 12 and under must be accompanied by a parent or guardian. Show will include raffles for Beatles-inspired artwork & free harmonica, lesson book and lesson with Gregg Cagno for a child or teen. Hosted by Josh Davidson of ChorusandVerse.com. Produced by Jack Devaney of Atomic Productions. Call (609) 989-7777. Visit
www.urbanwordcafe.com
Proceeds will benefit
Jersey Jams Fund
, a
United Way
music education program that provides music scholarship and mentorship to New Jersey children. Volunteers, visual artists and advertising supporters interested in participating in the
Jersey Jams, Jersey Cares All You Need Is Love Fest
, can contact:
