So many sensational musicians have graced the 13-event, 17th annual Somers Point Beach Concert Series this summer, and the epitome of that lineup might be coming to the William J. Morrow Memorial Beach (New Jersey and Bay avenues) this Friday night (Aug. 14). The Billy Walton Band, fronted by the eponymous guitar virtuoso and including drummer Marcus Croan and bassist William Paris, will be showcasing some original material from their recently completed CD. The BWB has a fifth United Kingdom tour set for October and will be playing the Somers Point series for the third straight year. Also featured will be Michael “Tunes” Antunes, who may best be known as the saxophonist for John Cafferty & the Beaver Brown Band, which cut the hit song “On the Dark Side” from the 1983 movie Eddie and the Cruisers. A descendent of accomplished musicians from Cape Verde, Tunes took up the sax at age 13 and also played the role of Wendell Newton in Cruisers. “Don’t mention my age now,” says Tunes. “Let’s just say if you look at pictures from that movie, I haven’t changed a bit.” The Somers Point gig is a side project from Tunes’ regular routine of touring with Ernie & the Automatics. “I’m looking forward to coming back to Jersey,” says Tunes, a resident of Dartmouth, Mass. “I’ve been playing down there since the early 1960s — since before the Beaver Brown Band formed. I’ve had some memorable moments down there.”
(Originally published Sept. 2008) LAST MONTH DURING ITS SET at the Somers Point beach concert series, Jersey Shore rock trio the Billy Walton Band broke into "On the Dark Side," the 1984 John Cafferty hit fr...
Things are really beginning to open up for the Billy Walton Band. The bluesy rock trio, whose three members reside in various parts of New Jersey, will play one of the biggest shows of its short car...
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