In conjunction with the summer-long Mardi Gras on the Boardwalk series, seven bands will perform over a three-day stretch leading up to, and following, the ninth annual Atlantic City Air Show.
Terrance Simien
One of the catalysts behind Carmen Marotta and his associates creating the “Mardi Gras on the Boardwalk” series of free rock, blues and roots music was giving resort visitors a reason to extend their weekends here during the summertime.
The Monday night series achieved that and then some, as this year’s Atlantic City “Thunder Over the Boardwalk” Air Show will tie into the series with seven outstanding bands performing Monday through Wednesday, Aug. 15-17, including about six hours of music beyond when the air show ends (around 3:30pm) Wednesday.
Festivities during the ninth version of the air show include an inaugural America’s Armed Forces Parade starting 6pm Monday. Local guitar virtuoso Billy Walton and his band will precede the parade headliner — the eight-man, New Orleans-based Soul Rebels Brass Band. Another Big Easy ensemble, the gospel and R&B-driven group Brother Joscephus and the Love Revival Revolution Orchestra, will perform in the parade’s second line, as will the Carl Graneri Italian Swing Band brought in by Marotta and the Boardwalk Series committee.
On Tuesday at the Kennedy Plaza amphitheater (on the boards right in front of Boardwalk Hall), Jimmy Thackery and the Drivers perform at 6:30pm followed by another appearance from the Soul Rebels (10pm), who put a personal spin on a genre blend of funk, reggae, R&B and soft rock.
“The Soul Rebels are sensational, and [Thackery’s] a great, great blues/rock guitarist who’s going to do the best rendition you’ve ever heard of the ‘Star Spangled Banner’ Jimi Hendrix played at Woodstock,” says Marotta. “That’s a patriotic thing in the sense that it symbolizes for a lot of people the Vietnam and post-Vietnam rhetoric. And he kills it. That’s going to be part of our salute to our veterans, particularly our younger veterans — our rock ‘n’ roll veterans.”
Parking tips, 2012 schedule, past years' highlights and more details for you to enjoy the 2012 Air Show.
Music fans will have more options than ever to catch a concert in Atlantic City this Memorial Day weekend, but that's not when the music stops. The entire southern Jersey shore region will popping with music of all kinds this summer — including rockabilly, jazz, classcial, rock, blues, R&B and reggae.
The Philadelphia-based band Steal Your Face is no stranger to southern New Jersey, having done numerous local gigs including after-parties at Atlantic City’s Hard Rock Café when the Allman Brothers Band and Furthur (the band featuring the Grateful Dead's Bob Weir and Phil Lesh, among others, which is coming back to Atlantic City in November) were each in A.C. last year. Early last month, though, the band jammed for the first time on the deck of a party boat during a three-hour back-bay tour of Margate. “I was really impressed by how cool that was and how well it went,” says Steal Your Face rhythm guitarist Garry Engle. “Everybody had a great time, so we’re doing it again.” This Saturday, Sept. 17, from 7-10pm, the five-man band (also including lead guitarist Curtis Eustace, drummer Lou Zalvino, bassist Paul Baroli and keyboardist Michael Morrow) will do another sunset jam aboard the 65-foot Jessie O’ II party boat. The boat leaves Captain Andy’s Marina (9317 Amherst Ave., Margate) at 7pm and includes a buffet dinner, live music and scenic bay cruise for $40 per person, or $75 per couple. There will be no liquor served, but patrons are welcome to BYOB. Call 412-3635 for reservations. Click here for an awesome...
In its ninth year, The Atlantic City Thunder Over the Boardwalk Air Show will fill the city’s skylines with jets, stunt planes and parachuters on Wednesday, Aug. 17, all capped off by a performance from the U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds precision flying team, which has become the air show’s steady headliner each year.
Fabulous Thunderbirds with Kim Wilson perform July 11 for free in the summer Monday night music series at Kennedy Plaza.
Callahan's 'Next Time' Local singer-songwriter Cailin (pronounced Kay-Lean) Callahan sounds a little like Tracy Chapman with a touch of Jewel and a sprinkling of Ani DiFranco. Although she didn't pick up a guitar until she was 17, Callahan has a soulful style that complements her smoky voice. Next Friday (March 28, 9pm) the Trinity Irish Pub & Carvery at the Pier Shops at Caesars will host a CD-release party for Callahan's debut CD, the acoustic-based Next Time. The surfer girl performs her thoughtful material with local percussionist Sven Peltonen and multi-instrumentalist Lance Doss. You can hear songs and see her upcoming gig schedule at www.myspace.com/cailincallahan. -- Jeff Schwachter Summer Series Announced For the second summer in a row, Ocean City will host the Stockton Goes to the Beach Summer Concert Series, expanding to eight Monday night performances in 2008. Tickets - priced at $20 -- are on sale now for shows featuring the smooth sounds of Jim Brickman, Tracy Silverman, Samite and Sean Harkness (July 7); Western acts Riders In The Sky (July 14); "Stayin' Alive," a Bee Gees Tribute Band (July 21); former Byrds member Chris Hillman and his band (July 28); Terrance Simien and the Zydeco Experience (Aug....
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