Ode to the Jersey Shore Bar Scene

The Art of the Cover Band.  The Cover bands of the Jersey Shore created a music scene.  And, that scene made us come alive.  It was great joy and fun.  We were spoiled, because we experienced this since the age of eighteen.  And, really spoiled because up until this summer, we could experience it every summer since.  It changed.  But, last year the Parker House was still making the news for the overcrowding and being a  nuisance to the neighborhood.  There are a lot of cover bands who I used to see forty years ago, still play in Jersey shore bars today.  Memorial Day weekend marks the beginning of summer and all of those times.  Like many, this weekend is no different.  It is pouring rain.  But, that didn't matter if you were in a bar listening to a cover band.  So, this summer the bars will be closed.  Asbury Park has announced all concerts and shows are cancelled.  Even, the ones on the beach on Thursday nights.  Geez, one step up......two steps back.  Hard Rock Casino hosted a lot of our local bands  playing in the lounges.  On any given night, there could be three excellent bands playing at the same time.   Like the old days, if you were overheated from dancing the night away.  You could go out to the boardwalk, and cool off by the sea breeze and the light of the moon.

This scene that has been painted for many years, is not over.  It will be different.  It will be ok.  I don't know when, but I do know it will be worth waiting for.  Raise a glass to all the bands, who have been making the best of it on social media.  Can't wait until we see a live Jersey Shore cover band again, I have a feeling we will be dancing in the streets.  

Quote of the day:  "And so with the sunshine and the great bursts of leaves growing on the trees, just as things grow in fast movies, I had that familiar conviction that life was beginning over again with the summer." —F.Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby

Song of the Day:  Bruce Springsteen C-side Bar Song