2014 Asbury Angels named
Inductees to be recognized at a concert held during Light of Day week
Nine individuals who have made important contributions to the city’s musical legacy will have their names added to plaques that will be placed on benches along the Asbury Park “Boardwalk of Fame,” according to a release from the Asbury Park Chamber of Commerce.
They will join 21 previous honorees as the newest additions to the Asbury Angels Project. The project’s mission is to honor and memorialize the lives and history of musicians, tech support persons, DJs, journalists, club owners, record company personnel, managers and promoters and others that played a roled in the Asbury Park music community, the release stated. All inductees must have been deceased at least one year.
The 2014 honorees are “soulful singer and frontman Donnie Bertleson; Jim Giantonio, who booked original music as well as national acts at the Fast Lane nightclub; soul singer Delores Holmes, who performed with numerous Shore-area bands, including the Bruce Springsteen Band; Jim McDonald, a lighting director and stage manager for venues throughout Asbury Park and beyond; Odyssey Moore, a former city police officer who owned the Orchid Lounge; Carlo Novi, original tenor saxophone player for Southside Johnny and theAsbury Jukes; Joseph, William and Albert Rediker, who brought Big Bands and the first rock ‘n’ roll show to Convention Hall; bass player Vinnie Roslin, a member of numerous Jersey Shore bands, including Steel Mill, The Shakes and The George Theiss Band, and vocalist Bobby Thomas, a pioneer of R&B vocal group harmony in the city and a mentor to many performers from the city’s West Side,” the release stated.
The first “Guardian Angel” will also be honored. People who had a significant influence on Asbury Park’s music scene and its evolution, even though they were not actual members of the city’s musical community, will be named guardian angels. Music producer John Hammond, who signed Bruce Springsteen to Columbia Records, will be the first, according to the release.
All of the new inductees will be recognized at “Light of Day’s Salute to the Asbury Angels,” at The Stone Pony on Friday, Jan. 17, 2014 during a special show held as part of the Asbury Park Light of Day Festival. Light of Day is a worldwide concert series that raises funds for research and treatments for Parkinson’s disease and related illnesses. Asbury Park’s Light of Day Festival takes place Jan. 12-20, 2014. More than 100 artists will perform at several different venues in the city during the festival week.
Tickets for Light of Day’s Asbury Angels show are $25 in advance at $30 on the day of the show. They are available online at www.Ticketmaster.com, through Ticketmaster charge-by-phone,1-800-745-3000, Ticketmaster outlets, and at the Stone Pony box office, (732) 502-0600.
Co-sponsors of the Asbury Angels Project include the Light of Day Foundation, The Asbury Park Press, Asbury Park Chamber of Commerce, and the Asbury Park Musical Heritage Foundation.
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