Brookdale Guitar Show

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“Sonny Kenn was the Shore’s first real rock ‘n’ roll guitar star. As the front man in the popular mid-60’s group Sonny and the Starfires, Kenn was the one who cut the path Springsteen and virtually every other Shore rocker would follow in the late 60’s.” -Robert Santelli, Asbury Park Press 9/3/93 “After leading a procession of bands through the 60’s and 70’s, including a trio called “Maelstrom” with Southside Johnny, Kenn has concentrated on playing classic blues and blues-rock since the 80’s.” -Richard Skelly, The Asbury Park Press 6/12/99 “It’s hard to imagine what the Jersey Shore music scene would have been without the musical input and vast talent of guitarist and singer Sonny Kenn, he truly deserves the title ‘legendary’.” -Robert Santelli “But then, Sonny Kenn -with blond pompadour and sharkskin jacket-bounds on stage…pounding out a “Lucille” that peels the paint off the walls…” -Jane Goldman, New York Magazine “The leaner, meaner corollary to the horn-bloated Asbury scene made his debut decades ago, we get the wild idea he’ll keep on doing what he does ’til he’s the last guy off the embassy roof” -The Asbury Park Press “He’s a Jersey Shore blues legend, wowing crowds at every gig.” -Ben Buchwald, Jersey Style Magazine “The blues taps into real feelings, its intensity can stop you in your tracks. Improvisation is more real, and on a more visceral level, more emotional. To be real, you can’t separate music from humanity. I still play because I want to…what I play is real for me. I don’t play anything I’m ashamed of - and people feel that. -Sonny Kenn to Ben Buckwald, NJ Style Magazine

Besides being one of founding members of Line Drive, Chris Plunkett has toured & recorded with Hank Williams Jr., Waylon Jennings, and George Jones. Chris wound up in Los Angeles in the late ’80’s where he taught bass guitar at the acclaimed Musicians Institute, as well as recording and playing around town with artists such as Norman Brown, Greg Bissonette, and guitar legend Scott Henderson.

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Fron Musical instruments will be showing off this Aluminum electric guitar.  This will be the only time you can see this until this summer’s NAMM!  It’s one of three prototypes made!

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Whether live or in the studio backing singer songwriters, bottleneck guitarist Pete Wagula lays glass on strings using both good and bad guitars.  (Bad guitars make great sounding bottleneck guitars.)  He favors a 1930’s National, Dobro, Tricone, Martin acoustic or just about any electric and that unplayable yard sale find.  When not playing bottleneck  he teaches guitar clinics and workshops in New york and New Jersey.  Pete has also studied with jazz great Tal Farlow and has been a contributing writer for Guitar Player Magazine.

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This fingerpicking clinic provides a hands-on experience intended to de-mystify right-hand (or left-hand, if you’re left handed) fingerpicking techniques. The purpose is to simplify various thumb-finger techniques. In addition, left handed techniques will be discussed, including: hammer-ons, pull-offs, bends, and slides. If you bring a guitar, you’ll get more out of it. Come early for a front row seat and bring a guitar.
Charlie has been playing acoustic and electric finger picking styles for most of his life. He’ll “acoustify” anything - from southern blues to the Beatles. Charlie will play anywhere, any style, any time, with anyone. He also encourages anyone with the slightest interest to start playing ASAP if they don’t play already, just as a way to relax, relieve stress, and get your ya-yas out. He breaks down finger picking to a level where anyone can enjoy playing. He also makes his own finger-picks to allow him to play in a style that integrates: finger-picking, bluegrass, and jazzy-blues. His main influences include: Mississippi John Hurt, Jorma Kaukonen, Stefan Grossman, Charlie Parker, the Allman Brothers, and the Stony Brook Friends of Old Time Music.

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A revered promotion and marketing consultant, Hunt is president of the WNS Group, based in Orangeburg, NY. Few in the industry bring as much well-rounded experience to the table as Hunt. He has worked in many facets of the music business. He took over management of a chain of record stores in upstate New York. He joined A&M Records’ promotion team in 1975. From there he went to MCA Records. Following a stint in L.A. as MCA’s vice president of promotion, he left the music business temporarily to pursue law. In the early 1980s, he was named Sr. Director of Marketing of Cambridge One Stop, parent company for the Strawberries record chain. He joined Elektra Records from 1983 -1992, working his way up to Sr. Vice President and General Manager of Elektra. After a year as VP and General Manager of Hollywood Records, he became the Sr. Vice President of Zoo Records. In 1995, he set up his own company. He also manages Steve Forbert, Sonny Landreth, Stacey Earle & Mark Stuart, Tim O’Brien.

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Can the power of music make the brain come alive? What can music tell us about our minds? And what can our minds tell us about music? Can music aid people battling severe neurological disorders?
Investigate music’s strange, surprising, and still unexplained power over the human mind.

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“Heavy Metal Guitar” with Jack Frost and his allstar cover band Diesel

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Jack Frost is no new comer to the metal scene. He has played in Savatage, Metalium, Bronx Casket Company (with DD Verni and Tim Mallare of Overkill), Speed (with Aaron Randell and Ray Hartman of Annihilator), Seven Witches (with Joey Vera of Armored Saint), Frost Bite, Flaw with (Chris Volz), Lizzy Borden and most recently a world tour with Belladonna’s Anthrax

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Allie Moss makes sandwiches. She’s from Jersey, which means she has curly hair and says the word ‘yeah’ weirdly. She is a word game aficionado and has studied with some of the best 30 Rock scholars in the nation. She also writes songs, and tours with Ingrid Michaelson and such.

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Find out what vendors have signed up so far for the show: http://www.wbjb.org/l/cu

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Don’t forget, you can buy tickets now and get a $5 discount.  http://www.wbjb.org/l/gn

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