CasaCoisalinda: January 2014

    The 14th Annual Light of Day Concerts took place this past week in Asbury Park New Jersey, and also in New York City with a show on Wednesday night.
     What has become known as Bob's Birthday Bash was held on Saturday January 18 at the Paramount Theatre in Asbury Park New Jersey. This show is the largest show of the festival. This is an expanded version of original Light of Day show when it started at the Stone Pony, moved to Tradewinds in Sea Bright New Jersey, moved back to the Stone Pony and then to Starland Ballroom in Sayerville New Jersey, before taking home in the Paramount Theatre back in 2009(I believe).
As noted in previous Light of Day posts, the show started as a birthday celebration for Bob Benjamin. As the years have passed, it has become a worldwide event raising funds and awareness for research of Parkinson's Disease.
Asbury Park plays host to a group of shows which range from Rock shows to kids concerts to Broadway themed shows, all for this great cause.
Saturday nights show at the Paramount Theatre was another epic show clocking in at the 7 hour mark. As always, there was a wide range of performers and surprise guests. Each performers set was followed by an acoustic act which got to perform a couple songs while the next performer set up. There was rarely a break and plenty of surprises. Musicians joined each other throughout the night which has become commonplace at these shows.
Lozenzo Semprini from Italy joined Joe D'Urso during his set. Vini Lopez and Peter Elkas(from Light of Day Canada) and joined Joe D'Urso. Photographer Danny Clinch joined Nicole Atkins for her opening song, and Bruce Springsteen joined both Jesse Malin and Willie Nile before joining Joe Grushecky for the final set. Mr. Springsteen was appeared at 10 of the 14 Light of Day shows.Bon Jovi keyboardist David Bryan and E Street Band saxophone player Ed Manion also joined Joe Grushecky for his set.
Two other major highlights were Mike Peters of the Alarm joining Joe D'Urso and Stone Caravan for a couple songs and also an amazing solo set towards the end of the show and Johnny Rzeznik of the Goo Goo Dolls performing a great solo acoustic set loaded with plenty of his hits.Sadly, Mr. Rzeznik and Mr. Springsteen never shared the stage during the show. Still a great show as usual, and all for a great cause.

   Here is as much as I could get of the setlist. Unfortunately, many titles will not be correct. Those songs will be followed by a question mark(?).

    For more details about Light of Day, check out www.lightofday.org

          Rock and Roll Chorus

                  I Want You To Want Me
                  Free Ride/Ain't To Proud to Beg/Long Train Running
                  Summer of 69
                  On My Way?????
                  Livin' On a Prayer
                  Separate Ways

          Rob Dye w/Matt O'Ree Band

                  2 song set which included Guitar Love?

          Matt O'Ree Band

                   Instrumental
                   ?????????????
                    Lost?

          Joe Bonanno

                   Running Scared(Roy Orbison cover)
                   ????????????(Elvis Presley cover)

          Nicole Atkins

                    Gold Was My Baby w/Danny Clinch on Harmonica
                    Party's Over
                    Who Killed the Moonlight?
                    Red Ropes
                    Girl You Look Amazing

          Joe D'Urso & Stone Caravan

                     Come Down Tonight(Asbury Park) w/Lorenzo Semprini
                     Tell Me Why w/Vini Lopez & Peter Elkas
                     Sold Me Down the River(Alarm Cover) w/Mike Peters
                     Rockin' in the Free World(Neil Young cover) w/Mike Peters
                     Noisy Guitars w/Lorenzo Semprini

          Joanna Cotton & Greg Barnhill

                     Funkabilly
                     Time'll Get 'Em

          Jesse Malin

                      Bar Life
                      Band Played On & On??????????
                      Wendy
                      Do You Remember Rock N Roll Radio(Ramones cover) w/Bruce Springsteen
                      Race With the Devil????????
                      Burning on the Bowery-One verse & chorus
                      All the Way From Moscow

           Sonia

                      Set included Won't Let Go

           Garland Jeffreys

                       No Woman No Cry(Bob Marley cover)
                       Modern Lovers
                       Any Rain
                       'Til John Lee Hooker Calls Me
                       It's What I Am
                       Mystery Kids
                       Wild in the Street

           Peter Elkas

                       Goodbye to Dublin
                       Jackie

           Willie Nile

                       This is Our Time
                        Heaven Help the Lonely
                        House of 1000 Guitars
                        Sweet Jane(Lou Reed cover)
                        One Guitar w/Bruce Springsteen, Mike Peters & Joe D'Urso

           John Easdale & Peter Wood

                        Work For Food
                         It's Only Money
                         Anything,Anything

           Johnny Rzeznik

                         Slide
                         Black Balloon
                         Rebel Beat
                         Sympathy
                         Can't Let it Go
                         Name
                         Come To Me
                         Iris
                         Broadway

           Mike Peters

                         Give Me Love
                         The Stand
                         68 Guns

          Joe Grushecky & the Houserockers
                 w/Ed Manion on saxophone

                          John the Revelator
                          Somewhere East of Eden

         with Bruce Springsteen from here on

                          Adam Raised a Cain
                          Never Be Enough Time w/David Bryan on organ
                          Darkness on the Edge of Town w/David Bryan on organ
                          Hearts of Stone w/David Bryan on organ
                          Pumping Iron w/David Bryan on organ & Danny Clinch on Harmonica
                          Atlantic City w/David Bryan on organ
                          Talking to the King w/David Bryan on organ
                          Frankie Fell in Love w/David Bryan on organ
                          Save My Love
                          I'm Not Sleeping w/David Bryan on organ
                          Because the Night w/David Bryan on organ
                          Promised Land w/David Bryan on organ
                          Light of Day w/All Performers
                          Happy Birthday w/All Performers
                          Thunder Road(Audience Singalong) w/All Performers




     www.lightofday.org

Bruce Springsteen & Joe Grushecky w/David Bryan

Willie Nile, Bruce Springsteen, Mike Peters, Joe D'Urso

The Light of Day festival kicked off this week in Asbury Park New Jersey. I have included a couple very blurry pictures I took last night at the Wonder Bar in Asbury Park New Jersey.
The Light of Day festival, mentioned in detail in earlier posts, aids in the funding or Parkinson's research.

    I was able to catch Poppa John, Quincy Mumford & the Reason Why and Lisa Bouchelle who were part of the Wonder Jam show.
    Poppa John and Lisa Bouchelle performed on the acoustic stage to the side of the main stage. Poppa John's set included a version of the Beatles Here Comes the Sun, while Lisa Bouchelles included a cover of Dolly Parton's Jolene and a new song which I believe was called Life.
    Quincy Mumford and the Reason Why's set included No Excuse, A Hard Place, Baby Don't Go/D'yer Maker and Under the Covers.

   Steal Your Face from Pennsylvania opened the show, but I only was able to catch their last song, a cover of the Grateful Dead's Shakedown Street.
    I hope the festival is a huge success, all for a good cause.