The 19th annual Light of Day festival arrived in Asbury Park the week of January 13th. There were concerts at multiple venues with probably hundreds of performers throughout the week.
The main show is Bob's Birthday Bash which takes place at The Paramount Theatre on the boardwalk.
This years show included many of the performers who are mainstays at the Light of Day shows and wind performing multiple times during the week.
I did not go last year, but compared to previous years, this years show ran very smoothly and did not include acoustic performances between the main sets until later in the show.
Joe Grushecky's band The Houserockers were not able to make it due to bad weather, so he performed with a fill in band dubbed The Asbury Orchestra. The band included the lead guitarist from the Houserockers, Johnny Grushecky, Marc Ribler on guitar, Kenny Aaronson on bass, Danny Clinch on harmonica, the drummer from The Plasmatics and two keyboard players.
I will include the setlist below, with any titles I am unsure of with a question mark.
Joe D'Urso & Stone Caravan
Come Down Tonight (Asbury Park)
Just Once
Rockin' In The Free World (Neil Young cover) w/Peter Elkas, Rob Dye, Vini Lopez, Miss Emily
Let It Go
Noisy Guitars / I Wanna Be Sedated (Ramones cover)
James Maddock Band
Calling My People w/Williams Honor
Chance
Discover Me
Rag Doll w/Williams Honor
Beautiful NowSteve Forbert & The Renditions
Thinkin'
Going Down To Laurel
Good Planets Are Hard To Find
Let's Get High
What Kind of Guy Am I
Romeo's Tune
Low Cut Connie
Back In School
Boozophilia
All This Time?
Sayin' It?
Shake It Little Tina
Oh Suzanne
Rio
Williams Honor
I Can't Wait To Be Ashamed
John Eddie and His Dirty Ole' Band
Same Old Brand New Me
Happy (Rolling Stones cover) / Getting Kind of Old
Fall For It Every Time
Free
Low Life
Dean Friedman
Ariel
You're Gonna Be O.K.?
Jesse Malin
She Don't Love Me Now
Death Star
Wendy
Meet Me At The End Of The World
You Know It's Dark When Atheists Start To Pray
Sally Can't Dance (Lou Reed cover) w/Danny Clinch
Ben Arnold
We All Depend On Love
January's Gone?
Joe Grushecky and The Asbury Orchestra
Miss You (Rolling Stones cover)
That's What Makes Us Great
Gimme Shelter (Rolling Stones cover) w/Reagan Richards from Williams Honor
Like a Rolling Stone (Bob Dylan cover) w/Jesse Malin, Joe D'Urso, Steve Forbert, James Maddock, John Eddie and Adam Weiner of Low Cut Connie
Anthony D'Amato and Danny Clinch
Joe D'Urso & Vini Lopez
Hold On
Willie Nile
Forever Wild
This Is Our Time
Hell Yeah
Heaven Help The Lonely
Children of Paradise
One Guitar
Finale
Light of Day (Bruce Springsteen cover)
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| Joe D'Urso & Stone Caravan w/Vini Lopez, Rob Dye, Miss Emily & Peter Elkas |
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| James Maddock Band w/Williams Honor |
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| James Maddock Band w/Williams Honor |
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| Steve Forbert & The Renditions |
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| Low But Connie |
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| Williams Honor |
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| John Eddie & His Dirty Ole' Band |
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| Jesse Malin |
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| Joe Grushecky & The Asbury Orchestra |
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| Joe Grushecky w/Jesse Malin, John Eddie, James Maddock, Joe D'Urso, Steve Forbert & Adam Weiner of Low Cut Connie |
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| Wille Nile |
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| Finale |
