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
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| Bruce Springsteen & Joe Grushecky w/David Bryan |
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| Willie Nile, Bruce Springsteen, Mike Peters, Joe D'Urso |
Country legend and all around music legend George Strait brought his Cowboy Rides Away tour to the Prudential Center in Newark New Jersey last week, to what must have been a sold out house. 
