Bruce Springsteen with the Seeger Sessions
Band
perform songs from the new CD We
Shall Overcome
JerseyPorkRoll.com
employees were given the day off on April 25, 2006. The
special occasion was brought to us by Soprano
Sue providing tickets to the taping of the
Bruce Springsteen Good Morning, America
live from Convention Hall.
The photo on the right is of the old Casino building on
Asbury Ave and the Boardwalk. The new sign on the
decaying building is a hopeful sign of the future. If
you're interested in the revitalization efforts in
Asbury, click
here.
The line
stretched for several blocks down the boardwalk by 6:00
am, but it was a short wait as the security and
Convention Hall staff were so organized, once those
doors opened we were all inside in minutes. Bruce
stepped onto the stage shortly after 6:30, introduced
himself to the small crowd, and said he was still
wearing his "jammies."
The bed head he first came on stage with was still there
for the taping, although he did change into jeans and a
real shirt.
The next
three photos examples of why you should not try to take
photos in the dark at a concert. I had to keep my finger
over the flash because of the TV cameras, and so I
wouldn't get thrown out by security since they asked we
not use flash photography.
I'm basically a classic
rock type,
but I have an appreciation for folk, and in my youth, I
actually thought Bob Dylan had a "good
voice." I was more than curious to hear
Springsteen's interpretations of the music of Pete
Seeger, whose songs I taught to my Girl Scout troops a
few years back.
The band did
three songs from the new CD, Jacob's Ladder, Oh, Mary,
Don't You Weep, and a song many of us only know from
"Little House on the Prairie's," Mr. Edwards,
Old Dan Tucker.
I've
seen Bruce in concert several times, including at Seton
Hall in the 70's, Madison Square Garden in the 80's, and
Giant's Stadium a few years back. It was wonderful
seeing him in a small venue like Convention Hall, where
he could speak and be easily heard by the crowd. I'm
not a rabid Bruce fan like so many people are, but I like what
he does for our home state, and he really does kick butt when he
gets going with a band.
Bruce and
the band also
did a short version of When the Saints Go Marching In,
reminiscent of a whiney, young Bob Dylan. It does
not appear on the CD.
I loved the whole
morning from the ride down the deserted Garden State
Parkway to end as I went walking alone
down the boardwalk of the once grand Asbury Park.
I have hope it will become a safe place to enjoy going
"Down the Shore" again.
Kate, that
would be me, introduced herself to Robin Roberts of Good
Morning, America after the taping, and Ms. Roberts
graciously agreed to allow a photo of herself on the
website. We spoke for a brief moment, and it turns out
both of our fathers were from Union, NJ.
She is lovely,
gracious and very patient with the fans that approach
her. When she asked me what kind of commercial web site
I'd be putting her face on, she said "Pork Roll? Sure I know Pork Roll.
Taylor Ham, right?!"
. Building's frame
to go, condos to come in Asbury Park Posted by the Asbury
Park Press on 04/8/06
BY NANCY
SHIELDS
COASTAL MONMOUTH BUREAU
ASBURY PARK — The steel skeleton known as C-8, a
symbol of a decade when then-bankrupt developer Joseph
Carabetta held the city's waterfront hostage, is to be
imploded April 29.
"When we start building this building, people will
say the renaissance really is happening in Asbury
Park,'' Dean Geibel said.
Taken standing in front of the Casino looking North up
the Boardwalk facing Convention Hall.
Maybe someday soon the empty Asbury Park Boardwalk will be filled with
beach goers.
We can hope...
-Kate, April 2006
All photos on this page were taken on April 21 or April 25, 2006.
If you'd like to use any of them, just ask,
please.
I'll send you an original instead of you copying them or
linking from them on this page.
kate@jerseyporkroll.com
Greetings
From Jersey Pork Roll and
Asbury Park
