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Kudos to Brick-based singer/songwriter/guitarist Bobby Bandiera. Working with
EDUCATION executives at the Count Basie Theatre, along with Terry Magovern, Bruce
• Newspaper in Springsteen's longtime personal manager, Bandiera put together a very well
Education Program orchestrated, properly paced concert Tuesday night at the Red Bank venue.
MERCHANDISE The concert was a fundraiser for the Joan Dancy and People with ALS Support Group.
• Newspaper Store Magovern was engaged to Joan Dancy, a mother of two from Middletown who died
from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, better known as ALS or Lou Gehrig's disease.
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O'Brien" trumpeter Mark Pender's jam on "Baby I Like It," backed by "Late Night"
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Bandiera, having just put on a solid tribute to producer Phil Spector, used many of the
LISTINGS same singers as he did for that concert, held Nov. 17 at the Count Basie. Bob Burger
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• Engagements Mind," and on Neil Young's "Like a Hurricane." Bonds and his band took the stage and
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• In Remembrance and Singer/harmonica player Southside Johnny Lyon stirred the audience members from
Thank You's their seats for his rock anthems "Talk to Me" and "I Don't Want to Go Home." On the
• Hot Properties latter tune, he was joined by Jon Bon Jovi, who told the audience, "We're raising some
money for a really good cause, but without Bobby Bandiera, none of this would have
GANNETT NJ been possible." Bon Jovi delivered a heartfelt rendering of "Please Come Home for
NEWSPAPERS Christmas" and told the crowd, "These are the guys I grew up listening to, Southside
• Asbury Park Press Johnny and Bruce, and at the end of the day, I've always been sort of proud to be from
• Gannett State Bureau Jersey."
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• The Daily Journal Using Bandiera's backing band, Bon Jovi then led the crowd in a singalong on his
• Daily Record recent hit, "Who Says You Can't Go Home?" House lights came on throughout that
• Home News Tribune song to illuminate the audience, which sang along with the 44-year-old Sayreville
• Ocean County native.
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Finally, as if on cue from incessant calls of "Bruuuce" from the audience, Springsteen
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swaggered over to the guitar waiting for him onstage. He sang with abandon on
• Other Gannett "Darlington County," "Spirit in the Night," "Waitin' on a Sunny Day" and "Tenth Avenue
Newspapers Freeze-Out."
For a finale, Springsteen led the band through a rousing version of "Santa Claus Is
Coming to Town," joined by Bon Jovi, Bonds and Southside Johnny.
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