The 84-year-old living legend of classic rock, Gary U.S. Bonds will headline a week of free concerts in South Jersey! On July 26 at Mardi Gras AC, on the Boardwalk at Kennedy Plaza in Atlantic City, and then again at Atlanticare Concerts on the beach in Somers Point, on Friday, July 28, Gary U.S. Bonds will perform and meet & greet with the public. One of the most iconic of the American classic rock stars in the world today, Bonds will perform his multi-million-selling hits including “This Little Girl,” which is one of many songs written, recorded and produced for him by Bruce Springsteen.
On Wednesday the 26, Gary will headline a huge Mardi Gras AC Concert co-starring New Orleans Mardi Gras Big Chief Monk Boudreaux and multi-award-winning singer-songwriter Johnny Sansone.
The show will be performed at Kennedy Plaza with The Tony Mart Cares Quality Beverage Garden adjacent. The show begins at 7 p.m. with Bonds and The House Rockers and rolls into the night with the Mardi Gras Indian performance of Grammy-nominated Big Chief Monk Boudreaux, popular New Orleans piano performer, Tom Worrell, and Johnny Sansone, multi-award-winning singer-songwriter and top 10 Blues Rockin’ harmonica player, rock us into the night.
Everyone knows the iconic sing-along dance tune “New Orleans”; This was the only song that Dick Clark ever played twice in one program on the legendary American Bandstand television show in 1960. In 1961, Bonds had one of the biggest hits of all time, “Quarter to Three” which was played throughout the decades at Tony Marts. In the ‘80s he had a huge resurgence in his career when Bruce Springsteen wrote “This Little Girl.” Bonds and Springsteen also recorded and performed together The Box Tops’ “Soul Deep”.
Springsteen has been committed to performing and supporting Gary U.S. Bonds. Like many of the great American rock n’ roll artists on the East Coast, Springsteen, Southside Johnny, John Cafferty and many rockstars frequently perform, announced and unannounced, with Bonds.
His career began in 1956. Bonds is an absolute icon and a living legend of classic rock n’ roll.
At the unique and magical Atlanticare Concert on the beach Friday night on July 28, Gary U.S. Bonds and The House Rockers will perform after a hilarious set of dueling piano-style Boogie Woogie starring The Reverend Billy C. Wirtz. According to USA TODAY, the Atlanticare Concerts on the beach in Somers Point are the #1 free outdoor concert series in America.
This will be a midsummer highlight of the amazingly free Mardi Gras AC Concert Series on the Boardwalk at Kennedy Plaza in Atlantic City. Get ready for yet another unique and magical experience, making the Atlanticare Concerts on the Beach in Somers Point the #1 Outdoor Concert Series in America!
