by Cindy Fertsch | Aug 22, 2024 | Features
By Chuck Darrow There are a couple of things that these days set legendary British rockers Deep Purple apart from the classic-rock pack. First of all, in an age when many touring acts boast no original or decades-long members, the band’s current roster includes three...
by Cindy Fertsch | Aug 15, 2024 | Atlantic City, Atlantic City Casinos, Atlantic County, Features
By Chuck Darrow As anyone who has been paying attention surely knows, tribute bands—especially those focused on artists of the classic rock variety—have become an integral part of the live entertainment scene. While some acts—among them The Beatles, Rolling Stones and...
by Cindy Fertsch | Aug 8, 2024 | Atlantic City, Entertainment, Features
By Chuck Darrow The use of “magic” in rock music has been so pervasive for so long (we’re talking a half-century-plus) that it’s almost cliché. Indeed, to compile a list of every song whose title includes the word would be daunting, if not downright impossible. But...
by Cindy Fertsch | Aug 8, 2024 | Atlantic County, Features, History
By Chuck Darrow By any metric, the biggest rock-music event in the history of the now-closed Atlantic City Race Course in Hamilton Township was the Atlantic City Pop Festival, which took place Aug. 1-3, 1969. Staged exactly two weeks before the epochal Woodstock Music...
by Cindy Fertsch | Aug 1, 2024 | Atlantic City, Entertainment, Features
By Chuck Darrow Once upon a time (as in prior to Pennsylvania legalizing casinos) the summer always brought with it seasonal production shows. During the last week of June and first week of July, it wasn’t unusual to see the opening of at least a half-dozen revues...
