Tune In, Turn On
By Doug Deutsch
I was pleased to receive a phone call and texts last week from promoter extraordinaire Carmen Marotta detailing the long-awaited Summer 2024 Tony Mart Mardi Gras on the Boardwalk Concert lineup on Wednesday nights from June 26 through Sept. 4.
“This year’s concerts tie in with (New Orleans Jazz Fest), as we feature two headliners from this year’s Jazz Fest: Devon Allman Project (Aug. 7) and Samantha Fish (pictured above, Aug. 28),” said Marotta. “There’s also Grammy winner The Dirty Dozen Brass Band (Aug. 21) and the young Grammy-nominated The Rumble with Big Chief Joseph Boudreaux Jr. (Aug. 14). Many might recall the memorable performance by Boudreaux, Jr.’s dad, octogenarian Big Chief Monk Boudreaux, with Johnny Sansone last summer during their AC Mardi Gras show.
“Add to that Bonerama (also Aug. 14) and you have an extremely popular assemblage of New Orleans Jazz Fest performers coming to Atlantic City, along with our own stars, John Cafferty (July 3), and Beaver Brown as well as two very special shows: The Tony Mart Legacy Last Waltz (July 24) with The Radiators’ Dave Malone, plus longtime blues guitarist Bob Margolin, Bonerama’s Mark Mullins, Honey Island Swamp Band, and the aforementioned Johnny Sansone.
“Also, with the tribute to the Grateful Dead performed by one of the greatest of all guitar players, Stanley Jordan (July 10), we are reinforcing the Jamrock festival headliner theme from New Orleans to Atlantic City,” continued Marotta. “The big beach concerts are on the Boardwalk all summer. Some of the greatest groups in the world are coming from the New Orleans Jazz Fest to perform on the Boardwalk.”
Tune In Turn On will have much more on these terrific shows in the weeks ahead. Also, we wanted to mention the first concert of the season (June 26) is “The Piana From Savannah,” past Grammy nominee and boogie-woogie pianist/vocalist Victor Wainwright and The Train, a superb live performer who we’ve had the pleasure of working with for the past half-dozen years.
All Mardi Gras on the Boardwalk concerts start at 7 p.m., are free and take place at Kennedy Plaza across from Jim Whelan Boardwalk Hall. See www.tonymart.com.
Welcome back John Eddie: Excited to see rockin’ singer/songwriter John Eddie and his Dirty Ol’ Band coming to perform in AC at Resorts Casino Hotel’s Superstar Theatre 8 p.m. on Saturday, April 27.
“Even though I was born in Virginia, I’ve spent most of my life in New Jersey,” Eddie told us in a recent interview. “I consider myself a New Jersey artist if they’ll have me! I’ve built most of my following playing the Jersey Shore from Atlantic City to Asbury Park,” said Eddie, who moved to Nashville in 2009 and has found big success penning songs for huge artists such as Kid Rock and Brantley Gilbert.
For tickets and info see: www.resortsac.com/entertainment/john-eddie
P.S. A hot after party happens that evening at Dougherty’s Steakhouse in Resorts with Eddie scheduled to join Jersey Shore staple “saloon singer” Pat Guadagno for what should be a great time.
Cypress Hill, 4/20 and the Hard Rock Casino: The longtime SoCal-based hip-hop/rap ensemble were indeed the perfect choice for an April 20 show at the Hard Rock’s Mark Etess Arena, with a darn good lineup of special guests, most notably Sublime with Rome from Long Beach, Calif., who delivered a memorably good set on what’s now their final tour. Cypress Hill rolled out their string of hits, which still sound good some two-plus decades later. Kudos to Hard Rock for bringing the hip-hop. Next up at the ‘Rock: One of the OG’s of L.A. rap, the inimitable Snoop Dogg on June 1.
Doug is the owner/operator of Doug Deutsch Publicity Services, which since 1995 has been servicing nationally touring acts, and working record release campaigns for clients. Doug also hàs experience writing for the one time shore-based weekly publication, Whoot! He also was a team member with Chip Braymes Advertising. Doug loves bicycling and aspires to bring the Blues to Atlantic City. He can be reached at ShoreLocalDoug@gmail.com and www.facebook.com/dougdeutschpublicity.
