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“The Jersey Sound” is a love letter to New Jersey's diverse music scene.
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Letter from the Editor
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All Mike Greenblatt has ever done in his entire life is listen to music and tell people about it, be it as a New York City publicist, editor or freelance journalist.
It’s been five decades of journalistically chronicling rock’n’roll, blues, jazz, folk, soul and country, and it all started in New Jersey as Music Editor of the Aquarian Weekly and then in New York City as editor of Modern Screen’s Country Music, Wrestling World and Metal Maniacs.
His writing subjects fill the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. He's interviewed Joe Cocker, Graham Nash, David Crosby, Carlos Santana, Bruce Springsteen, Paul McCartney, Johnny Cash, and members of The Rolling Stones and The Beatles.
His first book—Woodstock: Back To Yasgur’s Farm—about a life-changing weekend he experienced in 1969 at the age of 18, came out in 2019. He is currently the Editor of this website as well as contributing to Goldmine Magazine and The Aquarian.
Mike Greenblatt:
What a kick it was to finally get to talk to Jimmy Vivino from Paterson. I had thrilled to him while seeing The Fab Faux eight times over the course of 10 years. I’ll never forget his guitar solo during George Harrison’s “While My Guitar Gently Weeps.” I’ll never forget when he pulled out a giant sitar during Harrison’s “Within You Without You.” The Fab Faux plays Beatle music in-concert better than the Beatles themselves ever did. They don’t don stupid wigs or dress up. I liken them to a symphony orchestra who plays the works of classical composers. This music is too damn good not to be heard in a live context and Jimmy Vivino is a master at his craft. Good thing he had a new solo album out so I could get to him.
His brother, the venerable Uncle Floyd, makes his debut in the “Visual Sound” section with his rewrite of “Deep In The Heart Of Texas,” only he changes the geographical locale, of course, to Jersey. It’s a swinging little piece of humorous novelty and he’s backed up by his brother Jimmy. The song also debuts on our Hot 100 at #64. One of my favorite moments in our documentary, The Jersey Sound, is when Uncle Floyd plays some old-timey piano with his usual grace and flair.
Tony Bennett is featured in this month’s “Jersey History” section. Sure, everybody knows Sinatra’s from Hoboken but did you know Tony Bennett lived in Englewood for nine years and loved the town so much, he had a recording studio built there? We even found his acceptance speech when he was inducted into the New Jersey Hall of Fame.
Elsewhere this month, you’ll “Meet…” Middlesex County singer-songwriter Matt Francis, and read about New Brunswick music journalist Bennett Kelly’s first novel Sensation Blues, while you peruse the 60 concerts in 60 days “Calendar” and check out the “Events” that includes plenty of free New Jersey concerts as well as handpicked delicacies from every imaginable genre. Sign up to subscribe so we can hit your in-box every month. And keep those comments coming. Four years in and we’re just getting’ started!
The Jersey Sound isn't just a documentary; it's a love letter to the soul of New Jersey's music scene.
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