PHOTO: Conall Gorman by Eric McCandless
Montclair’s Conall Gorman will compete with Clifton’s Haley Mia to earn a spot in The Top 24 of American Idol. The good-looking Dylanesque singer-songwriter, 19, with fluid lead guitar chops like Paul Simon, performed an original, “Backseat.” Gorman graduated Seton Hall Prep in West Orange before moving to Tennessee to attend Belmont College.
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MIKE GREENBLATT has been writing for Goldmine magazine and New Jersey's Aquarian Weekly for more than 35 years. 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. He was 18 when he attended Woodstock in 1969.
In addition to writing about music, Greenblatt has worked on publicity campaigns for The Animals, Pat Benatar, Johnny Winter, Tommy James and Richard Branson, among others. He is currently the editor of The Jersey Sound.
