Check it out! We had a blast at
Sprengel's Garden Bar and at Musicians on a Mission
Presents: NFS Summer 2011 Reunion!
Thanks to Grant Tate for the pic! Click to
view.
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NFS 2011
Reunion Tour!
More dates announced!
McGillicuddy's Lakeside Tap House
Main
Street, Loch Arbour NJ 732-531-5555
- Friday November 11
- Saturday
December 3
Now featuring SondraH on lead
vocals!
There were no video
games, no cable TV, no Sirius radio, no PCs (so no
Facebook!), no internet. Mostly all we did have was
music.
NFS was a band that performed all
over the Monmouth County area in the mid 70s. Consisting
of kids from high schools such as Neptune and Ocean, the
venues were high school and teen dances all over the
area. Later on there were a lot of keg parties (the
drinking age was 18) and even performed at a few Asbury
Park clubs such as Mrs Jays, The Alamo and the
Warehouse.
Performing music of the day:
Kiss, Blue Oyster Cult, Aerosmith, Black Sabbath, Led
Lep, along with a few choice originals- the band grew a
steady following and was so popular that a network of
friends and fans grew up around it.
On Sunday June
19 at 7 PM at the Wonder Bar in Asbury Park, Musicians
On A Mission sponsored a reunion of NFS and all
of the fans, friends and hangers on. You can think of it
as "That 70s Show" meets modern day Asbury Park.
The lineup for
the show included Rick Draper, Drums; Mike Jones,
Guitar; Cole Janus, Bass and Vocals and Al-Vis on Guitar
and Vocals.
"Ricky
and all the guys have been working hard for months now
and hope to make this a fun event for all involved, as
well as a chance to give back to the Asbury Park area
that has been so supportive of our different musical
directions throughout all these years," said NFS's
Al-Vis, a veteran of dozens of area music acts over the
years, including JP Gotrock, Chik-A-Boom, Spring
Libutti, Big Danny Gallagher and countless others.
The show was
a benefit for the Trinity Soup Kitchen Of Asbury Park,
and also featured area favorite Christine Martucci,
and a brand new lineup of the Patty Tracy Band. Patty
has performed with Al-Vis and One-eyed Jack for many
years, and will be showing off her new lineup featuring
Al-Vis with fellow Chik-A-Boom band mate Pat Killeen,
along with One-eyed Jack's Donnie Tracy and Frank
Corbett.
"Musicians On A
Mission's Mission is to utilize the power of music to
create connection and inspire giving. We hope to raise
awareness, sensitivity and funds to support charitable
organizations in our community through planned concerts
and events."- from MOAM website
www.AlvisRocks.com
www.MusiciansOnAMission.org
musiciansonamission@gmail.com
Lance and Debbies Wonder Bar,
Asbury Park NJ
Musicians On A Mission
Presents: NFS Reunion Tour Summer 2011 June 19
2011
Click on a thumbnail to view full-size- thanks
to Cathy C. for the pics!
