Jersey rockers Southside Johnny & the Asbury Jukes promise a high-energy show at the Belleayre Music Festival on Saturday, July 19 at 8 p.m.
As a special gesture from the Belleayre Conservatory, a portion of the net proceeds from the show will benefit the Town of Shandaken Ambulance Service and the Margaretville Hospital Ambulance.
Southside Johnny & The Asbury Jukes are a Jersey Shore band. They have been recording albums since 1976 and are closely associated with Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band.
They have recorded and/or performed several Springsteen songs, including "The Fever" and "Fade Away". Springsteen has also performed with the band on numerous occasions and in 1991 guested on their Better Days album. During the band's formative years Steve Van Zandt acted as the band's co-leader, guitarist, songwriter, arranger and producer while other E Streeters including Clarence Clemons, Max Weinberg, Garry Tallent, Ernest Carter, Patti Scialfa and Soozie Tyrell have all performed, toured and/or recorded with the Jukes.
The band's horn section – The Miami Horns – has also toured and recorded with Springsteen. More than 100 musicians can claim to have been members of The Asbury Jukes, including Jon Bon Jovi who toured with the band as a special guest during 1990.
Bon Jovi has also cited the band as an influence and Jukes' Bobby Bandiera and Jeff Kazee have also toured with Bon Jovi. Other notable band members include Mark Pender and Richie "La Bamba" Rosenberg who have played regularly with The Max Weinberg 7 on both Late Night with Conan O'Brien and The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien. La Bamaba is now on Conan, O’Brien’s current show on TBS.
Tickets range from $66-$46 and $26 for lawn seating. Tickets are on sale via Ticketmaster. For additional information, please call 800 942-6904, ext. 1344, visit: belleayremusic.org or e-mail: belleayremusicfestival@gmail.com
Opera up next
The entertainment takes a 180-degree turn on Saturday, July 26 when the Belleayre Festival Opera presents Gaetano Donizetti’s “Lucia Di Lammermoor” under the direction of Donald Westwood.
The acclaimed Catskill Mountain Jazz Series will begin a run of five shows on on Friday, Aug. 1 with the Django Reinhardt Festival. Up next will be The Cookers All-Star Jazz Band featuring Billy Harper, Eddie Henderson, Gary Bartz, David Weiss, George Cables, Cecil McBee and Billy Hart on Saturday, Aug. 2. Both of these shows will be in the intimate setting of the Belleayre Jazz Club.
Three Hot Latin Nights start on Thursday, Aug. 7 at 8 p.m. headlined by Mexico’s Alberto Solis and Gil Gutierrez. On Friday, Aug. 8, Cuba’s Pedrito makes a return engagement following last year’s blistering performance.
The jazz action returns to the big stage on Saturday, Aug. 9 with a night of scintillating Bossa Nova & Tango music and dancing to the sounds of the Romero Lubambo Quintet and the Pablo Aslan Tango Orchestra.
Broadway’s Leading Man Norbert Leo Butz brings his Tony award-winning talents to Belleayre on Saturday, Aug. 16, 8 p.m.
The focus turns to laughs when Saturday Night Live alum Colin Quinn headlines Comedy in the Catskills III on Saturday, Aug. 23.
The 2014 season wraps up in ultra-cool style with a full day of Brooklyn Bands taking the stage on Saturday, Aug. 30. The Hold Steady headlines with other bands including Big Data, Lily & the Parlour Tricks, Joni Fatora and more to be announced. This concert begins at 6 p.m. and will be held on several stages.
Shows begin at 8 p.m., with the exception of the Blues at Belleayre Brooklyn Bands shows, which both start at 6 p.m.
For information on where to stay, dine, shop or to simply enjoy the great outdoors when you¹re in town for the Belleayre Music Festival, please visit: www.catskillhighpeaks.com, www.ulstertourism.info or www.greatwesterncatskills.com.
Belleayre Music Festival concerts are held on the grounds of Belleayre Mountain in Highmount.
Belleayre Mountain is located in the heart of New York’s Catskill Mountain region, and is operated by the Olmpic Regional Development Authority. The ski resort is located just off Route 28 and is 37 miles west of Thruway Exit 19 at Kingston; 55 miles southeast of Oneonta on Route 28; 40 miles from the Route 17 exit at Roscoe; and 95 miles southwest of Albany and just two hours north of NYC.
