Colie Brice and the New Age Blues Experience Release Live in Asbury Park

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
(Free-Press-Release.com) May 19, 2010 -- Live in Asbury Park is a modest aural snapshot of live performances throughout Asbury Park, NJ venues and events over the past few years. Most importantly it showcases the incredible line up I’ve solidified over the past few years which currently features Alan Gowa on lead guitar, Matt Lott on sax, Steven Lusardi on keys, Joe Savio on drums, and Jay Walker on bass.

There are some raw moments here, but hopefully the authenticity and natural presence of the music shines through. Truly nothing tops the sheer joy of playing music with people you really enjoy playing with!

We’re all working class musicians with day jobs and limited time to rehearse, yet I’m continually amazed by and grateful for the magic moments we often share on the stage.

Thank you to all the promoters that have given us gigs over the past few years including Kyle Brendle at the Stone Pony, Kurt Hesse from Jam Fest, Scott Stamper at the Saint, the Seaside Music Festival, the Wave Gathering, Eric and Tiffany Walz (for our one and only wedding gig), and Dave Warren for the classiest gig we’ve ever played - opening up for Jill Sobule at Dave’s incredibly lovely home!

Furthermore, Asbury Park has some of the finest audio engineers around, and we are most grateful for all the guys who man the boards and make stuff sound good. This includes Tom Ruff at Asbury Media, Hinge, Brett, and Billy from the Saint, Jason at Asbury Audio, Elmo at the Stone Pony, and too many others I’ve neglected to mention while writing this.

Foremost, we’d like to thank the folks who come out to support us. There’s so much great original music in Asbury Park on any given night and it is truly a buyer’s market, so its always really nice when we can scrounge up a decent crowd and have another little taste of rock & roll glory. People like Lisa Higley, Moira Horan, Kristen Driscoll, Suzy Graham, Sunny Zebe, and so many others truly keep the scene alive. On a really good night, Josh Matson shows up to paint in empathetic response to what you’re playing live, that’s when you know that the planets truly have truly aligned.

Finally thanks to our families and friends who generously tolerate the sacrifices required for having a relationship with Asbury alley cats who still like to play.

Thanks for listening,

Colie Brice
May 6, 2010

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