Bobby Bandiera organized a fundraising concert featuring Bruce Springsteen, Southside Johnny, and Jon Bon Jovi to benefit ALS research. The nearly four hour concert at the Count Basie Theatre in Red Bank, NJ included performances by each artist playing their own songs as well as collaborating together. Springsteen performed several of his hits to close out the star-studded event, which raised money for the Joan Dancy and People with ALS Support Group.

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Springsteen, Southside and Bon Jovi
rock Bandiera's fundraiser
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Kudos to Brick-based singer/songwriter/guitarist Bobby Bandiera. Working with
executives at the Count Basie Theatre, along with Terry Magovern, Bruce
Springsteen's longtime personal manager, Bandiera put together a very well
orchestrated, properly paced concert Tuesday night at the Red Bank venue.
The concert was a fundraiser for the Joan Dancy and People with ALS Support Group.
Magovern was engaged to Joan Dancy, a mother of two from Middletown who died
from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, better known as ALS or Lou Gehrig's disease.
An early high point of the nearly four-hour show included "Late Night with Conan
O'Brien" trumpeter Mark Pender's jam on "Baby I Like It," backed by "Late Night"
bassist Michael Merritt, Westfield-based guitarist Glenn Alexander and
trombonist/singer Richie "La Bamba" Rosenberg, also part of the "Late Night" band.
Burger, Kavanaugh and Bonds
Bandiera, having just put on a solid tribute to producer Phil Spector, used many of the
same singers as he did for that concert, held Nov. 17 at the Count Basie. Bob Burger
delivered a convincing version of "Let It Be," accompanied by Kevin Kavanaugh on
keyboards, while Gary U.S. Bonds and percussionist/singer Kenny "Popeye" Pentifallo
sang a perfect version of "Pretty Little Angel Eyes."
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Bandiera played some exquisite guitar on his original, "Love Keeps Messing with My
Mind," and on Neil Young's "Like a Hurricane." Bonds and his band took the stage and
Joey Stann delivered soul-filled saxophone treatments on Bonds' hit "Quarter to
Three."
Singer/harmonica player Southside Johnny Lyon stirred the audience members from
their seats for his rock anthems "Talk to Me" and "I Don't Want to Go Home." On the
latter tune, he was joined by Jon Bon Jovi, who told the audience, "We're raising some
money for a really good cause, but without Bobby Bandiera, none of this would have
been possible." Bon Jovi delivered a heartfelt rendering of "Please Come Home for
Christmas" and told the crowd, "These are the guys I grew up listening to, Southside
Johnny and Bruce, and at the end of the day, I've always been sort of proud to be from
Jersey."
Using Bandiera's backing band, Bon Jovi then led the crowd in a singalong on his
recent hit, "Who Says You Can't Go Home?" House lights came on throughout that
song to illuminate the audience, which sang along with the 44-year-old Sayreville
native.
Finally, as if on cue from incessant calls of "Bruuuce" from the audience, Springsteen
swaggered over to the guitar waiting for him onstage. He sang with abandon on
"Darlington County," "Spirit in the Night," "Waitin' on a Sunny Day" and "Tenth Avenue
Freeze-Out."
For a finale, Springsteen led the band through a rousing version of "Santa Claus Is
Coming to Town," joined by Bon Jovi, Bonds and Southside Johnny.
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