Bon Jovi Places: Count Basie Theatre

Pequeno teatro em Red Bank, NJ (mesma rua da Soul Kitchen), perto da Jack's Music Shoppe e também da Carlo's Bakery. A capacidade do local é para menos de 1.500 pessoas, muitos músicos famosos já tocaram por lá e também o Al Pacino fez um Question&Answer para arrecadar fundos para a reforma do teatro.

Na década de 90, Bon Jovi fazia os shows beneficientes de Natal lá e depois de um tempo passaram a juntar vários músicos de New Jersey, como Bruce Springsteen, Southside Johnny, Bobby Bandiera, Little Steven, E Street Band, Patti Scialfa e muitos outros.

- 23/12/1990 - The Monmouth County Arts Council

- 23/12/1991 - Bon Jovi Concert

- 20/12/1992 - Monmouth County storm relief following the nor’easter of ’92

- 20/12/1993 - Concerto de caridade

- 31/01/1998 - o primeiro do que viria a ser vários "All Star Benefit Concerts" ao longo dos próximos anos, que uniria a comunidade musical de Jersey Shore por uma causa.

18 e 19/10/2001 - Alliance of Neighbors of Monmouth County - shows com quatro horas de duração em prol das famílias das vítimas do 11/09.

29/04/2009 - Os músicos de NJ se reunem novamente para o The Hope Concert - em benefício para o tratamento médico do filho de Bobby Bandiera.

12/12/2006 - The Hope Concert II/Bobby Bandiera All Star Holiday Concert - para Joan Dancy e a ALS Support Group at Riverview Hospital. O show contou com performances de Bob Bandiera e Jersey Shore Rock-N-Soul Revue, Mark Pender e La Bamba, Tim McLoone e as Shirleys, Gary US Bonds, Jon Bon Jovi, Southside Johnny e Bruce Springsteen.

21/12/2007 - Hope Concert III - The Valerie Fund Center do Hospital para crianças no Monmouth Medical Center.

22/12/2008 - Hope Concert IV - Parker Family Health Center in Red Bank, contou com as apresentações de Bob Bandiera and the Jersey Shore Rock-N-Soul Revue, Brian Fallon of The Gaslight Anthem, Bruce Springsteen, Gary U.S. Bonds, Jon Bon Jovi, Nicole Atkins, and Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes. Foram arrecadados mais de U$300mil dólares.

E dia 30/07/2014 - Parker Family Health Center - Teremos o show de Jon Bon Jovi and The Kings of Suburbia. Ingressos esgotaram rapidamente e agora pode-se ajudar comprando "cotas" para assistir a transmissão que ocorrerá no dia no link: http://bit.ly/1rxdujO

Tony Bennett has called it, “My favorite place.” Art Garfunkel said, “This hall is to a singer what Steinway is to a pianist.” Lyle Lovett said, “This is one of the nicest sounding rooms in the whole United States of America.” The venue is the award winning Count Basie Theatre, listed on the National Register of Historic Places, recognized by the New Jersey State Council on the Arts as a Major Presenting Organization for the State of New Jersey, by Pollstar Magazine as one of the Top 100 Worldwide Theatre Venues, and by Contribute Magazine as one of their Top 200 Investor-Worthy Charities.

Bon Jovi

Starting in the early 1990’s, the theatre played host to a set of charity shows by the band Bon Jovi, including two shows on December 23, 1990 to benefit the Monmouth County Arts Council, Holmdel's Sisters of the Good Shepherd, and a family suffering from Lymes disease; two shows on December 20, 1992 to benefit Monmouth County storm relief following the nor’easter of ’92; a December 20, 1993 charity concert; and finally, on January 31, 1998, the first of what would turn out to be several “All Star Benefit Concerts” over the next several years that would bring the Jersey Shore musical community together for a cause.

Coming Together and Providing Hope

Organized by Jon Bon Jovi, the “Come Together” concert on January 31, 1998 was organized to benefit the Sgt. Patrick King Memorial Fund, established to provide for the family of Long Branch Police Officer Sgt. Patrick King, a 45-year-old father of two young boys who was slain in the line of duty by a fugitive on November 20, 1997. The event included all the members of Bon Jovi, including Jon, Richie Sambora, David Bryan, Tico Torres and Hugh McDonald, plus Southside Johnny and several members of the Asbury Jukes including Bobby Bandiera, LaBamba, Ed Manion, Marc Pender and Joey Stann, plus Little Steven, plus Bruce Springsteen and several members of the then-disbanded E Street Band, including Patti Scialfa, Max Weinberg, Clarence Clemons and Danni Federici. Actor Danny De Vito, an Asbury Park native, was Master of Ceremonies, and over $100,000 was raised for King's widow and his two sons.

With the framework of the Patrick King concerts to work from, on October 18 and 19, 2001 another cast of musicians came together to benefit the Alliance of Neighbors of Monmouth County, a charity established to benefit the Monmouth County victims of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks and their families. Spearheaded by E Street Band bass player Gary Tallent, the event was already in the works as a tribute to Sun Records and a benefit for World Hunger Year, the New York-based charity founded by Harry Chapin and Bill Ayres to raise funds to combat hunger and poverty. Following 9/11, the purpose of the concert was redirected with the concert proceeds, plus funds solicited online and through a live broadcast of the October 19 concert by Comcast’s CN8 News Channel benefitting the Alliance of Neighbors. This time with filmmaker and Red Bank native Kevin Smith as MC, Bruce Springsteen, Jon Bon Jovi, Phoebe Snow, Joan Jett, Patti Scialfa, Garry Tallent, Max Weinberg, Bobby Bandiera, Joe Ely, Aztec Two-Step, Randy Moore, Highway 9, the Smithereens, Felix Cavaliere, former members of Elvis Presley’s backing band including Sonny Burgess, D. J. Fontana and Jerry Sheff, and the Pilgrim Baptist Church Celestial Choir of Red Bank, plus others, performed, raising over $400,000.

On April 29, 2003 many of these same musicians came together again for The Hope Concert, a benefit for the medical care of one of their own, Bob Bandiera, Jr., the son of singer, songwriter and guitar player Bobby Bandiera of the Asbury Jukes. Organized by Tim McLoone and Emer Conroy, with Tim and Big Joe Henry of NJ 101.5 FM Radio as Masters of Ceremonies, the Bob Bandiera Band, Gary US Bonds, Jon Bon Jovi, Norman Nardini, Southside Johnny, Bruce Springsteen and the Max Weinberg 7 all performed. Over $200,000 was raised.

On December 12, 2006 many of these same musicians performed again for the second Hope Concert, officially titled the Bobby Bandiera All Star Holiday Concert to benefit the Joan Dancy and People with ALS Support Group at Riverview Hospital. Organized by Terry Magovern long-time fixture of the Shore music community and fiancé of Joan Dancy, the concert featured performances by Bob Bandiera and the Jersey Shore Rock-N-Soul Revue, Mark Pender and La Bamba, Tim McLoone & the Shirleys, Gary US Bonds, Jon Bon Jovi, Southside Johnny and Bruce Springsteen.

Hope Concert III on December 21, 2007 benefited the Valerie Fund Center at Children's Hospital at Monmouth Medical Center, where musician Tim McLoone’s son Jack was then receiving care, and featured performances by Tim McLoone and The Shirleys, Bob Bandiera and the Jersey Shore Rock-N-Soul Revue, Mark Pender and LaBamba, Gary US Bonds, Southside Johnny and Jon Bon Jovi. Over $500,000 was raised.

Hope Concert IV on December 22, 2008 benefited the Parker Family Health Center in Red Bank, and featured Bob Bandiera and the Jersey Shore Rock-N-Soul Revue, Brian Fallon of The Gaslight Anthem, Bruce Springsteen, Gary U.S. Bonds, Jon Bon Jovi, Nicole Atkins, and Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes. Over $300,000 was raised for the free health clinic.

And again JON BON JOVI AND THE KINGS OF SUBURBIA - A BENEFIT FOR THE PARKER FAMILY HEALTH CENTER Wednesday, July 30, 2014