Carly McIlvaine
Record Store Day went down Saturday, and Jack's Music Shoppe in Red Bank rang in the holiday accordingly.
According to manager Chris Van Orden, "There were plenty of free giveaways and, most importantly, free food, which the customers seemed to enjoy. Then came the music. First up was Carly McIlvaine, whose brand of classical pop jazz was very unique. Second was local fav Pat Guadagno, who was a last minute edition. He had the fine folks at Jack's attention as he performed songs by Dylan, Springsteen and Sonny & Cher. Next up was an exclusive preview of the new Bob Dylan CD "Together Through Life" and all I can say is wow! People should not pass this one up when it comes out on the 28th of April. The last performance of the day was The Sonny Kenn Band, who burned the house down with an hour-and-half set of blues, rockabilly and surf songs. When all was said and done, Record Store Day 2009 was a rousing success. We actually had people in the store that seemed to enjoy browsing the racks of vinyl and cd's and all the live music."
