Wall Wednesdays  

Kix was another three or four night a week band. They even ended up with a recording contract. Crystal Ship was a Doors tribute band. The Ramones played Guilio’s South in Asbury right before their first album was released. I walked into the Fast Lane one Monday night and the Fabulous Thunderbirds were burning down the house. No one had heard of them yet and there were maybe eight people in the place. Osprey till last call, then a quick jump to Jimmy Byrnes for one or two more. Underage and hanging on the Point Pleasant Beach boardwalk, listening to the bands at the Riptide. Shooting pool, then hassling the dressed up kids in the disco room at Art Stock’s Royal Manor. Foghat playing the Satellite Lounge. Getting a 3AM moment of lucidity and realizing you’re the only guy there NOT from the Base and the only guy NOT with a crew cut. T.T. Quick was another one you could find playing four nights a week. Having my first legal drink at Emmett’s Inn in Jamesburg, the “joint in the woods.”