rocker on this. I knew zero rock
stars, so I gave it to my agent
who said he knew a couple of
rock and roll managers. He said
he’d see if anyone was looking for something. He sent it
out to the ether and a couple
of months later I got a call out
of the blue saying, ‘Hi Joe, my
name is David Bryan. I’m the
keyboardist for Bon Jovi. I just
read your script for Memphis
and I heard every song and I
want to know how I can write
this work.’ And that literally was
my first conversation with David.
Then he sent me a demo of a
song in the script and I thought
this is the guy.
David and I are the same age
and we both grew up in Jersey.
He’s got a Jewish mother; I have
an Italian mother. He comes
from a very specific world of
rock and roll and I come from a
world of theatre, but we’re of the
same DNA from our Jersey upbringing during the ‘70s.
Together, you two won Tony
Awards for Memphis. It’s cool
that your big break came with
another Jersey guy. It’s very
cool.
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