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event, you sort of feel like they see bands and artists night after night and you wonder if they get bored or tired of it or if anyone really ever stands out. So you telling me that makes me feel good, I didn’t know. That’s cool. I’ll always have a special relationship with Asbury because I was around 24 when my first record came out and I was new at everything. I had just gotten a deal and a management company took me on and an agent took me on. I was at my mom’s house in Ohio when my agent called me about three months into me doing this and said, “Hey, I’ve got Springsteen’s phone number here. They want you to call him.” I was like “What?” It was crazy, they had invited me to go open for Springsteen’s wife, Patti Scialfa. I did a run of shows with her and the first show was in Asbury Park. I came up there with my buddy Paul and we met the whole Springsteen crew and Patti. Watch the video for “Head for the hills” New Jersey Stage Article Index Next Article Events 44