Annual concert series that fights Parkinson’s Disease has grown exponentially from its humble beginnings in Asbury Park
“Light of Day isn’t about the music business,” says Grushecky, who has played every single year. “If it was about the music business it would have collapsed in a heap years ago. It’s about playing music because you love playing music and you love helping people.”writer who worked as a consultant for the Razor & Tie label in the 1990s before taking on a job as Grushecky’s manger in 1995.
They took up Benjamin’s idea and wound up raising about $2,000 that night. And when Benjamin’s 42nd birthday came around two years later, his friends decided to expand on the idea by throwing a charity show at the Stone Pony. “The plan was to play [Bruce Springsteen’s 1987 song] ‘Light of Day’ as the last song of the night,” says Pallagrosi. “I can’t remember who, but someone had the idea to call the whole thing Light of Day.
But at the end of night, when it was time to break out “Light of Day,” Fox came out onto the stage with a guitar to join in on the fun. “It was a glorious moment,” says Nile. “You could see how scared he was and how courageous he was. It felt like the sun was shining on him in that moment. I could see it on his face and his whole aura.”
In 2010, the organizers moved the central Light of Day events to Martin Luther King Day weekend in mid-January and it’s been there ever since. That same year, Bob’s Birthday Bash moved to the 1,600-seat Paramount Theater on the Asbury Park boardwalk. Stars like Darlene Love, Southside Johnny, John Rzeznik, and Ed Kowalczyk have all headlined over the past decade, but the bulk of the show is built around Light of Day stalwarts like Grushecky, Nile, D’Urso, and Malin.
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