{"id":485896,"date":"2019-05-15T13:27:06","date_gmt":"2019-05-15T19:27:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/?p=835713"},"modified":"2019-05-15T13:27:06","modified_gmt":"2019-05-15T19:27:06","slug":"watch-steve-van-zandt-return-to-asbury-park-reflect-on-legendary-gigs-in-new-doc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr\/music-news\/watch-steve-van-zandt-return-to-asbury-park-reflect-on-legendary-gigs-in-new-doc\/","title":{"rendered":"Watch Steve Van Zandt Return to Asbury Park, Reflect on Legendary Gigs in New Doc"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/steve-van-zandt-asbury-park.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<p>Before <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/t\/bruce-springsteen\/\" id=\"auto-tag_bruce-springsteen\" data-tag=\"bruce-springsteen\">Bruce Springsteen<\/a> was playing his home state\u2019s Giants Stadium, he played the Upstage, an after-hours spot located above a shoe store in New Jersey\u2019s Asbury Park. Late at night, after acts had played sets along the beach town\u2019s boardwalk, they would head upstairs to the Upstage for jams that could last until daylight.<\/p>\n<p>The Upstage is featured in the new documentary <em>Asbury Park: Riot, Redemption, Rock \u2018n\u2019 Roll,<\/em>&nbsp;which is directed by Tom Jones and in select theaters May 22nd. It tells the story of how a musical revolution \u2013 with a sound that mixed rock &amp; roll, R&amp;B and soul music \u2013 came out of a troubled community.<\/p>\n<p>In this clip from the film, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/t\/steve-van-zandt\/\" id=\"auto-tag_steve-van-zandt\" data-tag=\"steve-van-zandt\">Steve Van Zandt<\/a> (and his dog) returns to the Upstage and reflects on how the club worked: \u201cIf you were really good \u2026 then you ran the jam upstairs,\u201d he says. \u201cIf you jammed all night, you got paid five dollars. If you ran a jam \u2013 and only a few of us who could run a jam \u2013 then you got fifteen dollars. And that was big money.<\/p>\n<p>We also see another veteran of that time: Stormin Norman Seldin, who remembers what seeing Springsteen (who also appears in the film) was like at the Upstage. &nbsp;\u201cI remember Bruce liked to finish the night with a tune by Ten Years After called \u2018I\u2019m Going Home,&#8217;\u201d Seldin says. \u201cThirty minutes later, he finally went home!\u201d<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/steve-van-zandt-asbury-park-documentary-835713\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: Rolling Stone<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Before Bruce Springsteen was playing his home state\u2019s Giants Stadium, he played the Upstage, an after-hours spot located above a shoe store in New Jersey\u2019s Asbury Park. Late at night, after acts had played sets along the beach town\u2019s boardwalk, they would head upstairs to the Upstage for jams that could last until daylight. 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