{"id":794008,"date":"2019-03-21T06:19:42","date_gmt":"2019-03-21T12:19:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/?p=810940"},"modified":"2019-03-21T06:19:42","modified_gmt":"2019-03-21T12:19:42","slug":"bruce-springsteen-steve-van-zandt-set-for-new-asbury-park-scene-documentary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/music-news\/bruce-springsteen-steve-van-zandt-set-for-new-asbury-park-scene-documentary\/","title":{"rendered":"Bruce Springsteen, Steve Van Zandt Set for New Asbury Park Scene Documentary"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Bruce-Springsteen-Steve-Van-Zandt-asbury-park-doc.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<p class=\"p1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/t\/bruce-springsteen\/\" id=\"auto-tag_bruce-springsteen\" data-tag=\"bruce-springsteen\">Bruce Springsteen<\/a>, <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 more recount their Jersey Shore roots in a new documentary, <em>Asbury Park: Riot, Redemption, Rock \u2018n\u2019 Roll,<\/em> which will screen in movie theaters May 22nd and 29th.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Directed by Tom Jones, <em>Asbury Park<\/em> examines the history of the seaside resort and how an unemployment crisis <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.library.duke.edu\/rubenstein\/2016\/06\/28\/asbury-park-july-1970-riots\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">led to riots<\/a> that decimated the town\u2019s predominately black westside, including its fabled jazz and blues scene. The film will then trace the aftermath and the rise of Springsteen and the Jersey sound, with a particular focus on the famed venue, the Upstage, which became a hub for musicians from all over Asbury Park.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cIt has taken Asbury Park five decades to rise up and stand on the brink of being something better than ever before,\u201d Jones said in a statement. \u201cWe should all listen to the wisdom of lessons learned the hard way and the music which fueled the revival.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><em>Asbury Park<\/em> will boast never-before-seen performance footage, as well as interviews with Springsteen, Van Zandt, Southside Johnny Lyon and David Sancious. The upcoming screenings will also feature bonus clips of Springsteen, Van Zandt, Southside Johnny and the Upstage All-Stars <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/see-bruce-springsteens-surprise-appearance-at-all-star-asbury-park-gig-192588\/\">performing at Asbury Park\u2019s Paramount Theater<\/a> in 2017.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Tickets and theater information for <em>Asbury Park<\/em> are available on the <a href=\"http:\/\/asburyparkmovietickets.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">film\u2019s website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/bruce-springsteen-steve-van-zandt-set-for-new-asbury-park-documentary-810940\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: Rolling Stone<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bruce Springsteen, Steve Van Zandt and more recount their Jersey Shore roots in a new documentary, Asbury Park: Riot, Redemption, Rock \u2018n\u2019 Roll, which will screen in movie theaters May 22nd and 29th. Directed by Tom Jones, Asbury Park examines the history of the seaside resort and how an unemployment crisis led to riots that [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[98],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-794008","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-music-news"},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-15 20:02:13","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KSMT The Mountain","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/794008","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=794008"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/794008\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=794008"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=794008"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=794008"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}