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October 18th, 2016

THE 5th ANNUAL BIG MAN’S BIRTHDAY BASH AT BAR ANTICIPATION ON JANUARY 7, 2017

Lake Como, NJ – On January 7, 2017, the Jersey Shore celebrates the birthday of

the late and legendary, Clarence Clemons, with THE 5th ANNUAL BIG MAN’S BIRTHDAY BASH at

Bar Anticipation in Lake Como, NJ. The event presents a historic gathering of All-Star, legendary

musicians and will benefit CFC Loud N Clear and TOPAC (The Overdose Prevention Agency

Corporation), both recognized 501(c)(3), non-profit organizations that support those addicted to

drugs.

This year’s 5th Anniversary show, which runs all day and night, will feature headliners:

· Gary U.S. Bonds – an American rhythm and blues and rock and roll legend, known for classic hits

such as "New Orleans “and "Quarter to Three" and his Springsteen-produced records of the 1980’s.

Bonds will be making his first appearance at the annual Big Man Birthday Bash.

· John Cafferty and Tunes – Cafferty is the front man for The Beaver Brown Band, known for classic

hits from the “Eddie and The Cruisers” soundtrack, such as “On the Darkside” and “Tender Years.”

Michael “Tunes” Antunes joins his lifetime bandmate, Cafferty. Tunes was the lone member of

Beaver Brown to actually appear as a character in the film. He is also one of the Jersey Shore’s

most loved and respected sax men, despite the band’s Rhode Island roots. Cafferty and Tunes

return to the Big Man Birthday Bash for the first time together since 2013.

· John Eddie and His Dirty Ol’ Band – Virginia-born, New Jersey-raised, Nashville-based John Eddie

is an achieved singer/songwriter and legendary Shore performer. John Eddie makes his first

appearance at the annual Big Man Birthday Bash.

· The BIG RoaD All Star Band – a ten-piece, BIG band of Shore All-Star musicians fronting regional

stars to include J.T. Bowen (former lead singer for Clemons’s Red Bank Rockers), JoBonanno

(Godsons of Soul), Jillian Rhys McCoy (Jon Bon Jovi’s Kings of Suburbia), Eddie Testa, Remember

Jones, Pat Roddy and more!

· The Nick Clemons Band – blues/funk rock with frontman, Nick Clemons a.k.a. Clarence Clemons

III, oldest son of the late Clarence Clemons, celebrating the release of their new record, “We All

Bleed the Same.”

· Ricky Byrd – a Rock and Roll Hall of Famer from his years with Joan Jett and the Blackhearts, will

be a very special guest, jamming with several of the featured bands. Byrd does extensive charitable,

musical work including performances at addiction rehab centers and with the annual Little Kids Rock

Gala in New York City.

· The show, which kicks off at 2:00 p.m. (full line-up below) and is expected to run until 1:00 a.m., will

also feature guest jams and artist collaborations that are a long-time tradition at the Shore.

Nick Clemons states, “My father always taught me to ‘give back’ and remember the less fortunate. I

try to do that and CFC Loud N Clear and TOPAC do great work at a time that New Jersey still has its

worst heroin epidemic ever.”

This is the 5th year that Clemons and his team have produced the Birthday Bash. Co-producer/Terry

Camp of BIG RoaD is an attorney and long-time member of the Jersey Shore music community. He

recalled, “When Clarence passed, Wonder Bar in Asbury Park hosted the Sensational Soul Cruisers

and The Nick Clemons Band for a memorial show in July 2011. Bruce was kind enough to join us

that epic night and we’ve been building on it since – selling out Wonder Bar in December 2012,

packing Martell’s in Point Pleasant January 2014, and the last two years at Bar Anticipation. The

show gets bigger and bigger every year – and for the 5th Annual Bash, we’ve secured this incredible

line-up.”

BIG RoaD’s Jesse Warren lost his brother, Scott Warren, to a heroin overdose on March 26th, 2015.

Warren states, “The heroin addiction crisis in Monmouth and Ocean Counties has been building for

many years and has, unfortunately, received national note. We are all responsible to keep the issue

front and center in our communities.”

Bash details and frequent updates are at the Facebook Event page:

https://www.facebook.com/events/1136914146385578/?ti=icl

Doors open at 1:00 p.m. and live music begins at 2:00 p.m. The show is expected to end by 1:00

a.m. Tickets are $45 Advance and $60 Day of Show. They may be purchased on line at:

https://big-road.ticketleap.com/

Full line-up to date and guests are added regularly:

(Day Set)

Harry Filkin Band

John Caspi and the First Gun

Broken Past

Bob Polding Band

Rock of Ages Band

(Night Set)

The Nick Clemons Band

John Eddie and His Dirty Ol’ Band

The BIG RoaD All-Star Band with featured performers

And Very Special Guests throughout including:

Gary U.S. Bonds

John Cafferty and Michael “Tunes” Antunes

John Eddie

Ricky Byrd

Vini “Mad-Dog” Lopez

JT Bowen

Jillian Rhys Mccoy

JoBonanno

Eddie Testa

The “Philly Elvis” Nick Ferraro

Pat Roddy

Killer Joe

Tommy Byrne

Brianna Autiero

About the Artists

Gary U.S. Bonds

As America’s baby boomers moved into their mid-teens, Gary began his professional career. For his

first hit, “New Orleans,” attention was brought to the record by having promotional copies sent to

radio stations in sleeves inscribed “Buy U.S. Bonds” - hence at age 19, Gary Anderson became

Gary U.S. Bonds.

The follow-up was the now legendary “party” record, “Quarter to Three,” a number one hit with a

spirit and energy that would eventually inspire and influence a generation.

A rare distinction for Gary is that he managed to transcend the decades with hits. His inspiration for

Bruce Springsteen and Steven Van Zandt, who had grown up on Bonds's music led to a chance

meeting in 1980. A friendship developed and, shortly after, a musical collaboration which resulted in

the “Dedication” and “On the Line” LPs, with singles: "This Little Girl Is Mine,” “Out of Work,” “Jole

Blon” and “Daddy’s Come Home.”

While he has continued to perform, Gary also keeps active as a songwriter. His success as a

songwriter even garnered him a nomination for the Country Music Association's “Songwriter of the

Year.”

Gary is an honoree of the Rhythm & Blues Foundation, a “favorite son” of the Blues Brothers and the

Jersey Shore and a highly respected golfer, often invited to play at celebrity/PGA events.

John Cafferty

After a decade-long run on the Northeast music scene during which they became recognized as one

of the best and most popular unsigned acts in the country, John Cafferty & The Beaver Brown Band

broke through in a big way in 1983 with John's score for the motion picture “Eddie & The Cruisers.”

The soundtrack album reached #9 on the Billboard Top Albums chart and was certified Triple

Platinum by the RIAA. The soundtrack featured the band's signature song, “On The Dark Side,”

which went all the way to #7 on the Billboard Hot-100 and #1 on Billboard's Rock Chart. That

success, coupled with the 1985 release of their follow-up album, "Tough All Over" and their second

#1 Rock Track with the title song, gained them an international audience. The next single, "C-I-T-Y,"

hit #18 and, altogether, the band placed ten tracks in the Hot 100.

Cafferty quickly earned a reputation as a soundtrack composer and his songs have appeared in

“Jersey Girl,” “There's Something About Mary,” Sylvester Stallone's “Cobra” and “Rocky IV.” He also

composed the entire score for the “Eddie & The Cruisers” sequel, “Eddie Lives!” Now forty years into

their career, John Cafferty & The Beaver Brown Band remain a major concert attraction, appearing

nationwide on an annual basis.

John Eddie

Virginia-born, New Jersey-raised and Nashville-based, John Eddie is a singer/songwriter/Shore

performer legend who fronts a kick-ass combo called The Dirty Ol’ Band. They play their own brand

of deep-fried, gas-guzzling, heart-breaking, liver-killing rock ‘n roll, smothered in twang.

John has shared the stage with the likes of Bruce Springsteen, U2, Bob Seger, Willie Nelson,

Miranda Lambert, Jamey Johnson and many more.

Along the way John Eddie has written a truckload of songs about God, Love, Sex, Drinking, F*cking,

Growing Old, More Drinking, Lynyrd Skynyrd, and Drinking.

His songwriting talents were first discovered by superstar badass, Kid Rock, who cut his own

versions of John's songs, “Lowlife,” “F*cking Forty” and “Happy New Year.”

Other artists soon followed in Rock's footsteps and put their own spin on Eddie tunes, including

Sammy Hagar (“Loud”), Brantley Gilbert (“More Than Miles”), Colt Ford & Keith Urban (“She's Like”)

and James Otto (“Love Don't Cost a Thing”), just to name a few.

John Eddie's latest CD is “Same Old Brand New Me.”

The BIG RoaD All-Star Band

Created by Terry Camp and Jesse Warren from an August 13, 2015 40th Anniversary “Born to Run”

show, this 10-piece, BIG All-Star band is backed by the best of the Jersey Shore including former

Asbury Jukes, current (Jon Bon Jovi and the Kings of Suburbia members, and many local and

national musicians and featured vocalists.

About CFC Loud N Clear

From the Family of Mark and Lynn Regan: CFC Loud N Clear was developed in light of our family’s

personal journey through addiction. In 2012 after many Intensive Outpatient Programs, several in-

patient treatment centers and years of an uphill battle, we discovered the gaps in the system and

realized a need for diverse programs of extended after care. Daniel Regan developed an after-care

system for himself with the help of his mother, Lynn Regan. After a while, people started to want to

know how they did it and wanted a recovery plan set up for themselves. The family decided from that

point that everyone deserves access to an after-care program and they created CFC Loud N Clear.

The first year after treatment is the most crucial year in someone’s recovery. CFC will help guide you

through your first year and beyond. CFC Loud N Clear believes in providing many roads to recovery,

thus giving our members many positive, proven options that resonate with them. We also recognized

the need for safe, sober socialization and created a social calendar filled with fun, laugh-inducing

activities. Daniel and Lynn Regan are highly involved in the field of prevention and saw the

importance of giving back and preventing others from going down the wrong road. Thus, CFC got its

name, Coming Full Circle. We are proudly more than just a recovery program. CFC provides

services for Prevention, Intervention and Recovery with a seamless integration of the three, making

it a full circle. http://www.healingus.org/

About TOPAC

TOPAC intends to maximize the benefits of the passage of The Overdose Prevention Act, (OPA) by:

Educating the public of its passage and the details regarding the 911 portion of the bill which may

give immunity to those reporting an active overdose. Providing resources to improve the availability

of Naloxone, the drug that can reverse the process of opioid overdose and for the training of law

enforcement officers, first responders, and concerned citizens in its administration. Providing

resources for clinical detoxification and recovery treatment for individuals whose lives have been

saved by such an intervention. TOPAC’s founder, Paul Ressler, is a longtime advocate for addiction

prevention, recovery, and treatment as well as an influential supporter of the Overdose Prevention

Act (OPA) passed in May 2013.Mr. Ressler’s mission is simple and profound: to save lives and

prevent the heartache that he knows so intimately. Corey Ressler, Mr. Ressler’s son lost his life to a

drug overdose on July 14, 2010. Corey was only twenty-two years. His phone registered a 911 call

but it had never been completed.http://overdosepreventionagency.com/

About NCB Productions

NCB productions is an acronym for Nick Clemons Productions. While Nick's other artistic interests

include acting and performing, building a production company has been an objective to help foster

and develop other musicians, as well as produce events for charity. Nick was a co-producer of two

Asbury Park Comedy Fests and presents this 5th Annual Big Man Birthday Bash along with BIG

RoaD.

About BIG RoaD

BIG RoaD is an entertainment production company formed by Terry Camp, an attorney with Budd

Larner, P.C., Short Hills, NJ and long-time member of the Shore music community, and Jesse

Warren of Howell, NJ. Camp and Warren have collaborated on past, charitable events including the

August 13, 2015 “Born to Run” 40th Anniversary show that sold out Bar Anticipation, “Big Man Bash

3 and 4” and “Christmas Comes Early” at Bar Anticipation on November 19, 2015. On March 18,

2016, BIG RoaD was honored by CFC Loud and Clear for its charitable efforts and raising

awareness on the State’s heroin epidemic. The Monmouth County Board of Chosen Freeholders

proclaimed March 18, 2015 “BIG RoaD Day” in Monmouth County.

https://www.facebook.com/CampWarrensBIGRoaD