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Michael Sonnet
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Hi Joe,
thanks for sending your new CD so quickly! It was faster than ordering a CD here in Germany :-)) This is a really great CD! A fresh piece of Rock'n Roll in the times of MTV. Hard to find these days. My favourites are 'Good life', 'Party' and 'Nothing without you'. I put 'Good life' on the wishlist of our local radio station here in Frankfurt. Maybe they wake up and try to get it for playing. Don't stop Rocking & Rolling!
5 September 2006 - Germany
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Dr. Joe Grushecky and the Houserockers
The Spot Bar
217 S 4th St, Steubenville, OH
Sept. 3, 2006
Boxscore:
Dance with me
code of silence,
long way to go
strange days
lucky man
mustang sally
dark and bloody ground
down the road apiece
admission: $15.00
Bud light: $ 3.00
The ride home: cold
Setlist: lost on Ohio Rt. 7 north
4 September 2006
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Bob B
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Rocking in the real world
Sunday, September 03, 2006
"A Good Life"
Joe Grushecky
(Schoolhouse)
BY JAY LUSTIG
STAR-LEDGER STAFF
On the cover of his new album, "A Good Life," Joe Grushecky sits on a park bench, his acoustic guitar resting behind him, and gazes at a river. He seems at peace with himself, just like he does on the album's title track.
"I got two kids, two cats/A good dog and a lucky hat/An old house, a fast car/But I don't go very far," sings Grushecky, 57, who lives in Pittsburgh but has strong ties to the Jersey rock scene.
It's the kind of twist Bruce Springsteen would appreciate: taking that rock 'n' roll cliché, the fast car, and turning it on its head. And apparently, he did. Springsteen sings the line along with Grushecky, and also plays guitar on the song.
Springsteen, an old friend and ardent booster of Grushecky, appears on four "A Good Life" tracks, including "Code of Silence," which they wrote together. (Springsteen released his own version on his 2003 anthology, "The Essential Bruce Springsteen.") Springsteen's presence will surely draw attention to the album. But it shouldn't overshadow the fact that, even without the Boss, Grushecky would still have a lot to offer.
The title and the cover are a bit misleading: Not everything is calm here. Some songs touch on the war in Iraq, and the catastrophe in New Orleans. "Code of Silence" is a lover's howl about "the distance 'tween you and me." On the hard-driving "Party Tonight," Grushecky yearns to return to the wild days of his youth: "I'm tired of serious, let's get delirious."
Grushecky also packs the album with uplifting message songs about the redemptive power of love and the comforts of family, singing lines like "I won't kid myself, I can't fool time/But I'm so glad you're still mine" (in "Beauty Fades") and "Someday soon you'll realize the ones you love mean everything" (in "Don't Forget Where You're Coming From").
Grushecky may still not be ready for prime time. His voice has some rough edges, and his bar-band rock sound is seriously out of fashion. But this album delivers on its modest promises.
There is real brawn to the rock songs, and affecting tenderness in the ballads. There are no wasted notes or words. Or songs -- every one seems to spring from a desire to tell a complex story, or communicate a lesson learned. Grushecky's perspective is vividly working-class (it's "A Good Life," not "THE Good Life"). It's easy to see why Springsteen stays in his corner.
The album can be ordered through Grushecky's Web site, www.grushecky.com.
3 September 2006 - nj
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Frankie
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I just got back from NOLA… Crossed Ponchartrain twice! Joe, you need to go down and play a few clubs! Good Life and Party are nearing country crossover songs… If you sent them out to some country stations, they’d get some play. Hell, Bruce and Clapton crossed over, why not you?
2 September 2006
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safe at home
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Phil/anyone get a set list? Did they debut any new material?
2 September 2006
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Phil S
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The Houserockers killed in Johnstown!! The festival has never seen an audience response to match the one given to Joe and the boys, Wow.
2 September 2006 - Geistown
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Still a Joey fan
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Hey LVMATTY B...
Nice to see that as another B-day approaches for you, your taste in music hasn't changed much...
Ah, the good ol' days!
1 September 2006 - Ohio
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Jesse
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I heard your song "How Long" last night on WRZX 103.3 (Indianapolis) I've been calling the station requesting more of your music. Will you be touring this way anytime soon?
1 September 2006 - Indianapolis, Indiana
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Joe G Fan
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Looking forward to seeing the guys at Johnstown and Conneaut Beach Club this weekend. This makes for a great Labor Day Celebration. Woooohoooo!
31 August 2006 - Oakmont
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Steeltown Girl in NJ
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The local NPR station is playing Code of Silence!
Heard it this morning on 90.5the night, here in Monmouth County.
Let's hope this means a wider audience for Joe.
Any plans to play the Stone Pony soon?Can't wait to hear the rest of the cd.
Congratulations!
30 August 2006 - Ocean Grove, NJ
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