Jon Stewart sad to miss Bruce Springsteen at Stone Pony, Sea Hear Now
Jon Stewart’s face says it all. The comedian looked disappointed at the Emmys having missed Bruce Springsteen’s shows at See Hear Now, Stone Pony.
Church and State TM also features city singer-songwriter Rick Barry on vocals; Andy Bova of Simple Sound Studio in Oceanport on guitar; and his dad, Jim Bova, on bass.Georgies, known as the Gay Cheers of Asbury Park, has been hosting the live music series since September.
What did Jon Stewart do after his epic takedown of President Donald Trump’s first 100 days in office on the April 28 edition of “The Daily Show”?
He went to Asbury Park and rocked.
The band Church and State TM, which Stewart drums for, played the Music Monday series at Georgies Bar Monday night.
“We know almost eight songs,” quipped Stewart from the stage, according to a Georgies press release on the surprise. “Tonight, you get to hear seven of them.”
The band also features city singer-songwriter Rick Barry on vocals; Andy Bova of Simple Sound Studio in Oceanport on guitar; and his dad, Jim Bova, on bass.
“You guys don’t put on ‘The Daily Show’ at 11?” said Stewart looking up from behind the drums at the TVs. “I drove here straight from the show — this is embarrassing.”
Stewart grew up in Lawrenceville and now lives in Colts Neck. Georgies Music Monday promoter Sean Navat Balanon was impressed by his performance.
“We didn’t promote that he was going to play but still a lot of people showed up,” Balanon said. “He can lay down a beat. He really lays it down.”
Georgies, known as the Gay Cheers of Asbury Park, has been hosting the live music series since September. Bands that play are LGBTQ+, or are allies of the community, Balanon said.
Church and State TM are working on their debut album.
“Sean and the crew at Georgies have been putting on these amazing showcases of original music for a few months now,” said Barry in a statement. “It’s so cool to see it grow into something organic.
“It has this old-school Asbury hang kind of vibe, like the Cafe nights at the Saint, or Joe Harvard’s Long Weekend,” he added. “We had these new songs to try out live, and we were grateful they were able to fit us in, and hopefully we didn’t suck too bad.”
On “The Daily Show,” Stewart delivered a scathing critique of the first 100 days of the second Trump presidency.
“Trump launched a trade war without any of the preplanning and preparation that needed to be done,” said Stewart. “And (U.S. Secretary of Treasury Scott) Bessent has to go along with it because he’s in the service of an impulsive man-baby that you have to lie to so he doesn’t turn his firehose of vindictiveness onto you.”
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Chris Jordan, a Jersey Shore native, covers entertainment and features for the USA Today Network New Jersey. Contact him at cjordan@app.com