2009 Year in Review

2009 proved to be the most successful year so far for The E Street Shuffle. We managed to finally solidify the lineup with the additions of piano player Dave Turner and organ/keyboard player Mark Bistis. Their talents, enthusiasm, patience and dedication were huge factors in getting to the point where we were able to perform on a regular weekly basis. 2009 saw us playing a little bit of everything from Jersey Shore bars like the Mad Hatter, the Boathouse, 507 Main, Edgar's and the Wonder Bar to college shows at Holy Cross and the University of Pennsylvania to festivals such as Wall Township Day, the Feast of Mt. St. Carmel and the Asbury Park Oyster Festival to Atlantic City casinos, to several private functions. We got to meet a lot of great people along the way. Special thanks go out to Scott and Amy Kelly from the Mad Hatter, Jay Silverman, band photographer Dennis Loughlin, Tim Harmon from the Boathouse, Debbie from the Wonder Bar, Kyle from the Stone Pony and Cindi D'Onofrio from the Asbury Park Chamber of Commerce. A very special thank you goes out to the 8th member of the E Street Shuffle, Arlene Rudo who has spent countless hours designing and updating the website and designing fliers, posters, stickers, cards, etc. for all of our shows. We really appreciate it! It's been a tremendous help. Thanks also to all of you good people who have come out to see us time and again. We hope you have enjoyed the shows as much as we have.
Our goal for 2010 is simply to build off of our successes in 2009 and continue to deliver the best possible shows we can so that everyone in attendance can leave the stress of the work week behind for a few hours and just sing, dance, drink and have a great time.
-Sean

The Mad Hatter 12/31/09

A fantastic year came to a close appropriately enough at our favorite local haunt, The Mad Hatter in Sea Bright, NJ. The audience was great from the beginning, with people singing along and dancing as we tore through a marathon 42-song show comprised of 4 sets. We performed "Born to Run" as the first song of the New Year and of the new decade. This was our longest show to date, wrapping up with a 3 a.m. encore performance of "Rosalita" at the request of bar owner Scott Kelly. It was a night filled with good cheer all around, and one that we won't soon forget. My ears are still ringing. And now on to 2010...