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Editor’s Note:<\/em><\/strong><\/span>\u00a0After I chronicled the events of August 20th in Springsteen history a year ago, Attorney and Jersey Shore Music Scene Aficionado, Terry Camp reached out to me to provide a LOT of first-hand additional detail about the events of (and leading up to) that unexpectedly amazing night of August 20, 1994).<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n This year, he’s generously agreed to share his story here on the Shuffle, so without further ado, here’s Terry’s report (complete with great photos) from Long Branch, New Jersey… 25 years ago tonight.<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n [\/su_box]<\/p>\n Stop me if you’ve heard this one: Bruce Springsteen, Joe Grushecky, John Eddie… and Dion walk into a bar.<\/p>\n Summer 1994: The Stone Pony had been bought by Steve Nassar. His program focused on (then) modern acts and passed on the Old Guard bands. From that petri dish, John Eddie developed the concept for the Marz, American Style<\/em> series at Marz Niteclub (formerly Club Paradise, now an empty lot) in Long Branch, New Jersey.<\/p>\n John\u2019s creative\/production team was made up of Bob Benjamin, Henry Vaccaro, Jr. and me (I managed John from 1993-1998). We took Saturday nights with a series of singer\/songwriter, regional\/national acts that kicked off on Memorial Day weekend. John\u2019s band closed each night.\u00a0 By early July, we had heard that Bruce (a year post-World Tour 1992\/1993 and still not reunited with the E Street Band) was tuned in to what we had going on.<\/p>\n On July 16, Nassar and the Pony celebrated the club\u2019s 20th<\/sup> Anniversary by bringing back Southside Johnny and the Jukes, and they had John Eddie open that Summer Stage show.\u00a0 We already had a show booked at Marz that Saturday night–an acoustic show with Peter Case, Willie Nile and Bruce Tunkel.\u00a0 John and I planned to head there after the Pony.\u00a0Bruce and Jon Bon Jovi joined Southside to end the Pony show.<\/p>\n