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The Hesh
- Nov 11, 2018
- 7 min
A Place I Long For
This is a sensitive subject. A place I long for. There has always been a place I long for—anywhere away from where I was at the time. The grass was always greener, so to speak—everything was better at the place I longed for, and so I’d act as if I was already in the place I longed for and abdicate any responsibility for things to be done in the place where I actually was. I think that the first places I longed for, which were not the places I actually was, were Wilmington, De
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The Hesh
- Sep 7, 2018
- 2 min
Soul In Exile 2's First Review, 2003
Wow ... it has been fifteen years since Soul In Exile 2: Jersey Shore Baby got its first review, before it was even finished. Kudos to Gary Wien for the fine words. --- AsburyMusic.com: The Home of Asbury Park Rock’n’Roll Demo Reviews for September 7, 2003 CD Review: Soul In Exile 2: Jersey Shore Baby by The Hesh Inc. (3 ½ stars out of 5) 1. Jersey Shore Baby
2. Coastal Groove (You Know It’s All Right)
3. Bruce!
4. Coda
5. Beach Town in the Off Season
6. Lost In Your Uni
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The Hesh
- Jul 18, 2018
- 3 min
Lyric of the Week: DEAD MAN’S TOWN
There’s nothing new around in this dead man’s town / Nothing to do in a dead man’s world
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The Hesh
- Nov 28, 2017
- 2 min
Lyric of the Week: TOWN’S COMING BACK
The embers are glowing inside the ashes The new growth is sprouting through the parched earth The flowers are blooming behind the bushes When this jewel is polished we’ll see its real worth People are coming to watch the sparks fly There’s an electric excitement in the air The new faces stare in wonder as they pass by We just tell ‘em we always knew it was there. CHORUS This town’s coming back, I’m seeing it firsthand If you’re not seeing it you’ve got your head in the sand T
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The Hesh
- Nov 27, 2017
- 2 min
Changes
Yes, the David Bowie song. Never much cared for Bowie. And the message in the song … well, it’s OK (and covered elsewhere). I’m not even focusing on that; just the opening chords of piano and lush strings, leading into the introductory groove. That somehow conjures up the image of approaching the Berkeley-Carteret Hotel from the northwest after eluding my parents on that Sunday that I didn’t want to go home. And then, finding myself inside the hotel, and then running into my
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The Hesh
- Nov 21, 2017
- 3 min
Lyric of the Week: THIS IS MY TOWN
It’s raining, it’s pouring, the streets are knee deep in water The town’s hunkered down and everything in it is out of order The sky is storming like a flaming sword threatening to bring the skyline asunder But I’m gonna walk outside anyway and damn the lightning and the thunder I fought long and hard to be here, I think I’ve earned the right To take my place among the spirits breaking out from among the blight No use explaining to all the folks who can never understand quite
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The Hesh
- Nov 7, 2017
- 1 min
Lyric of the Week: ASBURY PARK HEARTBREAK
This city’s never gonna come back / As long as the negativity rules ...
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The Hesh
- Mar 29, 2017
- 3 min
Singer-Songwriter of Cape May 2017 / SIE3 CD Release Party recap
So I'm back from Cape May, where I spent the last weekend taking part in the 10th annual Singer-Songwriter of Cape May conference / convention / festival. It was my fifth time there, as participant and performer, and I feel honored to have been so chosen. I must give kudos to the founder of the festival, John Harris, both for choosing me and for honoring what I call my "Lebowski-Sobchak clause," i.e., the fact that I don't perform on Friday nights or Saturday before sundown—t
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John Pfeiffer, The Aquarian Weekly
- Mar 22, 2017
- 6 min
Shoreworld: The Hesh Inc. Soul In Exile 3: Love Runs Aground
Note: This article has been amended to correct an editorial error regarding the name of the rhythm guitarist. Hesh has been around for many years. When it comes to original music in New Jersey, I can remember as far back as the early ’90s seeing him perform in bars with piano and voice to many approving fans. When you talk to him about his past, his simple answer pretty much tells the story of yet another New Jersey original that not only made an impression but did so as he m
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