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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
- Aug 17, 2018
- 2 min
Lyric of the Week: ONE MORE SONG
One more song is all I have to sing / One more song to see what the future brings.
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The Hesh
- Jul 24, 2018
- 2 min
Lyric of the Week: FADING HERO
I used to be so cool with my hat and beard / In my younger years way back ...
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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
- Jul 10, 2018
- 3 min
Lyric of the Week: JRZguyinLA
Is it just me, or is the ocean / On the wrong side of the highway?
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The Hesh
- Jun 29, 2018
- 1 min
Summer of singles!
No, this is not some fabulous beachside get-together for the unattached! But it's arguably something BETTER! It's all about the recordings I've been putting out since right about Memorial Day weekend, and will continue doing for the rest of the summer and beyond! The latest one is THERE'S A VOICE, and it consists of all five released versions of what I call my social conscience anthem! I wrote the song back in the mid-1990s when I was living in Philadelphia (hence the picture
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The Hesh
- Jun 25, 2018
- 2 min
Lyric of the Week: GOING DOWN TO SEASIDE BLUES
Well I tried to sing the blues / But the blues been beaten to death ...
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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 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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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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The Hesh
- Mar 10, 2017
- 1 min
OFFICIAL ALBUM RELEASE ANNOUNCEMENT!
Album cover art by Natalia Kadish March 10, 2017—Independent record label tHinc. records has released Soul In Exile 3: Love Runs Aground, the latest album by Jersey Shore–based rock’n’roll unit The Hesh Inc., consisting of the singer-songwriter-keyboard player sometimes known as Hesh Meister leading a revolving-door cast of characters. Soul In Exile 3: Love Runs Aground is available online for download at iTunes, Spotify, and other outlets and streaming services. CDs are avai
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The Hesh
- Nov 28, 2016
- 3 min
Post-Thanksgiving 2016 Newsletter
Greetings, friends and fans! About time for me to let you know what's going on in one of my twice or thrice-yearly newsletters! Believe me, I haven't forgotten you—I hope you haven't forgotten me! Well then. Here's what's happening: * The new album is to be called Soul In Exile 3: Love Runs Aground, and its release is set for January 2017. Recording, mixing, and mastering is complete, thanks to the indefatigable Adam Vaccarelli at Retromedia Sound in Red Bank, NJ! Post-produ
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The Hesh
- Sep 29, 2016
- 3 min
Lyric of the Week: THIS IS THE TIME
Bear is bull and bull is bison.
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The Hesh
- Aug 5, 2016
- 6 min
Journeyings—a pseudobiblical autobiographical narrative
Chapter 1. 1. These are the journeyings of Hesh Meister, also known as Heshy R, who came into the world on the eve of the twelfth day of Elul in the year 5725 from Creation, alternately known as the eighth of the month of September in the civil year 1965, at New York City in the United States of America. 2. From New York City he was brought home by his parents to Long Beach, New York, at West Olive Street. 3. He journeyed with his family from Long Beach to Bradley Beach, New
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