The Red Album of Asbury Park

By Alex Austin
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Published: July 21, 2009
Words: 72,289 (approximate)
Language: English
ISBN: 9781452401584

Short description

It's the late Sixties, and on the East Coast, Asbury Park, fading as a resort and rent with drugs, crime and racial unrest, looks to become the epicenter of a new brand of rock and roll. Against the backdrop of a fabled town in trouble, 22-year-old musician Sam Nesbitt, struggles to rid himself of his personal demons, past and present, as he pursues a girl, a mystery and a rock ‘n’ roll dream.

Extended description

It’s the late Sixties, the Beatles intact, Jimi Hendrix exploding and the Doors demanding the world. And on the East Coast, Asbury Park, New Jersey, will become the epicenter of a new brand of rock and roll. But in January 1968, a boardwalk Liverpool lies in the future. Racial tensions, escalating crime and a fading reputation as a first-class resort have shaken the City by the Sea. Asbury is at tipping point. Cast down into the resort on a winter night, Sam Nesbitt, 22, arrives broke and homeless, but filled with musical ambition. Seeking shelter, he boards a floating wooden swan ride, one of the seaside resort’s numerous offbeat attractions abandoned in winter. Drifting into an intoxicating dream of a rock ‘n’ roll future, Sam is nettled from his fantasy of fame and regained love by men’s voices rising outside the swan, discussing Jersey arcana … and murder. To the backbeat of a brutal struggle to control a dying and increasingly surreal town, Sam pursues a vision at on.. (Read more) It’s the late Sixties, the Beatles intact, Jimi Hendrix exploding and the Doors demanding the world. And on the East Coast, Asbury Park, New Jersey, will become the epicenter of a new brand of rock and roll. But in January 1968, a boardwalk Liverpool lies in the future. Racial tensions, escalating crime and a fading reputation as a first-class resort have shaken the City by the Sea. Asbury is at tipping point. Cast down into the resort on a winter night, Sam Nesbitt, 22, arrives broke and homeless, but filled with musical ambition. Seeking shelter, he boards a floating wooden swan ride, one of the seaside resort’s numerous offbeat attractions abandoned in winter. Drifting into an intoxicating dream of a rock ‘n’ roll future, Sam is nettled from his fantasy of fame and regained love by men’s voices rising outside the swan, discussing Jersey arcana … and murder. To the backbeat of a brutal struggle to control a dying and increasingly surreal town, Sam pursues a vision at once heroic and carnal, self-destructive and soul affirming.
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Tags

love, coming of age, mystery, history, drugs, dark, rock, 1968, vietnam, atlantic city, rock n roll, methodist, boardwalk, songs, damage, lyrics, new jersey, asbury park, springsteen, rock and roll, beatles, doors, hendrix, tillie, monmouth county, dark rides, wonder bar, stone pony, jersey shore, complex, the palace, the casino, amusements, monmouth college, parkway, jersey city, soldiers, riots, martin luther king, mlk, diving horse, mr peanut, bars, beach book, ocean grove, wesley lake, guitarist, john lennon, sandy, paul mccartney, jim morrison, the doors, hurricane sandy, arlan feiles, jersey anthem, seaside heights, storm sandy

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