Lou & Rain’s House Concerts present an afternoon with musician and legendary performer Steve Poltz. Proceeds from the concert will benefit Project U.S.E. Join us for this afternoon of music and fun.

DATE
May 2, 2010

TIME
2 PM

HAVE A LISTEN
MP3s & CDs:Steve Poltz’ Website

RADIO: Listen for Steve Poltz the week before the show on WNTI 91.9FM

VIDEO: View Steve Poltz live in concert on YouTube

VENUE
St. Benedict’s Preparatory School Auditorium
520 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard
Newark, NJ 07102

TICKETS
$20 in advance – general seating
$25 day of show – general seating

Be a Polzette!
$50 for on-stage seating; well worth it! Limited seating so purchase in advance.

All tickets will be held at will call.

HOW TO PURCHASE
1) Make an online credit card purchase/donation on Project U.S.E.’s website and in the comments section write “Steve Poltz” and the number of tickets you’d like.

2) Make a check payable to Project U.S.E. with “Steve Poltz” and the # of desired tickets in the memo, and mail to:
PO Box 837
Red Bank, NJ 07701

DIRECTIONS
For GPS: 74°11.34′ W 40°23.45′N


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Steve Poltz is not normal. He was born in Halifax, Nova Scotia (Canada) but has lived most of his life in Southern California and those geographic poles are quite likely responsible for his unhinged genius.

Over the course of his life he’s met Elvis Presley (who hugged his sister for far too long), trick or treated at Liberace’s house (each finger had a diamond ring), was Bob Hope’s favorite altar boy (according to him), bravely traveled the world busking before he knew how to do it, famously co-wrote “You Were Meant For Me” with Jewel, ticked off David Cassidy and can count some of the world’s coolest people as fans.

As a recording artist, he’s fronted the semi-legendary Rugburns and is responsible for a critically acclaimed body of work on his own (One Left Shoe, Chinese Vacation, Traveling, Unraveling, Tales From The Tavern and his latest Dreamhouse), along with some stuff that positively defies categorization (Answering Machine, The Barn). Unlike many artists, Steve simply gets better and better the longer he lives; his shows are the stuff of legend – no two are the same – and can take an unsuspecting audience from laughter to tears and back again in the space of the same song. He is quite possibly the most talented, and engaging, solo performer on the planet.

He’s also one of the most prolific. Any live show aficionado can attest to the fact Steve has a ridiculous amount of fantastic, not-yet-recorded material that deserves to be heard. If Dreamhouse becomes a huge hit, it will no doubt make him happy. If it doesn’t, he’ll be happy anyway and the folks who come to see him at any of the 200+ shows he’ll do to bring the album to the world will be happy too. Guaranteed. If the Padres win the World Series and the Chargers win the Super Bowl this year, ironically, Steve will be happy even if the world ends as a result.

Of course, none of that is “normal” – on THIS planet…

A hearty thank you to Steve Poltz, Project Trustee Lou DeMarco & his wife, Rain, and to St. Benedict’s.

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