to grab three more dates through
the summer. We bill it as ‘Colossal
Street Jam and Friends’ and bring
up great local musicians in the
second set. Last time was packed
and it was a lot of fun. Can’t wait
to do it again.
ing out and realizing their musical
dreams?
Potts: Find a way. There’s always
a way if it’s part of you, and you
love it. Just start somewhere and
see how it goes.
After HOI and Flavorfest, what do
More than half your gigs either
Colossal Street Jam have going on
are in Red Bank or Asbury Park.
related to shows, a tour, a new vid-
I’ve seen you referred to as a Red eo, special events, recordings or
Bank band, an Asbury Park band, anything else you want to detail?
and a Monmouth County band?
Potts: We have a few summer
Which do you prefer and why?
shows at Teak Rooftop, we also
Potts: We are basically a Red
head into Philly, North Jersey and
Bank band. Most of us live here
hopefully some of the out-of-state
and we rehearse here, but we do
shows we are working on will be
play in Asbury quite a bit. I think
confirmed soon. We are working
Red Bank is more well-known
on Florida, California and Austin
for cover bands, where Asbury is
shows for the fall. Our new video
more original. So I think the
for ‘I Can’t Take It’ off ‘Living Free’
Asbury base is more responsive to will be released April 28, and we
what we do. I’d like to think we are are working on one for the ballad
a band from New Jersey.
‘Songbird.’ We are also writing the
next record and hope to have it out
What advice would you give to a by November. We have no plans of
peer whose family and work ob-
slowing down. We want to release
ligations prevent them from play- a CD a year. That’s the plan.
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