503 Social Club (503 3rd St, Hoboken, NJ)

JULIA GREENBERG writes music and sings songs. Most recently, she has been interpreting the music and curating the archives of Dory Previn. Her documentary about Previn, On My Way to Where, will have its world premiere at SXSW Film &TV festival this coming March. Julia co-wrote the hit off-Broadway rock opera PEOPLE ARE WRONG! with Robin Goldwasser, as well as the music for the off-Broadway play CAVEDWELLER with Stephen Trask. She has released two albums of original music: Past Your Eyes and Greenland, both produced by James Mastro. Her music has been featured on THIS AMERICAN LIFE, ESPN, and Ronnie Spector recorded one of her songs.  In addition to musical pursuits, Julia is a health justice advocate, fighting against pharma greed and for health equity for all.  

Bob Perry boasts a storied career as a guitarist, singer-songwriter, and accomplished producer.As a member of Winter Hours, a fixture on the college radio scene that garnered a dedicated fan base. The band released several EPs and an LP on Link Records, culminating in a self-titled major label debut on Chrysalis Records, produced by the legendary Lenny Kaye.

In the years that followed, Bob released three compelling solo albums. and collaborated on an EP with Tabula Rasa. His versatility extends beyond personal endeavors, contributing to Stephanie Seymour's "There Are Birds" album and her single "There Was a Time." More recently, Bob has co-written and co-produced Scott Anthony's debut single “I Don’t Like New Songs.” Bob is currently working on a forthcoming EP with Tom Lucas (Sad About Girls). His signature guitar work and production expertise promise a remarkable sonic experience. 

Doors at 5. Only 40-person capacity, so advance tickets are suggested. Purchase at Guitar Bar (160 First St, Hoboken, or over the phone 201-222-0915), and Guitar Bar Jersey City (362 Palisade Ave.) $15in advance, $20 day of show. Venmo: @Guitar-Bar

503 Social Club is proud to announce a solo show from the legendary Freedy Johnston! Freedy Johnston has taken an unpredictable path throughout his 30-year career. It’s a true underdog story. He has a wicked gift for turning a melodic phrase with equal parts’ heart on his sleeve’ troubadour and weaver of mysteries. In 1994 Rolling Stone named Johnston the ‘Songwriter of the Year’, describing him as “A master storyteller, (who) sketches out full-blown tragedies in a few taut poetic lines.” Adding, “He joins that elite cadre of songwriters—Bob Dylan, Neil Young, Elvis Costello—whose brilliant pop compositions turn magical with the addition of a defiantly idiosyncratic singing voice.” Not bad for a self-proclaimed “geek in glasses who never left his room.”

Doors at 7. Only 40-person capacity, so advance tickets are suggested. Available at Guitar Bar (160 First St, Hoboken, 201-222-0915), and Guitar Bar Jersey City (362 Palisade Ave.) $20 in advance, $25 day of show. Venmo: @Guitar-Bar

Bobby Bare, Jr. could've phoned in a career. He could've exploited the fact that he's the son of iconic Country Music Hall of Famer Bobby Bare, was born into Nashville's Music Row elite, and counted artists like Shel Silverstein as close family friends and George Jones and Tammy Wynette as next door neighbors. Instead, Bobby blazed a path of unique songwriting craftsmanship with a voice that blows through you like an unyielding wind on the desolate prairie. As a solo artist, as a member of Guided By Voices or Silver Jews, has always made exciting, worthwhile music, and this is a rare chance to see him in an intimate setting.

Doors: 7:00, Show 7:30. Only 40-person capacity, so advance tickets are suggested. Available at Guitar Bar (160 First St, Hoboken, 201-222-0915), and Guitar Bar Jersey City (362 Palisade Ave.) $20 in advance, $25 day of show. Venmo: @Guitar-Bar (please specify which event you are paying for)

503 Social Club (503 Third St, Hoboken, NJ)

Multi-media artist Marykate O'Neil has released six albums, a few cassettes, and a couple of .45’s. Her music has been played on the radio, internets and featured in movies and television. Marykate has performed throughout the U.S. and Europe to big festival crowds and to empty seats in darkened basements.
Her paintings are colorful, unique in texture and have an intuitive sense that is often simultaneously representational and expressionistic. Every gesture is made into an artistic experience embracing the pop culture of the everyday. Marykate’s painting practice is closely related to her music: “The more I paint, I feel like my paintings look like my songs sound. In both arenas, I am drawn to small everyday moments that stick to you – the ones where contradictions sit comfortably side by side each other.”

Running from January 28th to February 29th. There will be an opening reception January 28th from 3-5 pm with the artist present.

A performance by Jill Sobule follows at 5pm

On July 25, 2019, The Guitar Bar All-Stars took to Sinatra Park to make another attempt to break the record for World’s Largest Band! This time around they stuck to a best-of sampler from Woodstock to celebrate its 50th anniversary. While the record technically might not have been broken, the Hoboken waterfront certainly experienced some good honest rocking thanks to all the great musicians who came out and played along!

The GUITAR BAR ALL-STARS invite anyone with an acoustic guitar, ukulele, or other acoustic instrument to join us once again in trying to set the record for the World's Largest Band! This year we will be paying tribute to Tom Petty, and playing his songs that all are welcome to join in on. Set at the amphitheater at the idyllic Sinatra Park, this has become a Hoboken tradition that brings everyone together for a great night of music

Join author Warren Zanes for a reading, signing, and Q&A from his book "Tom Petty: The Biography."  This will be followed by a set of Petty songs by guest artists Freedy Johnston, Richard Barone, Tammy Faye Starlight, and Renee LoBue backed by the mighty Guitar Bar All-Stars! 

Ticket includes signed book, show, and a drink! Available at:

https://www.littlecitybooks.com/warren-zanes-petty-book-and-band

Veteran blues and jazz guitarist Walter Parks has built an international career as the lead guitarist for Woodstock legend Richie Havens, as half of the folk-duo The Nudes, and as leader of the neo-southern rock group Swamp Cabbage. Just as Georgia’s Okefenokee Swamp has served as the headwaters of Florida’s Suwanee River, so has it served as the inspirational headwaters for Walter’s unique guitar concept – a banjo-esque fingerpicking style that toggles between expressing the swamp’s foggy, ambient underbelly and it’s eminent danger via the use of a modicum of pleasant distortion. Inspired by the sultry black gospel that wails from storefront churches and roadhouses in the American southeast, Parks’s raspy vocal lows and soaring operatic falsetto explore the frontier of the modern human spirit in search of a place where it can flourish.

Join us at Guitar Bar Jr. for a night of Parks's wonderful music.