Island adventure, 4 Art education, 8 [ Gold gloves, 24 THURSDAY, AUGUST 1, 2013 Sentinel gmnews.com North Brunswick • South Brunswick STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER ERIC SUCAR Cadets of the North Brunswick Junior Police Academy work on their pushups July 23 during physical training for the 10th annual academy, held at North Brunswick Township High School from July 22 to Aug. 1. For more photos, see page 10. For a full story, see next week's Sentinel. Resident's response credited for helping to save crash victims olice are crediting a South Brunswick Friendship Road residence. board off the woman's chest, allowing her driver was having chest pains and was at- man for his quick thinking that helped The 70-year-old driver had been par- to breathe, Ryan said. tempting to pull off the readjust prior to the Psave a Princeton couple after their car tially ejected from the vehicle, and his 60- The Monmouth Junction Fire Depart- crash. The driver lost consciousness, and his went off the roadway and flipped over last year-old wife remained trapped in the ment arrived and worked for 40 minutes to foot pressed on the accelerator. The vehicle week. vehicle, according to Ryan. free the woman using the Jaws of Life. accelerated off Friendship Road, hit a dirt The incident occurred around 5:58 p.m. The Friendship Road resident ran to the The Monmouth Junction First Aid pile, and then became airborne and flipped July 26, according to police Detective Sgt. vehicle after the crash and observed that the Squad and paramedics transported the cou- over. It appears the driver suffered a heart James Ryan. dashboard was crushing the female passen- ple to Robert Wood Johnson University attack prior to the crash, police said. Police responded to a report of a motor ger. 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"If you like Bruce, you will like the B Street Band, and if you close your eyes and listen to Hotel California, you would think you are listening to the Eagles. We've always included tribute bands in the mix for the Woodbridge Mondays Concert Series." PHOTO COURTESY OF B STREET BAND Rich Gatto, CEO of Downtown Free- The B Street Band — Willie Forte (l-r), Steve Lopresto, Glenn Stuart, Steve Pozzelanti, Steve Baranian and Steve Myers — will perform the hold, said these bands have become a major music of Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band in Woodbridge on Aug. 5 and in Freehold on Aug. 6. part of Downtown Freehold's concert series. He said concert attendance is up from last immy Maraventano, who has been per- year, and noted that The Jersey Four, which forming the music of Jimmy Buffett as is a Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons trib- JJimmy and the Parrots since 1996, said ute band, recently drew a huge crowd. name recognition is important. When people When the B Street Band was formed in hear his band's name, they quickly realize it is Asbury Park in 1980 by musicians Willie a Buffett tribute band. Forte and the late Bob Chipak, who were in- The name gets people's attention, but it's spired after seeing Bruce Springsteen per- Jimmy and the band — which includes his son form live, it was initially frowned upon by Jimmy Maraventano Jr. — that keeps them some. But audiences were attracted to the coming back. band's interpretation of Springsteen's music, "Buffet's got a following like I've never energy and passion. seen in my life. It's a whole culture. There are "Back in 1980, we were the first band to clubs called Parrot Head Clubs throughout the actually make a tribute to somebody who country and internationally, too. Because of was alive," Forte said. "It wasn't accepted these Parrot Head Clubs, we've seen the whole in the general business practice, because country. It's very unique. We were very lucky, and I picked the right guy to learn his songs," they didn't think anyone would want to hear PHOTO ronRii.sv oi JIMMY AND THE PARROTS the music of someone who was still alive Jimmy and the Parrots, including Jimmy Maraventano Jr. (l-r), Lance Hyland Stark, Jimmy Maraventano said. and performing, but I proved all the critics Maraventano and Hal B. Selzer, will perform in Lakewood on Aug. 4 and Freehold Borough Tribute bands, he said, do as their names wrong by doing a synopsis of the music at on Aug. 29. suggests — pay homage to someone everyone that time — but not doing it as a clone type knows. But Maraventano said there is a little of thing. an Vechesky always had a love for the the same thing, so it's an opportunity for the more to Jimmy and the Parrots. "Our lead singer, Glenn [Stuart], just music of Billy Joel, and he started his fans of the music to see a resemblance of their "What makes us stand out over other guys happens to resemble Bruce now. He's a lot D52nd Street band 19 years ago. He said favorite artists, and enjoy the music and enjoy is that we mix it up pretty good," he said, not- like Bruce as a person too. On a small ver- he tries to create the persona of Billy Joel's the show again." ing that the band plays some original songs and sion, we pass on to the people a little bit of image by sporting a goatee, jacket and tie, and Vechesky predicts that tribute bands are those of other artists. the same type of energy that Bruce does on sunglasses, while not trying to be a look-alike. here to stay. All the songs have the relaxed vibe that such a big level," Forte said. 'To me, it's about Billy Joel's music and "Right now, tribute band-mania is proba- Buffett's music projects, he said. Now considered to be the longest-run- about how the fans love his music," Vechesky bly at a fever pitch — the highest I've seen "We are a party band and we intermingle ning tribute band in the world, according to said. "I feel that we are doing him justice. We it," Vechesky said. "It's going to be interest- with the crowd, and they're amazing people — Forte, the B Street Band has performed for are presenting the music in a format that 1 ing to see how the tribute acts change in 10 they raise millions of dollars for charities, and more than 3 million people, from presidents think that Billy would appreciate, and it's just years, but if you take a look now, it's mostly we are a part of it." and governors to celebrities and the general a great experience because the audience is bands from the '60s, '70s and '80s, with baby While the music business changes, tribute public, over the past 33 years.