DANNY CLINCH TO PRESENT SCREENING OF FILM DOCUMENTARY ALL I CAN SAY OF BLIND MELON'S SHANNON HOON AT THE 2020 ASBURY PARK MUSIC + FILM FESTIVAL
BLIND MELON ALSO TO PERFORM AT THE STONE PONY WITH SPECIAL GUEST TANGIERS BLUES BAND
Photographer and Filmmaker Danny Clinch To Support Festival Weekend On Stage, Screen and In Discussion
Asbury Park, NJ (February 24, 2020) - The Asbury Park Music + Film Festival (APMFF) has announced the screening of All I Can Say, a video documentary from the late Shannon Hoon of Blind Melon, co-directed by APMFF co-chair Danny Clinch, on Saturday, April 25 at the Paramount Theatre in Asbury Park, NJ at noon. The film will be followed by a live discussion with co-directors Clinch, Colleen Hennessy, Taryn Gould along with original band members from Blind Melon.
Blind Melon, with special guests The Tangiers Blues Band with Danny Clinch, will play The Stone Pony on Saturday, April 25 at 9:00 p.m.
Tickets for All I Can Say are priced at $10.00 and tickets for Blind Melon (with Tangiers Blues Band) are priced at $35.00. Both events are currently available to purchase through presale and will go onsale to the general public on Friday, February 28 at 10:00 a.m. Tickets can be purchased at apmff.org/tickets.
Shannon Hoon, lead singer of Blind Melon, filmed himself from 1990-95 with a Hi8 video camera, recording up until a few hours before his untimely death at age 28. Created twenty-three years later with his own footage, All I Can Say is an intimate autobiography of Hoon's last work. The film was co-directed by Hoon, Clinch, filmmaker Taryn Gould and film director Colleen Hennessy.
Blind Melon's history at the Jersey Shore began with a raucous December 1991 show at The Fastlane, setting up a love affair between the band and The Shore. Blind Melon stopped in The Stone Pony yearly until their final Shore appearance in 1995 at The Tradewinds, just weeks before Hoon's untimely death.
Blind Melon began in L.A., founded in 1990 by a group of southern transplants. Rogers Stevens, Brad Smith, and Glen Graham (on guitar, bass, and drums, respectively) all headed west from Mississippi, while Christopher Thorn (guitar) hailed from Pennsylvania. The group’s original and iconic vocalist, Shannon Hoon, arrived shortly thereafter from Lafayette, Indiana.
Nearly overnight, the band went from honing their distinctive blend of stripped-down psychedelia in a sleepy old house (immortalized on the song “Sleepyhouse”) to topping Billboard charts with breakout single "No Rain" and shredding through a set at Woodstock 94. But all too soon the clouds began to gather. Critics panned their 1995 follow-up, Soup. Then, during a tour stop in New Orleans—just a few weeks after the album’s release—Shannon Hoon died from a cocaine overdose.
Today, with original members Stevens, Thorn and Graham joined by singer/songwriter Travis Warren and Nathan Townes, Blind Melon has once again caught lightning in a bottle.
"I am truly honored to screen All I Can Say at this year's Asbury Park Music + Film Festival," said Danny Clinch. "Blind Melon has a strong history in Asbury Park and at the Jersey Shore; in fact, the last time I saw Shannon Hoon was at The Tradewinds in Sea Bright. I'm also excited to take the stage with Tangiers Blues Band as we join Blind Melon at the Stone Pony. With great surprises every year, this Festival has become a weekend that both music and film fans do not want to miss. All of this while supporting the mission to benefit underserved children in and around Asbury Park to increase music education."
"Blind Melon and Asbury Park have a long history together," said Christopher Thorn, original member of Blind Melon. "Danny took our photos on the boardwalk in the early '90's and some of our best shows have taken place at the Stone Pony. The last couple of years I've had my favorite jams with the Tangiers Blues Band at the Pony and can't wait to get back on that stage. We feel grateful to be a part of this year's Asbury Park Music + Film Festival."
The APMFF returns for its sixth year and is scheduled for April 23-26 in Asbury Park, NJ. The Festival will also feature the return of "The Bruce Springsteen Archives" and "An Evening With The Sopranos Creator David Chase", both taking place on Saturday, April 25 at the Paramount Theatre. In addition, the Festival will host performances by Melissa Etheridge on Thursday, April 23 and Lucinda Williams on Sunday, April 26, also happening at the Paramount Theatre. Dylan Archives V, a Festival staple over the last four years, will make its return on Sunday, April 26 at noon at the House of Independents.
In addition, The Parlor Mob (Saturday, April 25) and Kevin Devine (Friday, April 24) will play the House of Independents and Marshall Crenshaw will rock The Wonder Bar on Sunday, April 26. The Rock and Roll Playhouse will hold two shows at the Stone Pony on Sunday, April 26; music of The Beatles and The Grateful Dead.
As the Festival and its mission continues to grow, the Count Basie Center for the Arts in Red Bank, NJ will host Remember Jones, who will play the groundbreaking live album, Mad Dogs and Englishmen on Friday, April 24.
The Festival has already welcomed many music and film heavyweights which include Bruce Springsteen, Danny DeVito, Wyclef Jean, Stevie Van Zandt, The Farrelly Brothers, David Crosby, Cameron Crowe, Don Cheadle, Robert Trujillo (Metallica), Warren Haynes (Gov't Mule), John Densmore (The Doors), Jakob Dylan (The Wallflowers), Michael Franti and Cat Power.
The Festival's Board of Advisors is comprised of some of the most powerful figures in the film and music industries and includes Co-Chairs Tom Bernard (Sony Pictures Classics), Danny Clinch (Director & Photographer), Tom Donovan (Media Executive) and Adam Block (Amazon Music). In addition, Tom Jones (Halo Group), Josh Braun (Submarine Entertainment), Jim Dowd (NJ Devils Stanley Cup Champion), Eric Eisner (Double E Pictures), Denis Gallagher (Charliewood Pictures), Justin Kreutzmann (Filmmaker), Annie McDonough (Netflix), Jeff Rosen (Manager, Bob Dylan), Rich Russo ("Anything, Anything" Radio), Bob Santelli (Grammy Museum), Shelli Sonstein (Q104.3/iHeart Media), Michael Uslan (Film/TV Producer) and Jeremy Grunin (Jay & Linda Grunin Foundation) all serve as members of the Board.
The 2020 Asbury Park Music + Film Festival is sponsored by Founding Partners RWJ Barnabas Health and Asbury Park Press, Presenting Partner First Atlantic Federal Credit Union and Sponsors Madison Marquette, World Subaru and the Jay and Linda Grunin Foundation.
About Asbury Park Music + Film Festival
The Asbury Park Music + Film Festival (APMFF) provides resources to support music education for underserved youth in and around Asbury Park, New Jersey. Funding supports the Asbury Park Music Foundation, "Music Saved My Life" youth education programs, Lakehouse Music Academy programs and other initiatives in the surrounding areas. Utilizing the Beat Bus Mobile Recording Studio, the APMFF delivers high-tech music education to students and provides after-school programming at schools in Asbury Park, Long Branch, Red Bank and Bradley Beach. APMFF offers scholarship opportunities and a commitment to musical excellence which affords life-changing experiences.