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Ed Kowalczyk to headline Light of Day benefit in Asbury Park
By Jay Lustig/The Star-Ledger
December 22, 2009, 3:40PM

Best known as the frontman for the band Live, Ed Kowalczyk is working on his first solo album, and is likely to preview some of those songs at his Jan. 16 performance at Asbury Park’s Paramount Theatre.

He will appear there as part of the tenth annual series of Light of Day concerts, which raise money for the fight against Parkinson’s disease and other neurological disorders. Over the last decade, more than $1 million has been raised by these concerts, which have featured Bruce Springsteen, Southside Johnny, Lucinda Williams, John Rzeznik of the Goo Goo Dolls, and countless other musicians.

There will be six shows at six different Asbury Park venues in January.

On the afternoon of Jan. 16, the Wonder Bar will present bands such as the Madhatters and the Roxwells, and that night, Kowalczyk will be joined at the Paramount by Joe Grushecky and the Houserockers, Jesse Malin, Willie Nile, Joe D’Urso and Stone Caravan, and others.

Jan. 17, singer-songwriters will team up for collaborative sets of music and conversation at the Watermark (noon), the Langosta Lounge (3 p.m.) and Tim McLoone’s Supper Club (6 p.m.). Nicole Atkins, Joe D’Urso, Lisa Lowell and Joe Rapolla will be among the performers at Tim McLoone’s.

Discount tickets packages are available for those planning to attend multiple events. For more information, call (877) 598-8694 or visit LiveNation.com or LightOfDay.org.