The film tells the story the long troubled town Asbury Park, NJ, and how the power music can unite a divided community. A once storied seaside resort, Asbury Park erupted in flames during a summer civil unrest, crippling the town for the next 45 years and reducing it to a state urban blight. A town literally divided by a set railroad tracks, the riot destroyed the fabled Westside jazz and blues scene, but from the flames the burning city emerged the iconic Jersey sound.
Asbury Park returns Asbury sons Steven Van Zandt, Southside Johnny Lyon and Bruce Springsteen to the legendary Upstage, the psychedelic after hours club where they got their start, featuring never before seen interviews and performances. Shuttered for four and a half decades, the Upstage remains a perfect time capsule the Club, which united both sides the tracks in Asbury and acted as a crucible for young talent. Now, as Asbury Park enjoys its long awaited renaissance, it is music, which has brought it back from the dead.
The film is supported in association with Jersey Mike’s, which allows all prits worldwide to be dedicated to promoting and creating music education programs for wide distribution.