The band Bender, featuring Barry Bender and his band will perform live at two venues on October 14th and 16th in Asbury Park and Long Valley New Jersey. Bender plays an assortment of original and popular classic rock and blues. The band consists of Barry Bender, who plays piano, guitar, sax and lead vocals; Rich Kalinsky on drums, Jeff Phillips on guitar and background vocals and Russell Hubley on bass and background vocals.
Upcoming performances not to miss Bender at include:
• Bender at The Saint in Asbury Park , NJ on Thursday October 14th @ 9:45 pm. The show is being produced by Phanphest Entertainment. http://www.phanphest.com/
• Bender at the TRICMA Fall Concert Series on Saturday October 16th @ 8 pm.. The concert is held at The Studio At Long Valley, NJ. http://www.tricma.org/
Bender most recently performed at the Atlantic City International Film and Music Festival. The gig was held at the House of Blues @ the Showboat in Atlantic City on September 10th. Bender performs regularly at the Great Notch Inn in Little Falls NJ.
ABOUT BARRY
Barry lives, works and records in Atlantic City, NJ. A multi-instrumentalist composer, singer, arranger, producer and teacher, Barry was inspired by his musician father, Herbert Bender, who died when Barry was 16. Herbert was a pioneer in the 60’s and 70’s creating live bands to perform at private affairs. Although Barry began playing music at age five, he didn’t begin his music career until after the death of his father in 1973.
Barry studied music in college, playing mostly jazz while listening to and being inspired by popular artists of the day like The Grateful Dead, Bob Dylan, Leonard Cohen, Frank Zappa, and Jefferson Airplane. Barry’s current music, self-described as “100% original, organic, hand-made with a message” is a rich composite of classical/jazz theory and the heartfelt folk-rock influence of the 60’s and 70’s.
The release of his first album, Life (and Jade) in 2006 was a major milestone in Barry’s 30-year music career and a true family affair. Barry’s daughters Leah and Hillary Bender played important parts in inspiring, and helping to create songs for the album, his wife Jennifer O’Dell created the cover artwork, and his sister Stacey Bender-Hammerling used her public relations expertise to ensure the album’s success.
Today, Barry continues to write, play and record at his home studio while teaching accounting, finance and management at several local universities as well as maintaining his own private CPA practice. He hopes to release a second album - Degrees of Freedom - in the near future. For details on Bender, the album and the music log onto www.barrybender.com
