Christine Martucci Holds A Sneak Peak/Launch Party For BREAKFAST WITH JANIS 7/18

Hailed by critics and audiences as one of New Jersey's most energetic and captivating live performers, Christine Martucci presents a special Sneak Peek and Launch Party for her original new musical Breakfast with Janis. Special guests include the Bob Burger Band, the Mike Montrey Band, the Linda Chorney Band, and guest host comic Amy Beckerman.

The Breakfast with Janis Sneak Peek and Launch Party will be performed at The Paramount Theater in Asbury Park, NJ. Tickets are $15.00 in advance and $18.00 at the door. Tickets are available at www.christinemartucci.com and www.livenation.com. All ages admitted , 21 to drink.

"I wanted to finally tell my story and Janis came to me in a dream. I was going through one of the worst periods of my life and Janis spoke to me in the dream. We had breakfast together, we laughed, we cried, and ultimately her visit saved my life. This is the story about how Janis saved me from my own destruction. I live again and hopefully through me Janis lives as well." - Christine Martucci

Breakfast with Janis

Breakfast with Janis is a semi-autobiographical story of the epic struggle of an extremely talented and wonderfully imperfect musician: Christine Martucci. We see her myriad conflicts such as depression, alcohol abuse, drugs, and loneliness...unfold at the kitchen table, with Janis Joplin, the iconic presence that influenced a generation, as her muse and conscience. Christine's efforts to overcome the many obstacles to her ultimate success are chronicled in a classic, self reflective style. Christine ponders her options life or death. She seeks inspiration and comfort from the parallels in their lives.

Ultimately Breakfast with Janis is an inspirational story which will leave the audience hopeful for Christine and her future as a rock and roller!

Christine Martucci:

"Music is the only thing in my life that, even today, makes me the happiest" Christine Martucci got wrapped up in music at an early age. Born into a musical family, her and her brothers learned to play multiple instruments as kids. She attributes this passion to her father, a trumpet player, and it was this love for music that tightly bonded the family together. "Because of my childhood and being brought up around music," says Christine, "I learned to appreciate it, to really start listening to the songs, the lyrics, the hooks, the meat and potaoes of a song, what made it unique." She started writing her own original material when she was nine years old and she hasn't stopped since.

Christine still sites her father as her biggest influence, but from there she goes on to list a variety of artists she has been taking pointers from for years. Whether it's classic rock (the Beatles, Bob Dylan), jazz and rythym and blues (Bessie Smith, Howling Wolf), or Motown (Gladys Knight, Aretha Franklin), she takes the best of all her influences and molds them into a style that is all her own. One that is honest and refreshing, oNe You can feel as much as you can hear.

Christine's first CD "Mama Says" was released in August 2003 and was followed up by "I'm All In" released March 2007 on her indie label Sunsetswest. She is presently working on her third full length CD. She has headlined such major venues as The Hard Rock Cafe in Times Square and Atlantic City, The Starland Ballroom-Sayreville,NJ, The Stone Pony and more. She will be performing at New Yorks Gay Pride this year and is also scheduled to open the Out Music Awards this September in New York City.

WHEN:Saturday July 18 @ 8pm
Doors @ 7pm

WHERE:The Paramount Theater
1300 Ocean Avenue
Asbury Park, NJ 07712
(732) 897-8810

To buy tickets: www.christinemartucci.com , or www.livenation.com
Live Nation ticketing phone: 877-598-8694
Tickets are $15.00 in advance, or $18.00 at the door.
All tickets are general admission seating.

Photo: Christine Martucci and Guest

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