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New Jersey has struggled for decades to establish its own musical identity, anguishing in a perpetual void and in the shadow of its neighbors from coast to coast.
Dozens of songwriters have attempted to score a Iyric which captures the essence of the Garden State. Georgia, New York City, Chicago, and San Francisco, have long been icons in the world of popular music, as composers have immortalized their vices and virtues in song. Perhaps jazz great Count Basie, a native of Red Bank, came closest in the 1940's with his popular standard, "Jersey Bounce." According to some historians it's still New Jersey's official song.
Montclair singer-songwriter Hunter Hayes, a perennial favorite on the club scene in the Oranges and north Jersey, has scored a song about the Garden State called "New ~ Jersey Song which may well serve as a potent remedy to the Garden State's musical identity crisis.
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The swinging, bouncy, sizzling score, captures the essence of the Garden State from High Point to Cape May. It's a toe-tapping tune that folks can sing, hum, or whistle to. The listener is transported on a musical excursion to destination points across the Garden State; its cities and towns, rural farmlands, pristine shoreline, sports arenas, concert halls, gambling casinos, and its famous highways and people. "Since 1993, I've always wanted to write a tune that really speaks to the "heart and soul"
of New Jersey," singer-songwriter Hunter Hayes said. " One day I just sat in my studio looking at a map of New Jersey and the words just came to me. I think everyone can relate to what this song says about our great state, because it elevates New Jersey in stature to the real "destination point" that it is. Currently, I'm planning to debut the song in a state-wide tour," Hayes continued. One listen to "New Jersey Song" and you'll know that Hunter Hayes has done what most people thought next to impossible -- immortalize New Jersey's "heart and soul" in popular song.