Twice in a lifetime

New Jersey is famously the armpit of the new world. It's that stubble of factories and chimneys that visitors hurry through, eyes averted, on their way from Newark airport to New York city. This is the backstage storeroom where the props and detritus are stored to allow Manhattan's front of house to remain uncluttered and gleaming.And yet, twice in the past 40 years it has been the crucible of extraordinary creativity. In the late 60s and early 70s it was a hotbed of American rock'n'roll, burst...

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