With the mask mandate lifted, locals and visitors alike were eager for a night of carefree drinking and dancing – and Shorty Long and the Jersey Horns at the Surf City Hotel’s newly reopened Beach Club fit the bill. The bodies were wall to wall on Saturday night, May 29, of Memorial Day weekend. Not even the stormy skies could rain on this parade.
“It feels SO GOOD to be back,” said Ricky “Shorty Long” Tisch, the band’s founder, keyboardist and front man. “We’re having an amazing time.
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