Christine Martucci

Christine Martucci stormed the Stone Pony with a bold new rock and roll image and her gang of ever-faithful fans dubbed the “Tucci Train” in attendance. While she still straps on an acoustic guitar for a few numbers, she’s putting down the axe more and more, letting the band handle the music while she concentrates on belting it out. CMB has morphed into a highly concentrated and stripped down rock and roll machine, which was definitely noticed by the audience at hand. Her Stone Pony opener f...

Christine Martucci stormed the Stone Pony with a bold new rock and roll image and her gang of ever-faithful fans dubbed the “Tucci Train” in attendance. While she still straps on an acoustic guitar for a few numbers, she’s putting down the axe more and more, letting the band handle the music while she concentrates on belting it out. CMB has morphed into a highly concentrated and stripped down rock and roll machine, which was definitely noticed by the audience at hand. Her Stone Pony opener for Johnny Winters also featured an all new line-up of musicians that backed her with a professional snarl. I’ve always been in Martucci’s corner and you really have to be when you see someone shrug off negativity and industry naysay while going on to do exactly what they want time and time again. From her early projects with guitarists like Tim Quick (also a current working partner) to her recent one-woman play, Breakfast With Janis, shes taken the brave steps to reach self awareness time and time again. Her energy on this night cut through the crowd like a hot knife through butter on such Tucci classics as “Outta Here,” “Waiting On The Rain,” “Come The Night,” and her award winning single off of I’m All In, “There You Are.” Christine’s knack for choosing solid pickers is also top notch and this outing featured the axe talents of B.D. Lenz who rode shotgun and blasted out gutsy blues rock riffage underneath Martucci’s powerhouse vocals. Also on board were the rhyhtm steady team of Jim Arra on bass and Joe D’Angelo on the drums. Martucci put on a steady, well-paced show as fans shed their coats at the foot of the stage in an effort to shake, rattle and roll all over the Pony dance floor.