THE KOOTZ - Rock & Roll with Fiber / TREE TAVERN WINE BAR / Wanaque

NEW JERSEY'S ULTIMATE SINGLE'S MEET-UP GROUP, WHERE THE FUN NEVER STOPS!

Join us after work for good food, good music and good company at the TREE TAVERN WINE BAR as we enjoy MINGLE AROUND SINGLE'S all-time favorite band, THE KOOTZ Rock 'n Roll with Fiber. THE KOOTZ classic rock, pop, soul and blues... and just 'plain old making great music'.

It's the "Rock 'n Roll with Fiber" world of this group of Jersey guys and their 'musical friends', who just can't seem to 'retire their guitars'.... and likely never will!

The collective passion for classic rock, pop, soul and blues... and just 'plain old making great music' has been a driving force..... even a 'mantra' in assembling 'THE KOOTZ' band.

THE KOOTZ hail from Essex, Bergen, Morris, Union, Passaic, Sussex, Monmouth and Ocean Counties ... and have been around for over 20-years, now! That's a pretty long-run for any band!

Starting out in the late 90's, it all began as a nucleus of 5 or 6 musicians who informally jammed at various member-basements and even played an occasional gig or two. Back in the day, the band was called 'OMJ' (short for 'Old Man Jam'). By 2001, it was unanimously decided by co-founders Chris Bolger and Glenn Taylor with the full-commitment of the other charter-members, Ben Asher, Tony Dente and (the late) Dr. David Frisch... that this fledgling-outfit would try and make a 'go of it', seeking more exposure and acceptance... as well as gigs!

They continued to hone their repertoire of (mostly) covers of classic rock, pop and blues-tunes from the late 1950's through the 70's... staying 'true' to why they originally started playing together in the first place! It was the 'collective' and genuine 'love' of this genre of rock 'n roll.

OMJ became "THE KOOTZ" in 2002. The 're-naming' was sort of a self-chuckle... or 'poke at themselves', based on the fact that most of the members were already over 50 years old; Hence, the "Kootz-Credo", "Rock 'n Roll With Fiber", is quite-visible on the band's banner, which is 'hung in plain-sight' whenever they perform-live!

The hard work and intensity with which band leader 'Glenny-T' publicized the group and began to bear fruit by 2004. He was able to book the band more and more frequently... and the word began to get-around about these 'old-guys' who could really rock! Besides the pubs and clubs... there were private corporate events and municipal concert opportunities that began to appear on the THE KOOTZ plate! These Northern NJ-guys also started crossing the Driscoll Bridge (or NJ Mason-Dixon Line) a LOT more frequently and began performing at many of the shore-area's hottest venues between Point Pleasant and Long Beach Island. Before-long they were performing over 250 shows-a-year, all-around the tri-state area, as well-as 'taking to the road' for shows in such 'exotic', far-away destinations as Cape Cod, Cooperstown and Philadelphia!

A debut CD entitled 'Tales From The Endless Bus Tour of New Jersey' followed in 2005, with guest appearances from Tommy James (as-in Shondells) and Smithereens-drummer Dennis Diken... Produced by Glenny-T at his own production-studio, 'Taylor-Made Productions' (www.taylormadeprod.com) this debut-album, a combination of Kootz-penned originals and a few classic-covers has achieved over 30,000+ downloads on i-Tunes, as well as over 10,000 units of the hard-CD sold at last-count!

All the while, the band was metamorphosizing, adding additional members; With so-many shows being-booked, THE KOOTZ began to 'rotate' from their 'pool', as well as 'import' some occasional 'guest'-performers... This 'stable of KOOTZ, has grown over the years to currently include 15+ core-members in-all, as-well-as 7-to-10 'guest-artists', enabling the band to play as many as 280 shows annually, sometimes with 2 on the same night... simultaneously! This has yielded several different and exciting **KOOTZ-**combinations... while maintaining that same 'pursuit of the classic 60's thru 90's musical genre'! It is in this way that THE KOOTZ are a truly unique rock 'n roll band... It's kind of like a "small rock 'n roll corporation"... comprised of these diverse and talented musician-friends!

A second 'totally-live"-CD, entitled "Kootleg" was released at the start of Summer-'09... sporting the entire 'cast' of the band performing 21-rockin'-classics. It too, has been 'flying off the shelves' at every Kootz show and from the band's on-line store, which can be found at their website, www.thekootz.com. The live-disc embodies many diverse-combinations of Kootz-personnel... as well as the material that they play.
Ironically, there had never been a moment when 'all-Kootz' stood under one roof at one time... That changed on October 1st, 2009 when "Kootleg, The Concert" become a reality! On that evening, the entire "Kast-of-Kootz" core and guest-members, took the stage together... for possibly the only time ever! The event took place at The Prime Time Dinner Theater in Sayreville, New Jersey and played to over 350 enthusiastic Kootz-fans!

In January of 2010, THE KOOTZ were hosted for 2 separate TV-shows on Spotlight-NJ, a News-12 NJ program that reaches all of the Northeast-United States. Performing as a semi-acoustic quintet, in a two personnel-configurations, the appearances included six-original Kootz songs, as well as two interview-segments with show-host, Della Crews. You can see the shows by clicking HERE!

Rock Clubs, to resorts and private parties.... Biker bars to bistros and coffee houses; THE KOOTZ are always serving up a wide-array of the music that's part of our very core... It's the music that always makes you FEEL GOOD!!!

The TREE TAVERN is a cozy intimate wine bar & restaurant hidden in the Wanaque valley. The TREE TAVERN started as a tavern and restaurant on Crosby Place in Paterson, New Jersey. It was a landmark location in Paterson through the 1950’s and 1960’s right in the heart of the city. The Francia family presided over the restaurant from the very beginning. They froze the very first TREE TAVERN Pizza in 1955 and was the first frozen pizza ever sold in a supermarket. The business prospered for many years as both a restaurant and a frozen pizza company. The restaurant was ultimately closed so the Francia’s could focus on the retail business. We acquired TREE TAVERN Pizza in 1992. The current location of The TREE TAVERN WINE BAR has a long history of its own.

It is located on a site that has been a tavern for many years. The early history is not very clear but it has been a tavern since 1910. We do know the reason why it is located so far off the main road is due to the now removed commuter train station that was just a couple hundred yards away from our location. The Golden Age Club is on the old Midvale Train Station site. People would come home from their commute and walk to our location. When we first took over the property, we found old distillery equipment and a few bottles of moonshine! We believe it kept running during Prohibition days. The Pallavicini's ran the establishment for many years when it was known simply as Polly's. Andrew Hack bought the business about 40 years ago and ran it as Andrew's Hideaway for 25 years. Andy wanted to sell the property about 15 years ago. That is when we met him and acquired the property.

Come on out and enjoy a little bit of history, great company, delicious food, a cool drink and excellent music...for a special evening to remember!

Reservation only - Limited space. Please only RSVP if you plan to attend. If your plans change, please remember to change your RSVP since this is a small intimate restaurant with limited seating so that a paying can take your place. It is important to provide accurate headcount to our local establishments to keep them in business. Thank you for understanding.

To watch & listen to video of the band, click here:
THE KOOTZ VIDEO

To check out the menu, click here:
thekootz.com/audio/kootz-2009-demo-sampler.mp3

DON'T BE SINGLE...COME OUT AND MINGLE!

EVERYONE IS WELCOME!