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Jigs – “The Melody”

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  Melody Bar 5th Annual Reunion is tonight in New Brunswick!

Jigs (star of Rockin' Brunswick) performs “The Melody” on WRSU-Radio.   Hear the whole interview and learn more about Rockin’ Brunswick. 

Or get the DVD of Rockin’ Brunswick, here.

Posted by Paul Devlin

  Melody Bar 5th Annual Reunion is tonight in New Brunswick!

Jigs (star of Rockin' Brunswick) performs “The Melody” on WRSU-Radio.   Hear the whole interview and learn more about Rockin’ Brunswick. 

Or get the DVD of Rockin’ Brunswick, here.

Rockin’ Brunswick – Jigs and the Pigs – “Daddy” (3 of 12)

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Jim Wood (of my upcoming movie The Front Man) loves the intro to this piece from Rockin’ Brunswick.

“Uh, the song “Daddy,” is really about my father”.  Classic Jigs.  Also a heartfelt song.

Jigs grew up near me in a family of 12 kids, 6 boys and 6 girls.  Many of them are musicians.

They were an amazing family, an inspiration to a lot of us in our hometown.  But no doubt there were a lot of challenges in a household that big.  Jigs’ mother, Phyllis, wrote all about it in her book, When You Come to the End of Your Rope, There’s Hope.

Jigs’ father, Sal Giglio, died last year around Christmas time. As Jigs put it, his father “pulled off the perfect death” – at home, with an opportunity to say goodbye to his family.  He will be missed.  A sad occasion, but also the first time in years all 12  Giglio “kids” were all together.  I had the honor of taking this photo of the entire family.

Stay tuned next week for more bands from Rockin’ Brunswick.
The DVD of the complete movie is also available here!

Rockin’ Brunswick – Jigs and the Pigs – “Let Go” (2 of 12)

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Joe (“Jigs”) Giglio lived across a small park from me growing up and we were best friends in grade school. 

Jigs' first single "Reason I Rock" was a hit in New Brunswick, NJ and set the tone for a lively rock and roll scene there in the '80s.  His band, Jigs and the Pigs, was one of the most popular at the time and they featured prominently in my first documentary Rockin’ Brunswick.

We played the movie up and down the East Coast on public access television (the YouTube of its day).  Rockin' Brunswick became very popular.  We knew we were on to something when Jigs started getting recognized walking around Greenwich Village in New York City.

I invite anyone familiar with those days to share their stories in the Comments below.

Keep an eye out for more videos each week from Rockin’ Brunswick.
The DVD of the complete movie is also available here!