Jim Murphy thanks God he's a country boy
Brick man looks back on lifetime love of country music
BY PATRICIA A. MILLER Staff Writer
      BRICK TOWNSHIP - So how does an Irish kid born and raised in Plainfield, New Jersey end up inAmerica's Old Time CountryMusic Hall of Fame? It all beganwhen JimMurphywas a boy back in the late 1930s. He would hunker down next to the family's radio and tune into WAAT, out of Newark. The station ha...
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IN THE ARTS
Danke schoen, Wayne
      Wayne Newton will bring his spectacular show to the Count Basie Theatre in Red Bank Thursday, Feb. 21, 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $80 and $50 and are on sale now at the box office at 99Monmouth St., online at countbasietheatre.org or by calling (732) 842-9000.
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SICA's high school sculpture competition
      The Shore Institute of the Contemporary Arts in Long Branch is calling for entries for "High Relief," its second annual competition to highlight the work of young sculptors in New Jersey. SICA, 20 Third Ave.
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