originally published: 01/22/2026
(RED BANK, NJ) -- Join Asbury Park Theater Company as they celebrate Joe Cocker's groundbreaking live album and tour, Mad Dogs & Englishmen, on Saturday, February 14, 2026 on the Hackensack Meridian Health Theatre stage at the Count Basie Center for the Arts. The show, previously announced as a two-night event at Ocean Grove's Jersey Shore Arts Center, makes a sudden surprise move to the Basie due to special demand and limitations for audience and production at the OG venue. An exciting move for the growing and evolving theater company, this is the first time Remember Jones will bring this show to the Basie stage.
Serving as a dedication to Joe Cocker and Leon Russell, the show will be recreated with a 20-piece band in similar style of the original tour including, for your delight, Cosmic Kiddies, English Roadies, Children with the Answers, Cooking Italians, Presidents of Recording Companies, Acrobatics and Displays, The Odd Sane Dog, The Space Choir, Assorted Sound Freaks, and All Elements of the Truth.
This event will feature guests and full choir, including all songs from the entire tour beyond those on the original album release, with large interpretations of songs by rock and soul greats including The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, Bob Dylan, Ray Charles, Otis Redding, Leonard Cohen, Traffic, Leon Russell, and more. Songs from the original tour include: “With a Little Help from My Friends,’ “She Came in Through the Bathroom Window,” “Let It Be,” “Feelin’ Alright,” “Honky Tonk Women,” “Cry Me a River,” “Darling Be Home Soon,” “Delta Lady”, "The Letter", and many other favorites.
Different from previously announced Ocean Grove shows, tickets buyers now have the opportunity to choose their seats, including a special VIP Pre-Show set with the band and Meet and Greet with Remember Jones. This allows 6:30pm entry and a 7:00pm performance, before full doors at 7:30 for the 8:00pm performance.
Previous ticket buyers received an email with a pre-sale code and refunds to tickets purchased through TicketLeap for original shows. Tickets are available for purchase online starting Friday, January 23rd at 10:00am. Count Basie Center for the Arts is located at 99 Monmouth Street in Red Bank, New Jersey.
Taking on lead vocals is national song-stylist and showman Remember Jones, who is on the rise while sharing stages with notable acts such as Bruce Springsteen, George Clinton & Parliament Funkadelic, Dionne Warwick, Ronnie Spector & The Ronettes, Darlene Love, Buster Poindexter, Southside Johnny & The Asbury Jukes, Low Cut Connie, and more.
Remember Jones has been a member of the acclaimed Everyone Orchestra alongside Robert Randolph, Steve Kimock and members of Ween, moe., The Roots, The Revivalists, and more. He has been mentioned in Rolling Stone, Variety, Paste, Relix, and more with his original music, high energy, show-band staging, and creative, theatrical events playing to packed and sold-out clubs and theaters throughout the United States.
Remember Jones will tour Mad Dogs at several venues throughout February, with many shows nearly sold-out, including February 6th at The Suffolk in Riverhead, NY, February 7th at South Orange Performing Arts Center, Feb 19 at The Warehouse at Fairfield Theater Company in Fairfield, CT, Feb 21 at Colonial Theatre in Phoenixville, PA, and Feb 28 at Bethel Woods Center for the Arts in Bethel, NY. All tickets available at http://www.rememberjones.com/tour
