Good morning, it's Friday, May 25, 2018. Marie Castello was born in Neptune City, New Jersey on this date in 1915. If you don't know that name, you're probably not for the Jersey Shore. I'm not either, but I know rock 'n' roll, which is why several years ago on a trip to Asbury Park, I checked out a fortune teller's booth on the boardwalk that read, “MADAM MARIE'S TEMPLE OF KNOWLEDGE.”
She's gone now. Madam Marie passed away 10 years ago this month. Although I don't necessarily credit sooth-saying, I will venture the opinion that Madam Marie saw enough of life in her 93 years on Earth to read people, if not palms.
I'll have more on this interesting woman, and her connection with modern American music, in a moment.
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