Please join us virtually on Thursday, June 5 at 7pm when Tom Beaujour sits down with “Hoboken Jack” Silbert for our next episode of Hoboken Talks! This online program will be livestreamed on YouTube and Facebook.

Born in Paris, France (hence the funny last name), Tom Beaujour grew up in New York City but called Hoboken home from April 1997 to August 2022. He was one of the first employees of James Mastro’s Guitar Bar and was married to Maria McKenna, a full-fledged Hoboken native, on the stage of Maxwells in 2001. The ceremony was performed, of course, by James Mastro.

Tom is a recording engineer and producer, and had two recording studios in town, including in the B room of Water Music, right across from the ShopRite! Beaujour has worked with Hoboken’s Karyn Kuhl, Attacker, the Demolition String Band, Tammy Faye Starlight, Tim Foljahn, and the Royal Arctic Institute, as well as with Nada Surf, Guided by Voices, the Juliana Hatfield Three, Rye Coalition, Das Damen, and many others.

A lifelong guitarist, Beaujour performed at CBGB’s for the first time at the age of 15 and subsequently in groups like Shake Appeal, True Love and in a fictional band called Side Boob that appeared on two episodes of the Netflix series Orange is the New Black. Beaujour currently plays with Sub Pop recording artists Aeon Station and with Valley Lodge, the band that wrote and performs the theme song for “Last Week Tonight with John Oliver”. Finally, Beaujour co-hosts a guitar and comedy podcast called “Axe Lords” with the comedian Dave Hill and the luthier Cindy Hulej. Tom is often tired.

We can’t wait for this musical episode!