band Surrender in 1976 as lead vocalist until 1981. 1980-1995 In 1980, Bowen had been invited by Scarlet Rivera to sing vocals for the first time on a record album for the song “Lift Away”, which was on Rivera's Jerry Wexler-produced second album: Scarlet Fever. Then, upon Clemons’ opening Big Man's West, a nightclub in Red Bank, New Jersey, Bowen started working as the doorman. Around this time in 1981, Clemons had asked Bowen to join him as lead vocalist for the Red Bank Rockers, where he would sing lead on their debut album Rescue, which featured "Woman's Got the Power" and a Bruce Springsteen composition, "Savin' Up". The Red Bank Rockers would tour extensively between 1981 and 1984, including an appearance on the Alan Thicke's late night TV show Thicke of the Night. Also during this period, Bowen lent his vocals to Little Steven & the Disciples of Souls album Men Without Women, the Bruce Springsteen-produced Gary U.S. Bonds album On the Line and the Garry Tallent of the E Street Band-produced album We've Got the Love. One of the highlights of Bruce Springsteen's 1985 Born in the U.S.A. multi-night Meadowland's engagement at Giants Stadium was JT's appearance singing “Woman’s Got the Power” alongside Springsteen . Bowen had fronted many bands as well during this period: notably The Shore Patrol with Asbury Jukes Saxophone player Ed Manion and former E Street drummer Ernest Carter. In the early 1990s, he also had toured Japan with the band Joey Leone's Chop Shop. 2010s In Jan 2011, he performed at Clarence Clemons 69th Birthday Bash at the Hard Rock Cafe Seminole in Hollywood, Fla. He then reemerged on the Asbury Park Music Scene on April 3, 2011, with a sold out Stone Pony show with the Sensational Soul Cruisers. On July 17, 2011, Bowen and the Soul Cruisers were joined on stage at the Wonder Bar by Bruce Springsteen at a tribute show to Clarence Clemons. On October 22, 2011, he joined Springsteen again at the Stone Pony for the Third Annual Boston College Bar Band Bash. References External links A Sensational Night at the Wonder Bar - Lisa Iannucci reporting Living people 1947 births American rhythm and blues singers People from Brielle, New Jersey People from Lakewood Township, New Jersey Musicians from Rochester, New York United States Army soldiers People from Crisfield, Maryland