The Surf City Hotel was all fired up on Friday night as Chevy Lopez brought the heat home for its 15th – yes, 15th – season playing on Long Beach Island.

What initially looked to be a quiet evening swiftly gave way to a sweaty summer get-down as the night lingered on. We’re talking three-deep at the bar and a sea of people shimmying around to the pulse of Chevy Lopez’s funky backbeat – courtesy of drummer Chris Cielazewics and bassist Giovanni Alex Rossini – and coasting over a myriad of…