The full moon was on the rise, peeking in and out between the Victorian peaks of the Lizzie Rose Music Room in Tuckerton on an unseasonably cool night last Thursday. Clouds scudded across the sky, lending to the feeling that something was about to go down as dozens of music fans grabbed their seats for what they hoped would be a memorable evening.

Chuck Lambert, a blues guitar player and singer from Plainfield who’s been called the “Dean of the Jersey Shore Blues Scene,” settled into his chair…