Former Bon Jovi guitarist Matt O’Ree has been a driving force in the blues/rock music scene for the last 20 years. Now he fronts the Matt O’Ree Band, which will perform at the Gia Maione Prima Studio Theater at Ocean County College this Thursday, Nov. 3, at 7 p.m. The event is part of an album release celebration for Hand in Glove, and the band will be numbering and signing the first 100 CD prints.

O’Ree – who has been inducted into the NY/NJ Blues Hall of Fame, and crowned “King of the Blues” by BB King himself –…