“So I started as a bartender,” he added, “and then a couple months in, once the COVID restrictions were lifted and things got somewhat normal, I would hop on the piano every once in a while.”
I live right across the bridge, and I was like, ‘All right, I need to start working again.’ Because, when you’re used to being out and about working in this industry, and you sit at home for 10 months, it’s tough. “I sat on the bench for 10 months and was opening.
“Everybody got laid off,” recalled Kulisek. But on Thursdays, Kulisek emerges from behind the bar to entertain patrons with songs as he accompanies himself on piano and acoustic guitar.Ī working musician for many years, the 42-year-old South Jersey lifer entered the hospitality industry as a beverage-program supervisor at an area hotel.
