When you watch old clips on YouTube, it's uncanny how closely aligned Springsteen and Southside are musically - both representative of the Jersey Shore sound of the '70s, with its big band rock spiked with romanticism and a rootsy, heartland ethos. You're a little bit timid the first couple of times you get onstage, but then you see those guys really just having a great time and confident that the people that love it are going to go, "That's where I'm going to be." Sales were modest but respectable, and the band toured hard in support, eventually taking a break to cut their second LP, 1977's This Time It's for Real, which featured more guest appearances from R&B heroes (vocal groups the Coasters, the Drifters, and the Five Satins) and songwriting contributions from Springsteen. He is an actor, known for Home Alone (1990), Adventures in Babysitting (1987) and The Karate Kid Part II (1986). each comment to let us know of abusive posts. Too many times I've gone into the recording studio with the idea that the album would sound like this and it comes out sounding like something entirely different. When I plan to make an album, I drive myself insane trying to think of the right thing or things to do, instead of just going into the studio and having fun. Going to school, becoming a teacher, working at the Pepsi Cola bottling? Scialfa was happy to oblige, contributing two new songs; Roth also used two songs from "Rumble Doll." ", New Jersey Q & A: Johnny Lyon; He believes every musician has his or her unique sound. A more extensive tour, including West Coast dates, probably will come next year. Southside Johnny (his nickname comes from his love of the raw, hard-edged brand of blues from Chicago's South Side) and the Asbury Jukes started out in 1974 as the house band at the Stone Pony,. . Maybe Bruce will make an While Lyon remains the same throaty-sounding romantic with classic soul influences, the music is tailored to the late 80s, with programmed rhythms and smooth synthesizer textures. I would hear songs like Louis Armstrong Struttin With Some Barbecue and it felt like there was life somewhere. They're both in love. IF Bruce Springsteen is the heart of New Jersey's rock sound, then Southside Johnny is its soul. I learned a lot from them and that there was a certain sophistication that wasn't really prevalent in the area I grew up in, so they were very unique people, and I'm very grateful to have had them for parents because they taught me how to read good literature and how to laugh and how to listen to music. "I like where I am,'' confides the genial vocalist, content to follow his own muse and, on occasion, tour to places like Kitchener, where he'll play an "acoustic-esque" show of hits and covers with a pared-down version of the Jukes, dubbed The Poor Fools. When did you discover that you were lucky and had a gift? Southside Johnny & the Asbury Jukes 8 p.m. Saturday, SugarHouse Casino, 1001 Delaware Ave.. $29. There's a fascination with the other gender in that you just see the world differently than men do, and I'm always fascinated by that. And we were lucky to find each other. SOUTHSIDE JOHNNY: No. We're very close. They really inspire you with their command of the stage. SOUTHSIDE JOHNNY: My mother and my father were great readers of good literature. A. I went to Monmouth College for two and a half years and majored in English literature. I'm interested in combining things, like the sounds of the old vocal groups, the blues, even something as foreign sounding as the violin. CLEVELAND, Ohio - Go to any Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes show these days (the band still plays regularly up and down the East Coast) and you'll find a new, coveted item amongst fans. http://wfuv.org Follow @wfuv: http://ow.ly/flLAg Southside Johnny and The Asbury Jukes perform "I Don't Want To Go Home" live at The Cutting Room. I dont look back that much, but when I do I think: How lucky can anybody be? We were all scuffling. I dont always remember what Im supposed to do.. When New Jerseys Asbury Park music scene rose up in the 1970s, there were three bright lights on its rock-and-soul triangle. Q. More important, however, it marks a reunion with Steve Van Zandt, who produced and wrote many of the tunes for Lyons first--and best-received--three albums from the mid- to late 70s: I Dont Want to Go Home, This Time Its for Real and Hearts of Stone, the last of which made Rolling Stone magazines 1990 list of the best 100 albums of the previous 20 years. He is back fronting the nine-piece Jukes and resuming a heavy performing schedule that includes shows tonight and Wednesday at the Coach House in San Juan Capistrano, Thursday at the Roxy in West Hollywood, and Friday and Saturday at the Strand in Redondo Beach. You can do that at home or you can go to a studio and do it quickly. I always feel self-conscious. Southside teamed up with Van Zandt, sometimes performing as a duo called Southside Johnny & the Kid, and after Southside worked his way into a combo called the Blackberry Booze Band, he took control of the group and brought in several local players he liked, including Van Zandt. Call 519-635-6257 or purchase online at www.ticketmaster.com/, - Venue change for Thursday's Southside Johnny concert in Kitchener, Anyone can read Conversations, but to contribute, you should be a registered Torstar account holder. "Change for the sake of change is not always a good thing," said Mr. Lyon, who is 45. The album entered the Billboard charts at No. There were times when you needed a record company to get international recognition, but unless you're the top priority for the record company, you might as well do it yourself because you're not going to get that much out of them. I've always respected women. I already knew Garry Tallent and Vini Lopez. Information: (714) 496-8930. Click here to edit contents of this page. Maybe I need to descend further into the pit of life.Profile. I hope all of the Jukes and all of the Juke fans are doing well. "But I walked into the place I used to hang out, the Upstage Club, and this long-haired guy was onstage telling a story about how the nuns taught him the blues by bringing in a B.B. They both worked, and when she had the day shift, she worked at a telephone company as an operator back in the day when they used to have them. A. I certainly hope so. Springsteen, working on his own album, took time to contribute a song, All the Way Home, on which he plays guitar. Since then, Johnny and the Jukes have released more than a dozen albums. Other albums, like "Love is a Sacrifice," "At Least We Got Shoes" and a Southside Johnny solo album, "Slow Dance," followed in the 1980's. But now I have 24 rolls of toilet paper because I had bought some and then re-bought some before this whole thing started, and then my cleaning lady had left me a 12 pack. The great blues mecca of Ocean Grove, New Jersey? His name, of course, was Bruce Springsteen, though at the time he was just another up and coming nobody trying to get a break. Scialfajoined the bandSouthside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes as a backup singer and met Bruce Springsteen at the Asbury Park, New Jersey club the Stone Pony. It was a crisis of faith in his career prospects and his chances for creative growth. . I am fine. It gets tiresome, sure. A. I think that all stations should play all kinds (of music), instead of just trying to narrow their demographic down to this little 18- to 26-year-old white males in suburbia, he said. In a 1996 interview with The Advocate, reprinted on the site Greasy Lake, when asked about the negative reaction some people had to Scialfa and Springsteen falling in love, Springsteen replied, "It's a strange society that assumes it has the right to tell people whom they should love and whom they shouldn't. Hes carried on as a hardworking road warrior for decades since, recording with an ever-evolving Jukes lineup, most recently on the 2015 return to form, Soultime! Most of the changes have been for the better of the band. Q. Partly cloudy this evening then becoming cloudy with periods of light rain after midnight. She once again explained how she always had to balance her solo work with her duties to the E Street Band as well as to her family, noting she had just taken two days off from touring to get her son Evan ready for college. SOUTHSIDE JOHNNY: I think just the dedication to it, kicking ass every night even if there's only 20 people in the audienceYou go out and do your two hours and you play as hard as you can, and it really doesn't matter. Low 49F. The song, with lyrics by Lyon and music by Springsteen, was intended for Southside Johnnys 1978 album, Hearts of Stone, but hadnt surfaced until now. . ", A 2004 interview with the Washington Post noted that "21st Street Lullaby" came out almost exactly 20 years after Springsteen's iconic 1984 album "Born In The USA." Im not driving a truck. I treasure my privacy and l like being left alone on the street.". Learn How rich is He in this year and how He spends money? "Bruce always wanted to make his music count for people. King album one day. We honed our crafts. Gallery | Links We rode up this hill, and right there was this big 8-ball on a pillar. They can download it, and you're so in charge of everything. In a 2004 interview with the Washington Post, Scialfa said of the album "I was happy with the way it was received, and I've met a lot of nice people who seem to know it. ", Per AllMusic, Scialfa wrote all 12 songs on "Rumble Doll." Steven (Van Zandt) will go out and live with the people hes going to write about and learn as much as he can. Q. Maybe I'm not old enough. Keep it Clean. Only because I like a wide range of music and I think everybody would, if they got a chance to hear it., Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information, Travis Barkers finger injury delays Blink-182 tour: One of those freak accidents, The timeless creativity of De La Soul, now (finally) available for the streaming generation, Court orders Kodak Black into drug rehab after rapper allegedly tests positive for fentanyl, Before and after photos from space show storms effect on California reservoirs, Dramatic before and after photos from space show epic snow blanketing SoCal mountains, Yet more rain expected to hit California in March. Tell me about the women in your life. Southside Johnny Lyon was born on 4 December 1948 in Neptune, New Jersey, USA. Southside Johnny Rock Singer #131416 Most Popular Boost Birthday December 4, 1948 Birthplace Ocean Grove, NJ Age 74 years old Birth Sign Sagittarius About Rock and blues singer who was a member of the band Southside Johnny & The Asbury Jukes, the group that released the album I Don't Want to Go Home in 1976. That record was like really a love letter to my husband, Bruce, and had very few characters in it. Im very happy in my life, Im very happily married, I love the band I play with, I love the material I get to play on stage. Now that the pieces are in place, the only thing left is to see how the record sells. We reinforced our belief in ourselves. One of the first drives my wife and I took in San Clemente (was) when I was trying to think, Well, do I really want to live in one of these little California beach towns? Lyon recalled. I don't really sell many records. SOUTHSIDE JOHNNY: Yeah, I can't just be superficial. Bobby Bandiera and I have been writing songs. View/set parent page (used for creating breadcrumbs and structured layout). Get an email notification whenever someone contributes to the discussion. This husband-and-wife-owned shop is full of punk, soul, jazz, reggae, and R&B. You can't go out there and hope people like you. Click here to toggle editing of individual sections of the page (if possible). A powerful vocalist whose style is steeped in vintage blues, R&B, and soul, Johnny was the leader and frontman for the group the Asbury Jukes, whose tough bar band sound married the impact of hard rock with the swing and horn-fueled punch of blues and deep soul. The Boss, of course, went on to write songs for early albums by Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes - including '78's seminal Hearts of Stone - traded off band members with them and occasionally appeared with them in concert. "They were all 'I'm gonna be a musician!' I had to replace the horn section when they went out with Diana Ross. I want to be on the same radio station that plays Nine Inch Nails and LL Cool J and Tom Waits. Van Zandt and Springsteen both figured heavily in the launching of Lyons career in the mid- to late-70s. "He's stealing my saxophone players to replace Clarence (Clemons, who passed away last year), so we steal from each other's bands occasionally.". My real priorities were my family my kids and Bruce and my work with the E Street Band." Not only did we both grow up on the Jersey Shore and play in the same clubs, but we both have the same musical roots. But after graduating from Neptune High School on the Jersey Shore in 1967, you enrolled at Monmouth College. Is Virginia ready for mandated electric vehicles? The album included references to everyone from writer Sylvia Plath to racecar driver Shirley Muldowney to '60s girl groups like the Chiffons. "He's got more straight ahead rock 'n' roll roots and I have more rhythm and blues roots," points out Southside. 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