Another thing that is interesting about you is that you didn't plan your career or your life, which you mentioned in one of your interviews. 2008 also saw Southside & the Jukes celebrate the 30th anniversary of the release of Hearts of Stone with a series of shows at Asbury Park's Stone Pony, one of which was recorded and released by Leroy in 2009 as Hearts of Stone Live. If you made a friend in Germany who's a guitar player and you got this song, you can send it to him and say, "What do you think? 1989 | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 Get an email notification whenever someone contributes to the discussion. 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. Southside Johnny's story is one of resilience, perseverance and making music for the love of music. Im not a nostalgist. I want to be on the same radio station that plays Nine Inch Nails and LL Cool J and Tom Waits. Don't knowingly lie about anyone The album entered the Billboard charts at No. This led to Southside Johnny reviving the Jukes as a live act, playing occasional shows in the United States and touring Europe and the U.K. every year. We do not monetize a photo in any way, but if you want your photo to be removed, let us know, and we will remove it. I have a real iron throat. accounts, the history behind an article. Steven (Van Zandt) will go out and live with the people hes going to write about and learn as much as he can. Wedding reception for Southside Johnny and his bride, Jill Glasner. I've always known what the Jukes ought to sound like. 1973 | 1974 | 1975 | 1976 PLEASE TURN OFF YOUR CAPS LOCK. Be Truthful. The move came at a lull in Lyons musical career, and life in San Clemente (which he shares with his wife, Jill, and their two canaries) has been mostly quiet: walks in nearby Ronald W. Caspers Wilderness Park, drinks on the pier at sunset, movie outings. It's one of my favorite places to play. Southside Johnny Lyon (John Lyon) was born on 4 December, 1948 in Neptune, New Jersey, USA, is a Soundtrack, Actor, Miscellaneous. I have a vague idea about what I want to do and I'd like a set list, but if at any moment I want to do a different song, I'll just call out the title of the song or the opening riff and we'll do it. ", Things You Didn't Know About Bruce Springsteen's Wife Patti Scialfa, Racing In The Street: The Bruce Springsteen Reader. So I would vacuum and make the beds and play their records and sing along with them. My life has been an adventure; I want to keep it that way. Going to school, becoming a teacher, working at the Pepsi Cola bottling? It was such a great time. It was open from 8 till 5 oclock in the morning. Southside Johnny was born on December 4th, 1948 which makes him 68 years old. While the group's membership has gone through dozens of changes since the mid-'70s, with Southside at the vocal mike their sound has remained remarkably consistent from their '70s efforts (1976's I Don't Want to Go Home, 1978's Hearts of Stone) to their 21st century sessions (2002's Going to Jukesville, 2010's Pills and Ammo), though the group did detour into dance music on 1983's Trash It Up (produced by Nile Rodgers). Southside Johnny Tickets, Tour Dates & Concerts 2024 & 2023 - Songkick Southside Johnny On tour: yes Southside Johnny is not playing near you. 1966-07-26 Business District, Asbury Park, NJ, 1966-07-25 Business District, Asbury Park, NJ, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 License. Q. Click here to edit contents of this page. Even though his friends Bruce Springsteen and. General Wikidot.com documentation and help section. A. I'm interested in combining things, like the sounds of the old vocal groups, the blues, even something as foreign sounding as the violin. He carried himself as a person who has something to say, and still does. In October, Southside Johnny & the Asbury Jukes were joined by fellow Jerseyans Van Zandt, Springsteen and Jon Bon Jovi for a full concert at the Stone Pony. She studied jazz at the University of Miami before moving to New York and starting busking on street corners, singing in clubs, and doing session work in studios. Its one thing to do Fever and I Dont Want to Go Home, which I still love and get a great reaction, but when you get a new song that you havent played a thousand times and it still gets a great reaction, its really a big thrill.. I agree. Your last album, "Better Days," was perhaps the most critically acclaimed album you've done since "Hearts of Stone." In 1984, E Street Band member Nils Lofgren was too sick to join Springsteen and the rest of the band on tour, and Springsteen asked Scialfa to join as a backup singer. Why did you decide to move to Nashville at one point in your life? I read that your mom let you stay home and listen to music instead of going to school. And Lyon found himself wondering whether he ever would be able to develop a musical direction beyond the horn-driven, roots-conscious R&B; that was the Jukes specialty. In 2007, Scialfa released her third solo album, "Play It As It Lays." The connection continues on Slow Dance with Walking Through Midnight, a fine ballad of inner turmoil and frustrated yearning that Lyon and Springsteen wrote 10 years ago. With 1978's Hearts of Stone, Southside Johnny and the group stepped up their game and produced what was widely regarded as their strongest album to date, a more dramatic and personal set with strong songwriting and ferocious performances. And God knows Ive been in enough of them.. Most of us didn't go to college for a career. Thats got to be $1,000 worth of cocaine and youre only making $500 a night? "They were all 'I'm gonna be a musician!' Then once that idea got into you, you never wanted to let it go, because what are the alternatives? Still, the music I make isn't really like the music he makes. 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. Threats of harming another Did you have this kind of connection that is not superficial? . We rode up this hill, and right there was this big 8-ball on a pillar. He had a gold top Les Paul, and he wrote songs and sang and put together bands and was a great guy to know.". Bobby Bandiera and I have been writing songs. There are times when I feel, What am I--chopped liver? Lyon acknowledged. Scialfa said of her trajectory as an artist, "A lot of it is my own ambivalence, because if you really want to get something done, you get it done. I think he started to remember how much fun it was to make that kind of music, just the heartfelt R&B; style, whether it be up-tempo or slow.. Coronavirus in NJ: Bon Jovi says son Jake is '100 percent' recovered from COVID-19 scare. It had never happened to me before. The year was 1967, says Southside, or maybe '68, and New Jersey was alive with the sounds of the primitive, pre-Beatles rock and Stax soul that would infuse both his and Springsteen's work. SOUTHSIDE JOHNNY: I kind of got fed up with the record business, the music business, and I didn't want to work anymore. And some hand sanitizer and wipes. Not 'I'm gonna try to be a musician.' Partly cloudy this evening then becoming cloudy with periods of light rain after midnight. I think that most of the people who come to see us want that. What about the "New Jersey magic" that transforms musicians into stars? That's hard to say, of course. We reinforced our belief in ourselves. It's just the perfect stage for us in some ways. Bruce, we all thought was really going to be something, though we didnt expect him to get as huge as he got. 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. Most E Street Band and Asbury Jukes members (past and present) were in attendance. The album received great reviews, but while Southside and the band were touring in support, Impact Records, the label that released it, went bankrupt, which left the record dead in the water. The band developed a large following in Richmond, Virginia, and when Springsteen invited Southside to tag along and sing a few songs at a Richmond gig, Johnny quickly acquired a new girlfriend and was invited to join a band called Studio B. 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. Much of the new material explores how it feels to be us now, looking back, Lyon said. And we were tenacious about it. Its a good time in my life. Lyon and Bandiera already have performed two weeks of acoustic gigs in Europe in support of the album, and will head East in December with the full band for a two-week tour. I detested school. For more information, visit https://www.birchmere.com. "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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While a video of the title tune earned some scattered MTV airplay, the album wasn't a hit, and they returned to something closer to their signature sound on 1984's In the Heat. I gave out money each day, and the song (Little Calcutta) just got wrenched out of me by the experience.. I always feel self-conscious. 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. This copy is for your personal non-commercial use only. Q. The fact that young people were starting to make their own music and there was audience for that. Some of the group's most noted songs were composed by Mr. Van Zandt and Mr. Springsteen, a longtime supporter of the band. 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! Sometimes after the weekend was over, we'd go out for a hamburger." Johnny Lyon, is telling me over the phone from somewhere on the New Jersey Shore. You'd go into a literature class in high school and you've already read all the books, so you go, "God, this is going to be a long season here.". There are other things I'm interested in. I had a care package left on my porch today from a fan who left her initial as K, Lyon said. 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. What's the secret? Hang in there and we will have a party as soon as possible. I worked during the day and performed at night. 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 "It really was a great crucible, and sort of our college, because we were teenagers back then, and we learned so many styles of music - country and western, blues, guitar rock - because nobody said 'no' to anything. I already knew Garry Tallent and Vini Lopez. So it was a confluence of things. director Tom Jones documentary about the rise, fall, and revival of the central Jersey boardwalk town showing in theaters May 22 and 29. Published May 9, 2019 Dan DeLuca I cover pop music, from what's happening in the local scene to national trends and touring acts. Soundtrack: Home Alone. Lyon developed a taste for harder blues and R&B from listening to the radio late at night, and in his early teens, he began learning to play harmonica after "borrowing" one from his brother, who had bought a guitar and fancied himself the next Bob Dylan. Do you connect with them? Since leaving Springsteens E Street Band in 1984, Van Zandt had turned much of his musical and personal attention to political causes, including the founding of Artists United Against Apartheid. Steve Van Zandt was out as producer and principle songwriter (he was also busy with his other gig in Bruce Springsteen's E . But lately, he has spent a lot of time on the road, leaving the canaries with neighbors. He believes every musician has his or her unique sound. He was very patient, very willing to teach. That record was like really a love letter to my husband, Bruce, and had very few characters in it. I really liked it and I moved down there, but I didn't move down there because of the music. His multiple awards include recognition for stories on both Bruce Springsteen and Jersey Shore. Contact him at @chrisfhjordan; cjordan@app.com. Southside Johnny has long been considered the Grandfather of "the New Jersey Sound ." Jon Bon Jovi has acknowledged Southside Johnny as his "reason for singing." But the truth is, I basically ignored the entire thing as much as I could. I just think it's a great time to make music, and you can communicate with musicians around the world. 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,. S. 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. SOUTHSIDE JOHNNY: No. Chris Jordan, a Jersey Shore native, covers entertainment and features for the USA Today Network New Jersey. It seems to me thats cutting your own throat; the more people you attract to your station, the bigger base you have. Leroy was launched with 2000's Messin' with the Blues, which featured the latest edition of the Asbury Jukes. Meanwhile, Lyon has landed appearances on The Tonight Show and Late Night With David Letterman. And theres a video of Its Been a Long Time, the shooting of which picked up national media attention. The album included references to everyone from writer Sylvia Plath to racecar driver Shirley Muldowney to '60s girl groups like the Chiffons. Maybe I need to descend further into the pit of life.Profile. His go-to basses with the Asbury Jukes are a Fender Precision bass, and a short scale Jerry Jones Longhorn. They loved good music and they had great senses of humor and some sarcasm. Playlists | Radio | Podcast that is degrading to another person. Even though his friends Bruce Springsteen and Jon Bon Jovi achieved more fame, Southside Johnny's unmatched dedication will be remembered forever. I think I earned enough credits to get an associate arts degree, but I'm not sure. As the Sundance Blues Band and its offshoots became frequent attractions at the Upstage, Southside was playing several sets a night, four or five nights a week, and he began seriously considering a career as a professional musician. View/set parent page (used for creating breadcrumbs and structured layout). But I'm not anywhere near ready to give it all up. Tell me about the women in your life. My parents loved music. I felt I was in a rut, and I had a big crisis, Lyon said over the phone last week from his home in Montclair, N.J., taking time out from making pumpkin pies that he and his wife, Jill, would serve for Thanksgiving dinner the next day at a soup kitchen in Newark. Wow. You can't go out there and hope people like you. Featured Pages, Gig Pages It is a unique moment in time. A. I certainly hope so. Republication or distribution of this content is I don't really sell many records. Southside Johnny and The Asbury Jukes: 2005: Maxine Brown: All the Time in the World: Southside Johnny with LaBamba's Big Band: September 2008: Tom Waits: A Whiter Shade of Pale: Southside Johnny and The Asbury Jukes: 2004: Procol Harum: Back in the U.S.A. Southside Johnny and The Asbury Jukes: 1981: Chuck Berry: Billie's Blues: Southside . SOUTHSIDE JOHNNY: That's correct. 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." Three big musicians: Jon Bon Jovi, Bruce Springsteen and yourself come from that area, and you all know each other. You can be attracted to a woman, but once you start talking, they become a human being and you become a human being to them, and if there's a human connection, that's one thing, but I've never really been attracted on a surface level. Maybe I'm not old enough. I always say this. Its not my natural bent to write a socially committed song, Lyon said. That was an all-black band that had Clarence Clemons, and theres this little skinny white kid Garry Tallent playing bass. You could make a career out of it. The homecoming feel of Better Days was solidified with the return of many of the old Jukes. "Change for the sake of change is not always a good thing," said Mr. Lyon, who is 45. I never have looked at women, except for about 15 to 16, 17 years old, as sex objects. 1,083 talking about this. For nearly 20 years, Johnny Lyon and his band, the Asbury Jukes, have carried on a music tradition steeped in rhythm-and-blues and blue-collar rock-and-roll that has made them one of the state's most enduring pop-music groups. SOUTHSIDE JOHNNY: I do connect with them. Chance of rain 70%. I went through months of that. 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. Whats the big deal about changing your pronouns? 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