While the club generally booked cover bands, word about the Jukes and their powerhouse live show began to spread, and soon they were playing weekends and drawing as many as two thousand fans a night. She agreed and joined the tour three days before its start. S. SOUTHSIDE JOHNNY: Well, you plan in a vague way that you want to get another album done, but even if you write the songs and you know which way you want to go, when you take it to the band, sometimes they change a little bit and they may shift it a little bit in a different direction and you go, "Oh, I like that," or you don't and you say, "Let's not do it that way. I wasnt a big cocaine person, though. We're very close. We were in bands together. 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. Don't Threaten. A pair of movies put Southside Johnny back in the public eye in 1990 -- his version of "Please Come Home for Christmas" appeared in the hit Home Alone, and he recorded a pair of tunes for Captain America, "Memories of You" and "Written in the Wind." Baton twirlers. The singer-songwriter and the frontman of Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes is known for influencing what critics call the "New Jersey sound," but if you ask him about it as I did, he would tell you that this sound does not exist. What about the "New Jersey magic" that transforms musicians into stars? It is a unique moment in time. Mostly retired people. I don't look at it so externally. I have a lot of women friends. A. I went to Monmouth College for two and a half years and majored in English literature. I detested school. She worked along with my father. If they needed a singer and this was in the guitar-hero era, two verses and then 20 minutes of a guitar solo I became the singer. Low 49F. After years of singing backup for her husband, Springsteen contributed backing vocals to several "Rumble Doll" songs. If I'd gone out and played it live, it would've made the record more accessible to people. Another studio effort with the Jukes, 2010's Pills and Ammo, confirmed that Southside and his colleagues were still working in top form, and he dug into his '70s soul and R&B influences for 2015's Soultime. 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. Q. 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. I thought this is what people do. From Brucebase: Bruce (and several E-Streeters) with Southside Johnny in the early hours of August 31 (1978) following their gig at the Richfield Coliseum. They're glowing. 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. Information: (714) 496-8930. 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). A. 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The album is on Cypress Records, the independent label whose roster leans toward such mellow folk-pop artists as Jennifer Warnes, Leonard Cohen and Jesse Colin Young. Starting with I Dont Want to Go Home in 1976, Southside Johnny & the Asbury Jukes released three classic Van Zandt-produced albums that epitomized the Jersey Shore sound. The group's most recent concert in New Jersey was on New Year's Eve at the Count Basie Theater in Red Bank. Still, he admitted, Its not an easy sell--this kind of music--to a lot of stations. Radio, he believes, is even more restricted than it was in the 70s. But he started to have success after his third album, and we all got the chance to put our foot in the door too. The album entered the Billboard charts at No. I always feel self-conscious. It was just perfect. This was not the kind of music that other people listened to, but I didnt know that. Socially conscious songwriting was one new direction that Lyon didnt foresee as he began work on Slow Dance. But as he commuted in from New Jersey to work in a Manhattan studio with co-producer Steve Skinner, the scene that confronted him each day at the New York Port Authority bus terminal demanded commentary. ", Per AllMusic, Scialfa wrote all 12 songs on "Rumble Doll." Who were your role models or sources of inspiration when you began your music career? "Steven (Van Zandt) always wanted to be active politically and to play music and now he's an actor as well (on The Sopranos). Who gave him the nickname Southside? "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. The Jukes have had a number of personnel changes over the years. 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. There are times when I feel, What am I--chopped liver? Lyon acknowledged. 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. 1949-64 We email each other and send pictures, and I have a number of women friends that I do that with. A. Anyone can read what you share. A. Indeed there isand it's a great one. There are other things I'm interested in. It's a friendship that has held fast more than four decades. I thought it was a great record. But after graduating from Neptune High School on the Jersey Shore in 1967, you enrolled at Monmouth College. "Change for the sake of change is not always a good thing," said Mr. Lyon, who is 45. I don't really sell many records. Time to find out. Thats got to be $1,000 worth of cocaine and youre only making $500 a night? It could get a boost if the video catches on, but Southside Johnny records have never been huge sellers, even in the glory days. The site's review called the album a "slow seduction" and noted, "there's not a bad song in the bunch, and the title track is a gem." Tell me about the women in your life. Then once that idea got into you, you never wanted to let it go, because what are the alternatives? Bruce Springsteen was the man who took the sound of the Jersey Shore music scene to the world, but it was Southside Johnny (aka John Lyon) who was the early focal point of the scene that produced many of the major figures of the Garden State's rock & roll community.A powerful vocalist whose style is steeped in vintage blues, R&B, and soul, Johnny was the leader and frontman for the group the . Change the name (also URL address, possibly the category) of the page. We were young and we wanted adventure and there was this music that promised that. Be Proactive. They treat us great. "And I've always wanted to be as free and odd and eccentric as I wanted, because I'm just naturally that way - and I can. King play his guitar through the cracked window. Use the 'Report' link on The group has always featured Mr. Lyon's soulful vocals and a horn section, often called the Miami Horns in honor of a Jukes co-founder, (Miami) Steve Van Zandt (a k a Little Steven). It was so great. Click here to edit contents of this page. 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. Wed eat fried chicken and listen to the band. Is Virginia ready for mandated electric vehicles? I dont like making videos, Lyon confessed. I was out here on tour (in late 1988) and I played the Coach House in San Juan Capistrano, and I said, This looks nice, lets move here. And we did.. I don't define myself entirely by music. Find out what you can do. John Lyon (born December 4, 1948), [1] better known by his stage name Southside Johnny, is an American singer-songwriter who usually fronts his band Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes . That was really a Drifters thing. SOUTHSIDE JOHNNY: Yeah, I love The Birchmere. To dream a dream of making music. Q. But I can tell you this. He is an actor, known for Home Alone (1990), Adventures in Babysitting (1987) and The Karate Kid Part II (1986). 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. The Jukes landed a once-a-week gig at an Asbury Park club that had seen better days, the Stone Pony, playing off nights for the door. It was two floors above a Thom McAn shoe store. Playlists | Radio | Podcast Partly cloudy this evening then becoming cloudy with periods of light rain after midnight. The albums appealed to the Jukes' fan base and "I'm So Anxious" from The Jukes became a minor hit, but they didn't expand their audience, and after cutting an excellent live album, 1981's Reach Up and Touch the Sky, Mercury and Southside Johnny parted ways. Scialfa noted in 2004, "I was always friends with a lot of guys, maybe because their girlfriends were girly-girls and they felt safe with me. King album one day. Some record companies understood that. Early on when we were teenagers, I think we understood that we were given a great gift of making music. accounts, the history behind an article. The Upstage Club. That's hard to say, of course. Everybody likes a lot of different things. A more extensive tour, including West Coast dates, probably will come next year. So, out of luck.. Track artist Steve was Miami Steve, and I became Southside Johnny because of my love of Chicago blues. Their son, Evan James Springsteen, was born on July 25, 1990. 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. Notify administrators if there is objectionable content in this page. I don't know if it's courage so much as it's just stubbornness. Patti Scialfa has been a member of Bruce Springsteen's The E Street Band since 1984 and Springsteen's partner since 1988. That record was like really a love letter to my husband, Bruce, and had very few characters in it. One of the things I'm most proud of is that the Jukes haven't lost their edge on stage. SOUTHSIDE JOHNNY: No. 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. It leaves you with a strong feeling of respect. 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. People come and go; that's part of the business. For better or for worse, playing in a band is never the same. Three big musicians: Jon Bon Jovi, Bruce Springsteen and yourself come from that area, and you all know each other. It was a great education for all of us. 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. I did it once and went on stage and my voice dried out. It brings out a slightly different show in that it's so intimate and we do different songs, but we still rock out. rights reserved. Get an email notification whenever someone contributes to the discussion. 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 collected that kind of music, so they would play their English kind of invasion music and garage bands and I'd play blues. All the facilities are there, but the internet makes it so that you can disseminate your 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. I think we know what it takes to keep an audience and to make them want to come back. Thats the nature of this kind of long-lived horn band. New Jersey music icon Southside Johnny Lyon is doing "fine" during the coronavirus outbreak and he has plenty of toilet paper, too. The fact that young people were starting to make their own music and there was audience for that. 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. 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. If she worked the day shift, I'd say, Mom, I'm going to stay home today and I'll clean the house, do the dishes, make the beds, vacuum, do all the different things, and she said, Okay, of course. You know, I hated school and I wasn't really getting a lot out of it. "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. Career: Band leader and lead singer of Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes. They come home from work, have a couple of beers, and put on [Wynonie Harris] Dont Roll Those Bloodshot Eyes at Me.. Thats in dispute. This copy is for your personal non-commercial use only. My life has been an adventure; I want to keep it that way. Their second child, Jessica Rae Springsteen, was born on December 30, 1991 and their third child, Sam Ryan Springsteen, was born on January 5, 1990. It leaves you with a strong feeling of respect. "I was living with Miami Steve (Van Zandt, Southside's guitarist, songwriting partner and producer before departing for Springsteen's E Street band) and Albany Al in a three-bedroom apartment," recalls the 63-year-old rock vet. Ive been very lucky. Nevertheless, the old links to Springsteen and Van Zandt are inescapable, given the mutual roots, and the fact that they wrote many of the Jukes most notable songs. Let's do it this way," but it's the same thing onstage. The Sundance Blues Band fizzled out after the closing of the Upstage Club, and by 1972 Springsteen had founded a hard rock band called Steel Mill. Q. Goes Out newsletter, with the week's best events, to help you explore and experience our city. "And I have a horn section and he doesn't.". In a 2004 interview with Acoustic Storm, Scialfa said of her first record, "It was a very honest record for me and I was very happy with it because I can put that record on and it really expresses a very specific time in my life honestly and creatively. This is the official Southside Johnny & The Asbury Jukes Facebook Page. Do you connect with them? We'd love to hear eyewitness Put a guitar part on it," and you can do it with anybody around the world. We sat down after that and talked about working together again, Lyon said. Economics is not your strong suit. In an interview that year with NPR's Weekend Edition, Scialfa said the idea behind the record "was to go into the complexities of a long-term relationship. ", 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." Not 'I'm gonna try to be a musician.' Most of the changes have been for the better of the band. Going to Jukesville followed in 2002, and the tough, eclectic Into the Harbour was issued in 2006. I worked during the day and performed at night. And every musician had to have a nickname. "It's tough in the music business to stay close in the sense of seeing each other,'' says Southside of the enduring bond between him, Van Zandt, Springsteen and the rest of the Jersey crew. 1,083 talking about this. Bruce Springsteen was the breakout star. 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. 1977 | 1978 | 1979 | 1980 Youve got to work hard to prove that you belong there, and once you do that, they're on your side. person will not be tolerated. Whats the big deal about changing your pronouns? 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 I think that would be boring. He was born as John Lyon in New Jersey. Steve Van Zandt was the songwriter-producer and Springsteen sidekick and consigliere who would go on to The Sopranos and Underground Garage satellite radio notoriety. Storyteller | Eyewitness ", Scialfa's second album, "21st Street Lullaby," followed in 2004. I didn't want to have anything to do with any record companies, so my friend Garry Tallent, who was Bruce Springsteen's bass player for all those decades, he and I went to high school together and he said, "Come on down to Nashville and meet some people. Its not a case of feuding between old friends, he explained, but of being caught up in careers and personal lives that dont often intersect. That year, Springsteen married model Julianne Phillips; Scialfa had reportedly told people that she had feelings for her boss, but she didn't sit around pining for him, even briefly dating actor Tom Cruise as well as various New York musicians. Understandably frustrated with the business, Southside briefly dropped out of music and relocated to Tennessee, but in 1996, he staged a low-key tour of Europe, where he discovered he still had an audience, and a four-night stand at the Chesterfield Cafe in Paris became the basis of a live album, Spittin' Fire. "And he just was riveting, and I thought 'Wow, who is this guy?' 1978's Hearts of Stone was a superb distillation of everything Southside Johnny & the Asbury Jukes had been trying to do with their music in the early years, and when it failed to sell significantly better than its predecessors, it signaled some major changes for the band. With the addition of a horn section, the Blackberry Booze Band evolved into Southside Johnny & the Asbury Jukes. We had cheerleaders. Some people thought its success would give both you and the Jukes increased exposure, particularly with younger audiences. And we were tenacious about it. 1966-07-26 Business District, Asbury Park, NJ, 1966-07-25 Business District, Asbury Park, NJ, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 License. View all concerts Chase City, VA, US Change location 2,658 fans get concert alerts for this artist. A lot of those, Steven and Bruce and those people, had not heard a lot of Chicago blues, some, but not a lot of them. But then there's other songs just about living, and trying to find out who you are, where are the people around you, where are you going to set your compass, and are you going to follow that; where are you going to set your moral compass, and are you going to follow it. each comment to let us know of abusive posts. Call 519-635-6257 or purchase online at. 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. Southside Johnny Lyon (John Lyon) was born on 4 December, 1948 in Neptune, New Jersey, USA, is a Soundtrack, Actor, Miscellaneous. Published May 9, 2019 Dan DeLuca I cover pop music, from what's happening in the local scene to national trends and touring acts. 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. We swapped musical educations. Wow. So whats he doing in--gulp--San Clemente? No. Rich L.A. homeowners are snapping them up, High school basketball: Southern California and Northern California Regional results and updated pairings, Madonna salutes late brother Anthony Ciccone for blowing my mind as a young girl, L.A. Phils 2023-24 season lineup celebrates the 20th anniversary of Walt Disney Concert Hall, Cardi B changes tune on community service, calls it best thing, spiritual journey, Moroccan singer convicted of rape in Paris, gets 6-year term, Jonas Brothers promise Broadway residency will be a walk down musics memory lane. One of the seminal figures on the New Jersey rock scene and a gifted, charismatic singer steeped in soul, blues, and R&B. I think we knew it at the time. There was nothing that was attractive other than music, so that's what you did You were tenacious about following that one opportunity to do the one thing you really loved. Southside Johnny paid homage to one of his earliest influences on his 2017 solo effort, Detour Ahead: The Music of Billie Holiday, in which he went into the studio with a jazz ensemble and cut nuanced but passionate takes on 11 of Lady Day's most memorable songs. In the song, Lyon channels his anger over the citys neglect of homeless people into sassy, edgy ironic humor that fits into an old blues tradition of laughing when it hurts too much to cry: You pray to God, but he never seems to hear/Youre in the mayors prayers, Lord, make them disappear, Lyon sings in a voice that is half biting, half bemused. Ive had 20 years in this music business, and Ill have 20 more. 1973 | 1974 | 1975 | 1976 He walked on stage, and the crowd just went nuts, Lyon said. The first Southside Johnny & the Asbury Jukes compilation to be released in America since Super Hits, this 2013 collection casts a wider net than that 2001 set, incorporating a couple of cuts from Southside Johnny 's albums for Universal. It's just the perfect stage for us in some ways. The three of you influenced each other, so how did Bruce Springsteen and Jon Bon Jovi influence you? They don't want us to be the same set list every night. His answer was to take 6 months away from the band to record his first album on his own, Slow Dance. Instead of the punchy, beer-and-sawdust party music associated with the Jukes, it is a low-key album, given mostly to ballads. 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 One of the reasons I got into rock-and-roll was because I wanted to avoid the tediousness of life. Leroy was launched with 2000's Messin' with the Blues, which featured the latest edition of the Asbury Jukes. Two years later, the group signed a recording contract with Epic Records and released the album "I Don't Want To Go Home." Southside Johnny and The Poor Fools Thursday (Feb. 2), 8 p.m. There was no alcohol, so teenagers could get in. I was always of the mind-set of if you get a better offer for more money, take it. I dont look back that much, but when I do I think: How lucky can anybody be? Watch headings for an "edit" link when available. Well, I don't know what people thought about the record one way or another. Keep it Clean. The homecoming feel of Better Days was solidified with the return of many of the old Jukes. Low 49F. If you do not yet have a Torstar account, you can create one now (it is free), Copyright owned or licensed by Toronto Star Newspapers Limited. Southside Johnny & the Asbury Jukes 8 p.m. Saturday, SugarHouse Casino, 1001 Delaware Ave.. $29. Do you know what I mean? Johnny of Southside Johnny and the Jukes, https://www.nytimes.com/1994/02/27/nyregion/new-jersey-q-a-johnny-lyon-johnny-of-southside-johnny-and-the-jukes.html. I think I earned enough credits to get an associate arts degree, but I'm not sure. So the label agreed to an alternative plan. 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. And, he notes with a laugh, the musical cross-pollination that began decades ago is still going on - most recently, with Springsteen's poaching of the Jukes' brass section. 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. He wanted to thank a fan who left a care package at his doorstep. Those things were never really that important to me, but what was important was, I was allowed to do whatever I wanted onstage or in the studio. Lyon, frontman for the Asbury Jukes, shared an update on social media from his home in Ocean Grove on Monday, March 30. When people ask me for advice, I say, Get some rest, drink lots of water, dont party all night, and certainly dont do cocaine.. I'm proud to be compared to Bruce. A. I take performing and recording very seriously. ", Things You Didn't Know About Bruce Springsteen's Wife Patti Scialfa, Racing In The Street: The Bruce Springsteen Reader. When Soozie Tyrell played violin for the Jukes back in the 70's, early 80's, I thought that was a great sound for the band. Wikidot.com Terms of Service - what you can, what you should not etc. 1981 | 1982 | 1983 | 1984 I havent seen either of them in years or spoken to them, Lyon said. Wedding reception for Southside Johnny and his bride, Jill Glasner. It was so overwhelming that other things just didn't matter as much. Southside Johnny's story is one of resilience, perseverance and making music for the love of music. By 1971, Lyon had formed a group called the Sundance Blues Band, which featured Lyon on lead vocals and harp, as well his high school friend Garry Tallent and other future stars such as Steven Van Zandt, Vini Lopez, David Sancious, and a promising guitarist named Bruce Springsteen. As the Asbury Jukes were becoming one of New Jersey's most popular acts, Bruce Springsteen grew out of his local following into a respected journeyman rock & roller after he landed a deal with Columbia Records in 1973, and his third album, 1975's Born to Run, transformed him into a legitimate star, a critical favorite who finally connected with a mass audience. 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. I always took that as a tremendous compliment because some of the best music Ive heard has been in bars. Terms of Service - what you can do it this way, '' followed in.... 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