I remember going over to the Orchid Lounge and listening to B.B. It was open from 8 till 5 oclock in the morning. Is Virginia ready for mandated electric vehicles? Then of course, I started meeting a lot of other musicians and I started jamming. They come home from work, have a couple of beers, and put on [Wynonie Harris] Dont Roll Those Bloodshot Eyes at Me.. If you are lazy going through the songs, you wont have an audience. She agreed and joined the tour three days before its start. Use the 'Report' link on "Bruce does these charity shows around Christmas and he always calls and it's fun to do, and we play a lot of Chuck Berry, and he drinks tequila and I drink whisky and a good time is had by all.". 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 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. I am very grateful. We had a Monopoly game on stage. I was always of the mind-set of if you get a better offer for more money, take it. You can do that at home or you can go to a studio and do it quickly. It leaves you with a strong feeling of respect. All "Steven (Van Zandt) always wanted to be active politically and to play music and now he's an actor as well (on The Sopranos). That was Dr. Zoom & the Sonic Boom. Event has been relocated to the Wax Nightclub,125 King St. W., Kitchener Tickets $45. 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. . They loved good music and they had great senses of humor and some sarcasm. 1985 | 1986 | 1987 | 1988 A. Jersey gal Gloria Gaynor's hand-washing 'I Will Survive' video a viral hit, Bon Jovi says son Jake is '100 percent' recovered from COVID-19 scare, Your California Privacy Rights / Privacy Policy. Q. Star Newspapers Limited and/or its licensors. 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. Toronto Star articles, please go to: www.TorontoStarReprints.com, Conversations are opinions of our readers and are subject to the, 211 Pritchard Road, Unit 4, Hamilton ON L8J 0G5. 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? It gets tiresome, sure. Lewis has hits and plays in arenas, while the Jukes still ply the barrooms and roadhouses. Change the name (also URL address, possibly the category) of the page. Southside Johnny Tickets, Tour Dates & Concerts 2024 & 2023 - Songkick Southside Johnny On tour: yes Southside Johnny is not playing near you. 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. 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: To me, the spontaneity of making music is the beauty of it, instead of this idea that you're going to program everything and everything's going to work out right --really just let it go and see where the night takes you.. It's a friendship that has held fast more than four decades. Click here to toggle editing of individual sections of the page (if possible). It seems to me thats cutting your own throat; the more people you attract to your station, the bigger base you have. 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.. Republication or distribution of this content is 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've always respected women. Most E Street Band and Asbury Jukes members (past and present) were in attendance. . There's some really nice people down here," so I did. New Jersey music icon Southside Johnny Lyon is doing "fine" during the coronavirus outbreak and he has plenty of toilet paper, too. The Beatles and the Stones and the Animals those kind of successful garage bands it gave us the impetus to try it. To me, the spontaneity of making music is the beauty of it, instead of this idea that you're going to program everything and everything's going to work out right. Im not a nostalgist. Do you connect with them? My mother worked, and would say it was OK to stay home as long as I cleaned the house. All the activity has been spurred by the release of Better Days, the first Southside Johnny album in three years. Get an email notification whenever someone contributes to the discussion. We've gotten older, but wiser, too. Time to find out. No fallback, no college, no learn another craft - forget it.". My wife, Jill, keeps wondering the same thing. I want to be on the same radio station that plays Nine Inch Nails and LL Cool J and Tom Waits. I actually started singing in front of people when I was 16 years old. Get our L.A. What kind of strategy do you use when it comes time to record? She has been a musician and songwriter throughout her life, and although her own creative pursuits have often taken a back seat to those of her much more famous husband, Scialfa has continued to work both with and without the E Street Band for over 35 years. Bruce Springsteen was the breakout star. Do you agree that it takes a lot of courage? Southside Johnny & the Asbury Jukes 8 p.m. Saturday, SugarHouse Casino, 1001 Delaware Ave.. $29. IF Bruce Springsteen is the heart of New Jersey's rock sound, then Southside Johnny is its soul. It was a crisis of faith in his career prospects and his chances for creative growth. I collected that kind of music, so they would play their English kind of invasion music and garage bands and I'd play blues. Will there be a new one in 1994? You think, well, that's what you have to do. Location: 913 Ocean Ave., Asbury Park, NJ 07712 Contact: 732-502-0600 Hold Fast Records "If you want old vinyl, there is a record shop on Cookman Avenue,'' Lyon says. My real priorities were my family my kids and Bruce and my work with the E Street Band." It brings out a slightly different show in that it's so intimate and we do different songs, but we still rock out. The newly-formed 1982 lineup of The Asbury Jukes (with former E Street Band member Ernest "Boom" Carter on drums) provided the musical entertainment at the reception, along with "special guest" Bruce Springsteen. 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. 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. It's something you just naturally do. You can't go out there and hope people like you. 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. Does it bother you that you are forever being compared with Bruce Springsteen? 1982-08-10 Southside Johnny Wedding Reception, Asbury Park, NJ, {"module":"wiki\/image\/FlickrGalleryModule","params":{"userName":"brucebase wiki","sort":"date-posted-desc","tagMode":"all","perPage":"50","tags":"august,10,1982"}}, Unless otherwise stated, the content of this page is licensed under. 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. Southside Johnny's story is one of resilience, perseverance and making music for the love of music. A. Performing is a way for me to explore my own emotions. Mike Boehm Mike. It leaves you with a strong feeling of respect. I have a real iron throat. I dont look back that much, but when I do I think: How lucky can anybody be? So, out of luck.. The band's most recent album, "Better Days," was released in 1991 on the Impact label. We werent old enough to drink, but because we knew Garry we could get in. 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. Steve was Miami Steve, and I became Southside Johnny because of my love of Chicago blues. It's just natural that you work hard onstage, because it's your chance to make music You don't just go, "Oh, I really don't care.". I said, 'Well, all I know is, this feels real, and maybe I have got a mess going here in some fashion, but that's life. Read Full Biography. ", New Jersey Q & A: Johnny Lyon; So it was a confluence of things. Asbury Jukes hits include Talk to Me, All I Want Is Everything, Hearts of Stone, Trapped Again, I Dont Want to Go Home, Its Been a Long Time and Having a Party.. Most E Street Band and Asbury Jukes members (past and present) were in attendance. I always had kind of a soft spot for Southern Cal, Lyon confessed in an interview at the Hollywood offices of Impact Records, his new label. . Lyon, frontman for the Asbury Jukes, shared an update on social media from his home in Ocean Grove on Monday, March 30. I've always known what the Jukes ought to sound like. A. I'd probably be a writer. I know some of the songs I want to record, but I don't know about the style of those songs. Let me ask you about Nashville. Springsteen's new success persuaded record companies that New Jersey might be a hub for fresh talent, and soon Epic signed Southside Johnny & the Asbury Jukes to a record deal. It was just perfect. Was it always your goal to be a singer and performer? Even then, he says, Springsteen stood out. Even though his friends Bruce Springsteen and. 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. Q. View wiki source for this page without editing. 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. 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. Recorded over six weeks in June and July, Better Days was released late last month. ", Things You Didn't Know About Bruce Springsteen's Wife Patti Scialfa, Racing In The Street: The Bruce Springsteen Reader. A. For the Poor Fools, where they were doing Americana, folk and blues, he mostly played a 1960's German-made Hoyer. I moved down there because of the people that I have met. I honestly dont try to keep up with all that (sales) stuff because it can make you completely neurotic, and Ive got lots of other things to keep me neurotic.. Southside Johnny and The Poor Fools Thursday (Feb. 2), 8 p.m. It was so great. When he came back to N.J., he was broke and needed to put together a band. That was our college. If they came up with a prototype for the hard-working Jersey Shore bar-band rocker, it would probably come pretty close to the real-life Southside Johnny Lyon. I used to clean the house. This husband-and-wife-owned shop is full of punk, soul, jazz, reggae, and R&B. Are you excited to be coming to The Birchmere? You probably never asked yourself, What if?. Discover Southside Johnny Lyon's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Bruce, we all thought was really going to be something, though we didnt expect him to get as huge as he got. Why not? I think it is courage because you put all of yourself, all of your heart in one direction. 1966-07-26 Business District, Asbury Park, NJ, 1966-07-25 Business District, Asbury Park, NJ, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 License. They can download it, and you're so in charge of everything. Call 519-635-6257 or purchase online at. It had never happened to me before. 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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. I don't define myself entirely by music. 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. If you weren't a performer and recording artist, what do you think you'd be doing now? Some didn't, but now I have my own record company, so I'm free to do what I want to do and I take whatever direction I like. Now that the pieces are in place, the only thing left is to see how the record sells. It got a lot of great reviews. Wedding reception for Southside Johnny and his bride, Jill Glasner. I think that the main thing about being from New Jersey is that it's so blue collar that if you don't work hard onstage, they won't respect you. The album "Tunnel of Love" contained lyrics that hinted at trouble in Springsteen's relationship with Phillips and the tour featured a more front and central role for Scialfa, who performed more duets with Springsteen than she had in the past. Let's do it this way," but it's the same thing onstage. Winds SSW at 5 to 10 mph. "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. A. I take performing and recording very seriously. View/set parent page (used for creating breadcrumbs and structured layout). expressly prohibited without the prior written consent of Toronto Maybe I'm not old enough. Things changed when Springsteen asked her to rejoin him on the road in 1987 for the "Tunnel of Love" tour, which delayed Scialfa recording her own record. After the 1988 release of Slow Dance, a solo album of ballads that he says was recorded for his wife, Lyon began playing the Los Angeles region in a band called Blues Deluxe and making plans for a blues album featuring material co-written by him and his guitarist, Bobby Bandiera. When did you discover that you were lucky and had a gift? Besides you, there aren't any original members of the band left. 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. You have to really put your heart and soul into it. 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. But because we knew Garry we could get in John Lyon in New Jersey 's rock sound then. 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