Very much so. We never made any money. But after graduating from Neptune High School on the Jersey Shore in 1967, you enrolled at Monmouth College. I just cant wait to do (the new material) live, because I know its going to get a great reaction, and itll be new stuff, Lyon said. It was a great education for all of us. I remember a hair band opening for us, and I looked in the dressing room and there was a big mirror with all this cocaine. They have been recording albums since 1976 and are closely associated with Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band. 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. You may occasionally receive promotional content from the Los Angeles Times. The move came at a lull in Lyon's 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 . SOUTHSIDE JOHNNY: They have such confidence onstage and such delight, and I was always impressed by people like that, like James Brown and Jackie Wilson, Sam & Dave. I went through months of that. B. . Even then, he says, Springsteen stood out. 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. 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 . Get an email notification whenever someone contributes to the discussion. It's just to me that it's a unique vision of the world, a unique take on the world, and of course, I hang around in my career with guys, guys, guys, guys. 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.. "Steven (Van Zandt) always wanted to be active politically and to play music and now he's an actor as well (on The Sopranos). Its the stupidest drug. Soundtrack: Home Alone. A. I take performing and recording very seriously. His multiple awards include recognition for stories on both Bruce Springsteen and Jersey Shore. Contact him at @chrisfhjordan; cjordan@app.com. Information: (714) 496-8930. It went on like that for years--first in a succession of bands that included such fellow aspiring Jersey rockers as Bruce Springsteen and Steve Van Zandt, then by more than a decade of touring and recording as the leader of Southside Johnny & the Jukes. View all concerts Chase City, VA, US Change location 2,658 fans get concert alerts for this artist. We'd love to hear eyewitness 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. With the addition of a horn section, the Blackberry Booze Band evolved into Southside Johnny & the Asbury Jukes. You're always with men, and we've had women in the band and all, but I just like when I'm not with the guys, I like sometimes to hear somebody else talk. SOUTHSIDE JOHNNY: Well, I didn't really believe in it until I had been doing it for a number of years, because most of the time back then, guys wanted to be guitar heroes and play 20-minute guitar solos, and the singer was just somebody that sang in between the guitar solos. "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.". 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. expressly prohibited without the prior written consent of Toronto 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. TikTok:Jersey gal Gloria Gaynor's hand-washing 'I Will Survive' video a viral hit, Lyon, 71, is an architect of the Sound of Asbury Park with Bruce Springsteen, Steven Van Zandt and more, and a member of the New Jersey Hall of Fame. 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. 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. Anyone can read what you share. By the summer of 1988, their relationship was out in the open and they were seen together constantly in New York and New Jersey. ", He laughs. "They were all 'I'm gonna be a musician!' You think, well, that's what you have to do. Rolling Stone magazine called it one of the top 100 pop albums of all time in 1987. When asked if she was working on a new album, Scialfa replied that she was, noting she was halfway through the process but was sharing a studio with her prolific husband during the pandemic: "He's always like, 'I have to go do this thing and that thing.' Click here to edit contents of this page. "I haven't put on a suit for 40 years. 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. Chris Jordan, a Jersey Shore native, covers entertainment and features for the USA Today Network New Jersey. Notify administrators if there is objectionable content in this page. It seems as if it's impossible for you to escape his shadow. 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. ''. We listened to it all the time, and when we started being in bands and started thinking about making records, we realized that we were very lucky, and we didn't want to give up our chance by taking some side job. She worked along with my father. 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.. Use the 'Report' link on Ocean Grove was a very quiet place. But I can't imagine not being in music. Also, I was the blues guy. Southside Johnny & the Jukes 1986 album, At Least We Got Shoes, had not left much of a commercial footprint. Getting some traction is the hardest thing for me. "He had long hair, a great grin and chicks just loved the s*** out of him. Who were your role models or sources of inspiration when you began your music career? Lyon said it doesnt bother him to remain tied to the Springsteen sphere of influence. 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. 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.". His name, of course, was Bruce Springsteen, though at the time he was just another up and coming nobody trying to get a break. To order I havent seen either of them in years or spoken to them, Lyon said. A. I think it is courage because you put all of yourself, all of your heart in one direction. Lyon's parents were music fans with a taste for jazz (his father played bass in a jazz combo before landing a steady job with the post office), and he grew up with the sounds of Louis Armstrong, Billie Holiday, Count Basie, and Duke Ellington filling the house. Event has been relocated to the Wax Nightclub,125 King St. W., Kitchener Tickets $45. And every musician had to have a nickname. 1985 | 1986 | 1987 | 1988 If I'd gone out and played it live, it would've made the record more accessible to people. Everybody likes a lot of different things. He was born as John Lyon in New Jersey. 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. After 1986's At Least We Got Shoes, Mirage cut ties with Southside, and he put the band on hiatus, cutting a solo album, 1988's Slow Dance, that leaned in the direction of adult contemporary music, dominated by love songs and ballads. Don't Threaten. In 1995, Southside Johnny recorded the title song for a low-budget movie called Tuff Turf, and the tune was issued as a 12" single by Rhino Records, becoming his first solo release. 8 p.m. Saturday, SugarHouse Casino, 1001 Delaware Ave.. $29. They really inspire you with their command of the stage. But, he added, I think that when you get to those places, sometimes you need to look back and see how you got there.. One of the seminal figures on the New Jersey rock scene and a gifted, charismatic singer steeped in soul, blues, and R&B. You set your sights on making the best music you can and not try to be a star or make a lot of money. 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. Recorded 9/20/1985 - Capitol Theatre (Passaic, NJ)Visit Wolfgang's https://www.wolfgangs.com/music/ to stream concerts from thousands of legendary artists. 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 Upcoming scheduled Jersey shows include June 6 at the Wellmont Theatre in Montclair; July 3 at the Stone Pony Summer Stage in Asbury Park and July 6 at the Ocean City Music Pier. 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. 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. It was such a great time. Then of course, I started meeting a lot of other musicians and I started jamming. At the end of the show, they ran through Its Been a Long Time several times for the cameras, with the result patched together by the director. It brings out a slightly different show in that it's so intimate and we do different songs, but we still rock out. 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. I always feel self-conscious. Q. 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 Thats where I met Bruce and Steve. 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. that is degrading to another person. For better or for worse, playing in a band is never the same. You are all about raw and honest music, and I think this takes a lot of heart, and also takes a lot of courage; you put all of yourself into music. It was just perfect. Track artist Be Proactive. 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. The best performance is always when the audience explores them with you. But I got used to it a long time ago. This is the official Southside Johnny & The Asbury Jukes Facebook Page. You probably never asked yourself, What if?. "Change for the sake of change is not always a good thing," said Mr. Lyon, who is 45. Check out how this page has evolved in the past. I thought this is what people do. He had a lot of confidence in me. It's just the perfect stage for us in some ways. Wedding reception for Southside Johnny and his bride, Jill Glasner. I thought it was a great record. One of the seminal figures on the New Jersey rock scene and a gifted, charismatic singer steeped in soul, blues, and R&B. The album entered the Billboard charts at No. "Garry Tallent (Springsteen's bassist and Southside's best friend) and I were talking a couple of years ago and realized everybody pretty much got what they wanted. 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. "I'd seen James Brown and Ray Charles,'' Southside Johnny, a.k.a. 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. 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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. Despite wide swings in popular music and the unpredictable tastes of the record-buying public, the Jukes have managed to survive as a band while many other 70's bands have not. Sundays there were no cars allowed on the street. I realized once again that music is fun and fulfilling. It's a friendship that has held fast more than four decades. There are some great songs on it, thanks to Little Steven and Bruce. to colleagues, clients or customers, or inquire about Physically, it's a little bit more challenging for me now; my shows tend to be very energetic. Even though his friends Bruce Springsteen and Jon Bon Jovi achieved more fame, Southside Johnny's unmatched dedication will be remembered forever. Learn How rich is He in this year and how He spends money? There was a place called Piners Lounge and Steven and I would go there and Bruce would come and wed watch Garry play. I have more toilet paper than I need for a year. I had to replace the horn section when they went out with Diana Ross. Its a good time in my life. 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). PLEASE TURN OFF YOUR CAPS LOCK. Put a guitar part on it," and you can do it with anybody around the world. Has it been difficult to maintain the same sound with so many changes in personnel? ", New Jersey Q & A: Johnny Lyon; 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.. If you weren't a performer and recording artist, what do you think you'd be doing now? I suspect he was just one of the singers in the club and it wasn't a terribly important scene, but too bad for Southside! 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. Q. This copy is for your personal non-commercial use only. Recording Sessions Going to Jukesville followed in 2002, and the tough, eclectic Into the Harbour was issued in 2006. There's some really nice people down here," so I did. I've always known what the Jukes ought to sound like. Mike Boehm Mike. I never have looked at women, except for about 15 to 16, 17 years old, as sex objects. "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. 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. 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. Besides you, there aren't any original members of the band left. Tell me about the women in your life. 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 It was so overwhelming that other things just didn't matter as much. Sorry, there are no recent results for popular videos. Be Truthful. Johnny Lyon, is telling me over the phone from somewhere on the New Jersey Shore. Chance of rain 70%. Im not driving a truck. A. Notifications from this discussion will be disabled. He is an American singer-songwriter who fronts the band Southside Johnny & . We had a Monopoly game on stage. S. And Southside Johnny Lyon was the blues and R&B vocalist and bandleader who could outsing both of them. But I can tell you this. Let me ask you about Nashville. You could make a career out of it. We're very close. In 1978, Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes released what many critics consider the band's greatest album, "Hearts of Stone." Bruce (Springsteen) has that good intuitive sense about whats right and wrong.. After years of singing backup for her husband, Springsteen contributed backing vocals to several "Rumble Doll" songs. Q. King play his guitar through the cracked window. I feel that my marriage has really broadened me and certainly given me a sense of some completion but that you can't really look for that. 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. . John Lyon was born in Neptune, New Jersey on December 4, 1948 and grew up in nearby Ocean Gove. But I also want to hear a backbeat and a lot of horns. For more information, visit https://www.birchmere.com. It was four rolls of toilet paper, some candy bars, some toothpaste, (of which I was almost out), and a bottle of wine. Recorde. Gary Tallent would play rockabilly, so we absorbed all those different influences and they all come out in the music. Lewis has hits and plays in arenas, while the Jukes still ply the barrooms and roadhouses. View/set parent page (used for creating breadcrumbs and structured layout). Their son, Evan James Springsteen, was born on July 25, 1990. I don't know if it's courage so much as it's just stubbornness. This husband-and-wife-owned shop is full of punk, soul, jazz, reggae, and R&B. As Lyon honed his chops on the blues harp and learned lyrics to some of his favorite songs, he would occasionally perform a few songs with friends who had formed bands. I like that--really just let it go and see where the night takes you, and I don't knowI've always been that way where I trust in the people around me and I trust in myself to not go so far that I'll lose my career or my audience, but they understand that I'm not going to do the same thing over and over. SOUTHSIDE JOHNNY: Yeah, I can't just be superficial. SOUTHSIDE JOHNNY: I kind of got fed up with the record business, the music business, and I didn't want to work anymore. "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. 1965 | 1966 | 1967 | 1968 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, Asbury Park's now-legendary rock club. Q. In a 1988 People magazine article about Scialfa, Asbury Jukes singer Bobby Bandiera called her "a beer-drinking buddy. Is Virginia ready for mandated electric vehicles? 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. So the label agreed to an alternative plan. 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. 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,. Threats of harming another Partly cloudy this evening then becoming cloudy with periods of light rain after midnight. The group's most recent concert in New Jersey was on New Year's Eve at the Count Basie Theater in Red Bank. This Time It's for Real was the second album by New Jersey Rock / R&B band Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes, featuring three compositions by Bruce Springsteen and Steve Van Zandt, as well as an additional five by the latter.Like their first album, I Don't Want To Go Home, there are a number of guest artists and duets, a trend that would be dropped for their next album, Hearts of Stone. Anyone have insght as to his scene that was cut? But those are fleeting times. 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. Pal to Bruce Springsteen and Steve Van Zandt, longtime veteran of late-night jams at such legendary Joizy clubs as the Upstage and the Stone Pony, possessor of a classic R&B; growl, Lyon even named his band the Asbury Jukes after Asbury Park, the decaying resort town and center of the states productive 70s musical scene. They got to play guitar and I got to sing the blues, but after a while, you realize that people were actually listening to you and that maybe you did have that talent. Some day I'll do a blues album. Now that the pieces are in place, the only thing left is to see how the record sells. Three big musicians: Jon Bon Jovi, Bruce Springsteen and yourself come from that area, and you all know each other. 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. That was Dr. Zoom & the Sonic Boom. I was just trying to make a really good record for myself.". A. 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. They loved good music and they had great senses of humor and some sarcasm. 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. So I had to learn all these songs. IF Bruce Springsteen is the heart of New Jersey's rock sound, then Southside Johnny is its soul. We werent old enough to drink, but because we knew Garry we could get in. Economics is not your strong suit. Leroy was launched with 2000's Messin' with the Blues, which featured the latest edition of the Asbury Jukes. We reinforced our belief in ourselves. 1976's I Don't Want to Go Home was their debut album, and documented the band's tight, muscular attack; it also included guest appearances from Ronnie Spector and Lee Dorsey, and Springsteen contributed two songs for the sessions, "The Fever" and "You Mean So Much to Me." Your last album, "Better Days," was perhaps the most critically acclaimed album you've done since "Hearts of Stone." Storyteller | Eyewitness I actually started singing in front of people when I was 16 years old. After three years, Southside was disenchanted with the Richmond rock scene, and he returned to New Jersey. 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. But the truth is, I basically ignored the entire thing as much as I could. Southside Johnny's story is one of resilience, perseverance and making music for the love of music. Tickets: $19.50. For the Poor Fools, where they were doing Americana, folk and blues, he mostly played a 1960's German-made Hoyer. "He's got more straight ahead rock 'n' roll roots and I have more rhythm and blues roots," points out Southside. Eager to record again but not excited about signing another record deal, Southside Johnny devised a new strategy and formed his own label, Leroy Records, to release his music when and how he wanted, and giving him full creative freedom. Lyon, sounding upbeat and relaxed, said his break from the road and the musical detour he took on Slow Dance have given him renewed enthusiasm for his old calling as a touring bar rocker. 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." 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. 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Lyon, however, learned a fast lesson about the countys tendency to wipe out any vestiges of neighborhood character. Wed eat fried chicken and listen to the band. Every time I got off the bus, there would be literally hundreds of people sleeping there and begging and nobody was taking care of them, he said. I'm interested in combining things, like the sounds of the old vocal groups, the blues, even something as foreign sounding as the violin. And we were lucky to find each other. 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. I wasnt a big cocaine person, though. Southside Johnny & The Asbury Jukes, "Having a Party" Stone Pony show from September 26, 1991, in support of Southside's Better Days album, which was produce. The band also found time to make an appearance in Joan Micklin Silver's 1977 movie Between the Lines. 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. Steven (Van Zandt) will go out and live with the people hes going to write about and learn as much as he can. SOUTHSIDE JOHNNY: Yeah, I love The Birchmere. A. The homecoming feel of Better Days was solidified with the return of many of the old Jukes. Just two people in the record struggling to see if they can be close, if you can trust the person, how intimate can you get without getting hurt. Q. It leaves you with a strong feeling of respect. I agree. Q. ", Things You Didn't Know About Bruce Springsteen's Wife Patti Scialfa, Racing In The Street: The Bruce Springsteen Reader. The club often featured open jams, and Lyon, like many other aspiring musicians, would stop by regularly to hear music, meet other players, and hopefully take the stage for a few tunes. One of my sax players went with David Bowie. Why not? 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