Q. It's one of my favorite places to play. Some people thought its success would give both you and the Jukes increased exposure, particularly with younger audiences. 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." Featured Pages, Gig Pages "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.". Their onstage interactions got steamier and more suggestive, and in June they were spotted kissing in Rome, Italy. That record was like really a love letter to my husband, Bruce, and had very few characters in it. Put a guitar part on it," and you can do it with anybody around the world. We reinforced our belief in ourselves. But I also want to hear a backbeat and a lot of horns. ", New Jersey Q & A: Johnny Lyon; You could make a career out of it. 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.". Worrying about album sales and things like that would just make me more neurotic than I already am. A. Wow. New Jersey music icon Southside Johnny Lyon is doing "fine" during the coronavirus outbreak and he has plenty of toilet paper, too. Its not my natural bent to write a socially committed song, Lyon said. I think it is courage because you put all of yourself, all of your heart in one direction. Is Virginia ready for mandated electric vehicles? I definitely wasn't a model student. I used to clean the house. 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. People come and go; that's part of the business. We've gotten older, but wiser, too. The best performance is always when the audience explores them with you. So I had to learn all these songs. 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. Its a good time in my life. 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. It was four rolls of toilet paper, some candy bars, some toothpaste, (of which I was almost out), and a bottle of wine. Southside Johnny Lyon (John Lyon) was born on 4 December, 1948 in Neptune, New Jersey, USA, is a Soundtrack, Actor, Miscellaneous. We rode up this hill, and right there was this big 8-ball on a pillar. This was not the kind of music that other people listened to, but I didnt know that. It was so great. "He had long hair, a great grin and chicks just loved the s*** out of him. The group's most recent concert in New Jersey was on New Year's Eve at the Count Basie Theater in Red Bank. When asked about Scialfa's new prominence on stage, Springsteen credited the songs' subject matter, noting, "The album is about men and women, you know." 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. Music was so important to us when we were young. 1973 | 1974 | 1975 | 1976 Those albums featured the horn-driven Jukes sound along with a sprinkling of Springsteen-penned nuggets, notably The Fever and Hearts of Stone. Lyon went on to record several 80s albums with the Jukes, along with some solo efforts in several styles, but he never quite regained his stride after the departure of Van Zandt, who was busy in his role as Springsteens guitarist. The business is still refreshingly random, Lyon joked. 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. 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 Why not? 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. . One of the reasons I got into rock-and-roll was because I wanted to avoid the tediousness of life. Southside Johnny (Lyon), good friend and one time band mate of Steve Van Zandt was listed in the credits as "himself" yet definitely not in the ep. People quoted a source on the couple: "Patti stifled her feelings for a long time. 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. "Change for the sake of change is not always a good thing," said Mr. Lyon, who is 45. I dont look back that much, but when I do I think: How lucky can anybody be? Thats the nature of this kind of long-lived horn band. 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. You can put it up on the internet. When reporters asked Scialfa about her extra time in the spotlight, she agreed, explaining "I didn't know when we started rehearsing that he was going to give me a lot to do Bruce coaxed me and urged me to reach. It seems too easy. 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. "But we're always there if anybody needs us. Track artist 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. SOUTHSIDE JOHNNY: I think it's just natural. 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). 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. She worked along with my father. ", Scialfa's second album, "21st Street Lullaby," followed in 2004. Per Acoustic Storm, Scialfa contrasted the record with the intimacy of her first one, saying, "There are some songs with the same theme of closeness; how to be close, love songs. A. Some of the group's most noted songs were composed by Mr. Van Zandt and Mr. Springsteen, a longtime supporter of the band. Whats the big deal about changing your pronouns? Storyteller | Eyewitness If I'd gone out and played it live, it would've made the record more accessible to people. ", He laughs. . 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. We honed our crafts. In speaking about the release of "21st Street Lullaby," she explained, "I don't look at it as an event. But in the summer of 90, Southside had a gig at the Stone Pony in Asbury Park and decided to call Van Zandt and several former Jukes. That was really a Drifters thing. I collected that kind of music, so they would play their English kind of invasion music and garage bands and I'd play blues. 2021 | 2022 | 2023, For Collectors | Releases "And Bruce would come over all the time and we'd listen to each other's records and play poker and monopoly. Thats where I met Bruce and Steve. There are some great songs on it, thanks to Little Steven and Bruce. 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. Recording Sessions I would hear songs like Louis Armstrong Struttin With Some Barbecue and it felt like there was life somewhere. Im doing what I like to do--even if the surroundings continue to be earthy. When he came back to N.J., he was broke and needed to put together a band. It's something you just naturally do. You think, well, that's what you have to do. We werent old enough to drink, but because we knew Garry we could get in. Im not a nostalgist. The great blues mecca of Ocean Grove, New Jersey? 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. Southside Johnny & the Jukes play at 8 p.m. tonight and Wednesday at the Coach House, 33157 Camino Capistrano, San Juan Capistrano. Soundtrack: Home Alone. ", By the spring of 1988, rumors were flying that Scialfa and Springsteen were having an affair. Southside Johnny & the Jukes play at 8 p.m. tonight and Wednesday at the Coach House, 33157 Camino Capistrano, San Juan Capistrano. Early on when we were teenagers, I think we understood that we were given a great gift of making music. Statistical Information Let's do it this way," but it's the same thing onstage. Career: Band leader and lead singer of Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes. 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. A. "Sometimes there's got to be a good reason to go down a different path.". 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. Southside Johnny & the Asbury Jukes 8 p.m. Saturday, SugarHouse Casino, 1001 Delaware Ave.. $29. Southside Johnny and The Poor Fools Thursday (Feb. 2), 8 p.m. "He just had that presence where you couldn't take your eyes off him. Southside Johnny's story is one of resilience, perseverance and making music for the love of music. Read Full Biography. 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. Some day I'll do a blues album. 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." They have recorded or performed several Springsteen songs, including "The Fever" and "Fade Away". 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. Q. To dream a dream of making music. I worked during the day and performed at night. It was a great education for all of us. If you weren't a performer and recording artist, what do you think you'd be doing now? Share with Us. Frank Sinatra: Live At Melbourne Festival Hall. Most E Street Band and Asbury Jukes members (past and present) were in attendance. 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. 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. I think we knew it at the time. 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. 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. In 2007, Scialfa released her third solo album, "Play It As It Lays." Get our L.A. View and manage file attachments for this page. Hell be in Philadelphia with the Jukes at SugarHouse Casino on Saturday. 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. Southside Johnny & Jill Glasner Wedding Reception. You somehow scrounged your way through and if you werent starving to death you got to play on Friday and Saturday night. ", Per AllMusic, Scialfa wrote all 12 songs on "Rumble Doll." Relations (People / Bands) 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. Thats got to be $1,000 worth of cocaine and youre only making $500 a night? I've always known what the Jukes ought to sound like. Southside Johnny Lyon was born on 4 December 1948 in Neptune, New Jersey, USA. I already knew Garry Tallent and Vini Lopez. I treasure my privacy and l like being left alone on the street.". Anyone have insght as to his scene that was cut? 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. It was such a great time. So whats he doing in--gulp--San Clemente? "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. 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. 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. Their son, Evan James Springsteen, was born on July 25, 1990. It leaves you with a strong feeling of respect. 1965 | 1966 | 1967 | 1968 As a subscriber, you have 10 gift articles to give each month. I know some of the songs I want to record, but I don't know about the style of those songs. There was a place called Piners Lounge and Steven and I would go there and Bruce would come and wed watch Garry play. Information: (714) 496-8930. Your last album, "Better Days," was perhaps the most critically acclaimed album you've done since "Hearts of Stone." If you want to discuss contents of this page - this is the easiest way to do it. It wasnt a mid-life crisis, said Lyon, who will turn 40 Sunday. Lyon said it doesnt bother him to remain tied to the Springsteen sphere of influence. We never made any money. That's the kind of freedom that you don't really think about until somebody asks you about it. 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. Please avoid obscene, vulgar, lewd, Youve got to work hard to prove that you belong there, and once you do that, they're on your side. He's a great artist. "I'd seen James Brown and Ray Charles,'' Southside Johnny, a.k.a. I think I earned enough credits to get an associate arts degree, but I'm not sure. They're glowing. Some record companies understood that. 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. Not 'I'm gonna try to be a musician.' 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. 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. They don't want us to be the same set list every night. 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. 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. I always took that as a tremendous compliment because some of the best music Ive heard has been in bars. 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. Who were your role models or sources of inspiration when you began your music career? You have permission to edit this article. Going to school, becoming a teacher, working at the Pepsi Cola bottling? 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. 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 So the label agreed to an alternative plan. One of my sax players went with David Bowie. 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. 96, but slipped the following week to No. 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. You've been the leader of the Asbury Jukes for two decades. They weret really written for me. We have very eclectic taste. SOUTHSIDE JOHNNY: I do connect with them. But I don't worry about things I can't control. "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. Republication or distribution of this content is 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. 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! In a 1988 People magazine article about Scialfa, Asbury Jukes singer Bobby Bandiera called her "a beer-drinking buddy. The band also found time to make an appearance in Joan Micklin Silver's 1977 movie Between the Lines. It's just the perfect stage for us in some ways. Before Fame "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. 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. Structural Info Facts Filmography Known for movies Home Alone (1990) as Soundtrack Adventures in Babysitting (1987) as Band Leader at Frat Party The Karate Kid Part II (1986) as Soundtrack The Mighty Ducks (1992) as Soundtrack Source IMDB Wikipedia SOUTHSIDE JOHNNY: I think it's a great time to be a musician because you don't have to pay $1 million to go into a studio to record. Q. to colleagues, clients or customers, or inquire about Even then, he says, Springsteen stood out. You probably never asked yourself, What if?. I Dont Want to Go Home might have been. A more extensive tour, including West Coast dates, probably will come next year. We were young and we wanted adventure and there was this music that promised that. But because success is associated with planning, as they always tell you that although you don't have to follow the plan, you have to plan; can you explain your success to me? I don't know why. 1949-64 PLEASE TURN OFF YOUR CAPS LOCK. For more information, visit https://www.birchmere.com. My mother worked, and would say it was OK to stay home as long as I cleaned the house. Are you excited to be coming to The Birchmere? Going to Jukesville followed in 2002, and the tough, eclectic Into the Harbour was issued in 2006. 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." That's hard to say, of course. 1977 | 1978 | 1979 | 1980 That was our college. "He's stealing my saxophone players to replace Clarence (Clemons, who passed away last year), so we steal from each other's bands occasionally.". They're both in love. 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. Rolling Stone magazine called it one of the top 100 pop albums of all time in 1987. If anybody needs some, send me an email. When did you discover that you were lucky and had a gift? 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. I dont always remember what Im supposed to do.. Tickets: $19.50. 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 . So that was my job, but I made it a point that we would do a blues song because that was my first love, blues music. 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. Winds SSW at 5 to 10 mph. Change the name (also URL address, possibly the category) of the page. Its not so bad to be lumped in with people of that caliber.. They have been recording albums since 1976 and are closely associated with Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band. Does it bother you that you are forever being compared with Bruce Springsteen? Was it always your goal to be a singer and performer? Lyon is a key figure in Asbury Park: Riot, Redemption, Rock N Roll, director Tom Jones documentary about the rise, fall, and revival of the central Jersey boardwalk town showing in theaters May 22 and 29. When Lyon was 16, he was asked by Sonny Kenn, leader of a popular Asbury Park band called Sonny and the Starfires, to join a new blues-oriented combo he formed, earning Lyon his first paying gig. Winds SSW at 5 to 10 mph. 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.. Wedding reception for Southside Johnny and his bride, Jill Glasner. Two years later, the group signed a recording contract with Epic Records and released the album "I Don't Want To Go Home." Discography: Studio recordings -- "I Don't Want to Go Home"; "This Time It's for Real"; "Hearts of Stone"; "The Jukes"; "Love Is a Sacrifice"; "In the Heat"; "At Least We've Got Shoes"; "Better Days"; "Slow Dance" (solo). All the facilities are there, but the internet makes it so that you can disseminate your music. Born Vivienne Patricia Scialfa on July 29, 1953, Scialfa grew up in the affluent suburb of Deal, New Jersey, per the Washington Post. But those are fleeting times. 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. 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. 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. The new album, "Southside Johnny & the Asbury Jukes: Live In Cleveland '77," recorded at the band's May 2, 1977, show at the Agora Theater in Cleveland, is a testament to the group's outsider . It was crazy. I really am not good at lip-syncing. What's the secret? Then, a little more than a year ago, Lyon decided, contrary to the title of one of his signature songs, that he wanted to go home after all--or at least that he couldnt go on belting it out in the clubs 150 to 200 nights a year. 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. Lyon, however, learned a fast lesson about the countys tendency to wipe out any vestiges of neighborhood character. This copy is for your personal non-commercial use only. accounts, the history behind an article. 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. 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. A. I went to Monmouth College for two and a half years and majored in English literature. Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes are an American musical group from the Jersey Shore led by Southside Johnny. So, out of luck.. Mostly retired people. Maybe you could make a go out of it. People like Big Joe Turner, Ray Charles, B. B. Tell me about the women in your life. You can link it to other sites. But I can tell you this. Let me ask you about Nashville. . 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 . "I haven't put on a suit for 40 years. We were in bands together. And through all the changes, the band leader -- me -- has remained constant. Mike Boehm Mike. Keep it Clean. Thats in dispute. I wasnt going back to working at the post office. After three years, Southside was disenchanted with the Richmond rock scene, and he returned to New Jersey. Most E Street Band and Asbury Jukes members (past and present) were in attendance. T-Bone Walker, Big Joe Turner. 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. Three big musicians: Jon Bon Jovi, Bruce Springsteen and yourself come from that area, and you all know each other. 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