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.. A. Q. 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. He was born as John Lyon in New Jersey. Born Vivienne Patricia Scialfa on July 29, 1953, Scialfa grew up in the affluent suburb of Deal, New Jersey, per the Washington Post. All the activity has been spurred by the release of Better Days, the first Southside Johnny album in three years. People can hear it. Notify administrators if there is objectionable content in this page. The group's most recent concert in New Jersey was on New Year's Eve at the Count Basie Theater in Red Bank. Get an email notification whenever someone contributes to the discussion. "And he just was riveting, and I thought 'Wow, who is this guy?' Thats the nature of this kind of long-lived horn band. He believes every musician has his or her unique sound. 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 . I already knew Garry Tallent and Vini Lopez. 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. 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. Born Vivienne Patricia Scialfa on July 29, 1953, Scialfa grew up in the affluent suburb of Deal, New Jersey, per the Washington Post. Maybe I'm not old enough. 110. Its the stupidest drug. Bruce (Springsteen) has that good intuitive sense about whats right and wrong.. Don't Threaten. Has it been difficult to maintain the same sound with so many changes in personnel? Bruce Springsteen was the breakout star. The Beatles and the Stones and the Animals those kind of successful garage bands it gave us the impetus to try it. With Early Elton Trio, John mainly uses his sunburst '64 Fender Jazz bass. They loved good music and they had great senses of humor and some sarcasm. Songs | Lyrics If you weren't a performer and recording artist, what do you think you'd be doing now? He walked on stage, and the crowd just went nuts, Lyon said. The three of you influenced each other, so how did Bruce Springsteen and Jon Bon Jovi influence you? Tell me about the women in your life. Find out what you can do. Some Jukes fans have wondered why you've never made a blues album, given your love of the music. Q. Rolling Stone magazine called it one of the top 100 pop albums of all time in 1987. 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. It brings out a slightly different show in that it's so intimate and we do different songs, but we still rock out. 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. 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. 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. I would hear songs like Louis Armstrong Struttin With Some Barbecue and it felt like there was life somewhere. 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. But after graduating from Neptune High School on the Jersey Shore in 1967, you enrolled at Monmouth College. He is an actor, known for Home Alone (1990), Adventures in Babysitting (1987) and The Karate Kid Part II (1986). It seems to me thats cutting your own throat; the more people you attract to your station, the bigger base you have. Statistical Information I lived with Steven and two other guys, and we would listen to each others records. I had to if there was any chance of me keeping my sanity. There's some really nice people down here," so I did. Springsteen, working on his own album, took time to contribute a song, All the Way Home, on which he plays guitar. rights reserved. Change the name (also URL address, possibly the category) of the page. Please avoid obscene, vulgar, lewd, 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. That's the kind of freedom that you don't really think about until somebody asks you about it. 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 Featured Pages, Gig Pages A. 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. Do you connect with them? Bruce, we all thought was really going to be something, though we didnt expect him to get as huge as he got. SOUTHSIDE JOHNNY: Yeah, I love The Birchmere. The album received great reviews, but while Southside and the band were touring in support, Impact Records, the label that released it, went bankrupt, which left the record dead in the water. Southside Johnny has long been considered the Grandfather of "the New Jersey Sound ." Jon Bon Jovi has acknowledged Southside Johnny as his "reason for singing." So it was a confluence of things. When New Jerseys Asbury Park music scene rose up in the 1970s, there were three bright lights on its rock-and-soul triangle. Chance of rain 70%.. PLEASE TURN OFF YOUR CAPS LOCK. 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." You and the Jukes haven't released a new album in more than two years. 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. 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. A. I certainly hope so. 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. Let's do it this way," but it's the same thing onstage. You can't go out there and hope people like you. 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. Meanwhile, Lyon has landed appearances on The Tonight Show and Late Night With David Letterman. And theres a video of Its Been a Long Time, the shooting of which picked up national media attention. The Boss, of course, went on to write songs for early albums by Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes - including '78's seminal Hearts of Stone - traded off band members with them and occasionally appeared with them in concert. There are times when I feel, What am I--chopped liver? Lyon acknowledged. Early on when we were teenagers, I think we understood that we were given a great gift of making music. 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. 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. 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. A. I don't know if I have one strategy. A. "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. Read Full Biography. Help Us | Upload. Will there be a new one in 1994? Its a good time in my life. The Jukes have had a number of personnel changes over the years. Even then, he says, Springsteen stood out. When you watch old clips on YouTube, it's uncanny how closely aligned Springsteen and Southside are musically - both representative of the Jersey Shore sound of the '70s, with its big band rock spiked with romanticism and a rootsy, heartland ethos. And we were tenacious about it. 96, but slipped the following week to No. 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. It was two floors above a Thom McAn shoe store. We'd love to hear eyewitness accounts, the history behind an article. I don't know if it's courage so much as it's just stubbornness. I've always known what the Jukes ought to sound like. 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 Q. I am very grateful. Recording Sessions ", Event has been relocated to the Wax Nightclub,125 King St. W., Kitchener, Tickets $45. Two years later, the group signed a recording contract with Epic Records and released the album "I Don't Want To Go Home." Bruce Springsteen had visited his parents in California. I moved down there because of the people that I have met. I dont look back that much, but when I do I think: How lucky can anybody be? Physically, it's a little bit more challenging for me now; my shows tend to be very energetic. SOUTHSIDE JOHNNY: I do connect with them. I realized once again that music is fun and fulfilling. Sundays there were no cars allowed on the street. King album one day. No racism, sexism or any sort of -ism Click here to edit contents of this page. Its not my natural bent to write a socially committed song, Lyon said. Did you have this kind of connection that is not superficial? You can link it to other sites. Whats the big deal about changing your pronouns? 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. ", Per AllMusic, Scialfa wrote all 12 songs on "Rumble Doll." I never have looked at women, except for about 15 to 16, 17 years old, as sex objects. 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. She agreed and joined the tour three days before its start. 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. Use the 'Report' link on You have to really put your heart and soul into it. I think he started to remember how much fun it was to make that kind of music, just the heartfelt R&B; style, whether it be up-tempo or slow.. It was so overwhelming that other things just didn't matter as much. Sorry, there are no recent results for popular videos. Republication or distribution of this content is We never made any money. Southside Johnny Lyon was born on December 4, 1948 in Neptune, New Jersey, USA as John Lyon. We were in bands together. Chris Jordan, a Jersey Shore native, covers entertainment and features for the USA Today Network New Jersey. That was our college. Indeed there isand it's a great one. It was just perfect. I always say this. Getting some traction is the hardest thing for me. director Tom Jones documentary about the rise, fall, and revival of the central Jersey boardwalk town showing in theaters May 22 and 29. 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. Put a guitar part on it," and you can do it with anybody around the world. "Bruce always wanted to make his music count for people. Be Nice. So I had very little time to devote to studying. Southside Johnny & the Jukes play at 8 p.m. tonight and Wednesday at the Coach House, 33157 Camino Capistrano, San Juan Capistrano. "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. 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. "And Bruce would come over all the time and we'd listen to each other's records and play poker and monopoly. Two other E Streeters, drummer Max Weinberg and bassist Garry Tallent, appear on the album. 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. Tickets: $19.50. There are some great songs on it, thanks to Little Steven and Bruce. "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. Maybe I need to descend further into the pit of life.Profile. Education: Neptune High School, 1967; Monmouth College, 1966-1968. 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. With 1978's Hearts of Stone, Southside Johnny and the group stepped up their game and produced what was widely regarded as their strongest album to date, a more dramatic and personal set with strong songwriting and ferocious performances. View wiki source for this page without editing. Time to find out. 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 Dr. Zoom & the Sonic Boom. 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. Lewis has hits and plays in arenas, while the Jukes still ply the barrooms and roadhouses. The Upstage Club. Thats where I met Bruce and Steve. View/set parent page (used for creating breadcrumbs and structured layout). 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. Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes are an American musical group from the Jersey Shore led by Southside Johnny. This copy is for your personal non-commercial use only. One of my sax players went with David Bowie. Star Newspapers Limited and/or its licensors. 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.". King and others too numerous to mention. My life has been an adventure; I want to keep it that way. Recorded over six weeks in June and July, Better Days was released late last month. When did you discover that you were lucky and had a gift? 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. I've always respected women. This husband-and-wife-owned shop is full of punk, soul, jazz, reggae, and R&B. Let me ask you about Nashville. If you are lazy going through the songs, you wont have an audience. Worrying about album sales and things like that would just make me more neurotic than I already am. Q. 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. I havent seen either of them in years or spoken to them, Lyon said. "And I have a horn section and he doesn't.". 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 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 thought this is what people do. 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. Keep it Clean. 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. Then once that idea got into you, you never wanted to let it go, because what are the alternatives? 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. For more information, visit https://www.birchmere.com. The best performance is always when the audience explores them with you. 877-477-3715. sugarhousecasino.com. SOUTHSIDE JOHNNY: I kind of got fed up with the record business, the music business, and I didn't want to work anymore. Get our L.A. Mostly retired people. I did it once and went on stage and my voice dried out. They have recorded or performed several Springsteen songs, including "The Fever" and "Fade Away". But lately, he has spent a lot of time on the road, leaving the canaries with neighbors. You may occasionally receive promotional content from the Los Angeles Times. A. 1949-64 And when he and Lyon struck up a friendship, it changed the course of Lyon's life. 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. 8 p.m. Saturday, SugarHouse Casino, 1001 Delaware Ave.. $29. 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 Was it always your goal to be a singer and performer? It wasnt a mid-life crisis, said Lyon, who will turn 40 Sunday. You think, well, that's what you have to do. Before Fame It's like being an athlete. I have a lot of women friends. Recorded 9/20/1985 - Capitol Theatre (Passaic, NJ)Visit Wolfgang's https://www.wolfgangs.com/music/ to stream concerts from thousands of legendary artists. Mike Boehm Mike. Wow. 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. For the Poor Fools, where they were doing Americana, folk and blues, he mostly played a 1960's German-made Hoyer. 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. 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. Why not? He's a great artist. But I can't imagine not being in music. Southside Johnny's rare solo efforts gave him a chance to explore other musical directions, as he embraced adult contemporary pop on 1988's Slow Dance and jazz on 2008's Grapefruit Moon: The Songs of Tom Waits and 2017's Detour Ahead: The Music of Billie Holiday. Im not a nostalgist. I thought it was a great record. ", New Jersey Q & A: Johnny Lyon; View and manage file attachments for this page. Event has been relocated to the Wax Nightclub,125 King St. W., Kitchener Tickets $45. to colleagues, clients or customers, or inquire about Southside Johnny's story is one of resilience, perseverance and making music for the love of music. 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. Im doing what I like to do--even if the surroundings continue to be earthy. Mike Boehm is a former arts reporter and pop music critic for the Los Angeles Times. We werent old enough to drink, but because we knew Garry we could get in. One of the seminal figures on the New Jersey rock scene and a gifted, charismatic singer steeped in soul, blues, and R&B. Q. 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. 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. 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. Ive had 20 years in this music business, and Ill have 20 more. 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. 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. Share with Us. Learn How rich is He in this year and how He spends money? They come home from work, have a couple of beers, and put on [Wynonie Harris] Dont Roll Those Bloodshot Eyes at Me.. After years of singing backup for her husband, Springsteen contributed backing vocals to several "Rumble Doll" songs. Some of the group's most noted songs were composed by Mr. Van Zandt and Mr. Springsteen, a longtime supporter of the band. 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.. I had a care package left on my porch today from a fan who left her initial as K, Lyon said. 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. Still, the music I make isn't really like the music he makes. Lyon, however, learned a fast lesson about the countys tendency to wipe out any vestiges of neighborhood character. Much of the new material explores how it feels to be us now, looking back, Lyon said. Economics is not your strong suit. 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. I hope all of the Jukes and all of the Juke fans are doing well. 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. All the facilities are there, but the internet makes it so that you can disseminate your music. So I had to learn all these songs. His go-to basses with the Asbury Jukes are a Fender Precision bass, and a short scale Jerry Jones Longhorn. Steve Van Zandt was out as producer and principle songwriter (he was also busy with his other gig in Bruce Springsteen's E . 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