"They were all 'I'm gonna be a musician!' Their next concert will be tomorrow at the Bottom Line in New York City. The great blues mecca of Ocean Grove, New Jersey? I don't know why. 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. I always took that as a tremendous compliment because some of the best music Ive heard has been in bars. We've gotten older, but wiser, too. Southside Johnny & the Jukes play at 8 p.m. tonight and Wednesday at the Coach House, 33157 Camino Capistrano, San Juan Capistrano. There are some great songs on it, thanks to Little Steven and Bruce. That musical meeting led to a renewed partnership on the new album. People come and go; that's part of the business. Relations (People / Bands) Bruce Springsteen had visited his parents in California. Why did you decide to move to Nashville at one point in your life? People like Big Joe Turner, Ray Charles, B. Join Songkick to track Southside Johnny and get concert alerts when they play near you. But I can tell you this. Economics is not your strong suit. I wish I could have gone out and played live after it came out. Did you have this kind of connection that is not superficial? 1949-64 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. So I had to learn all these songs. I cover pop music, from what's happening in the local scene to national trends and touring acts. A more extensive tour, including West Coast dates, probably will come next year. to colleagues, clients or customers, or inquire about A powerful vocalist whose style is steeped in vintage blues, R&B, and soul, Johnny was the leader and frontman for the group the Asbury Jukes, whose tough bar band sound married the impact of hard rock with the swing and horn-fueled punch of blues and deep soul. The business is still refreshingly random, Lyon joked. 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. Be Truthful. 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. "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. Its a good time in my life. 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. Music was so important to us when we were young. She agreed and joined the tour three days before its start. So I would vacuum and make the beds and play their records and sing along with them. . A. 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. 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. But those are fleeting times. We werent old enough to drink, but because we knew Garry we could get in. I have a lot of women friends. That was our college. 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. The album entered the Billboard charts at No. I definitely wasn't a model student. ", A 2004 interview with the Washington Post noted that "21st Street Lullaby" came out almost exactly 20 years after Springsteen's iconic 1984 album "Born In The USA." They have recorded or performed several Springsteen songs, including "The Fever" and "Fade Away". 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. 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 It's like being an athlete. View wiki source for this page without editing. Winds SSW at 5 to 10 mph. Do you know what I mean? SOUTHSIDE JOHNNY: I have a wife I'm still married to, but we're separated, but I go and visit her. I dont like making videos, Lyon confessed. That's the kind of freedom that you don't really think about until somebody asks you about it. Append content without editing the whole page source. 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. But he started to have success after his third album, and we all got the chance to put our foot in the door too. 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. permissions/licensing, please go to: www.TorontoStarReprints.com. Winds SSW at 5 to 10 mph. And we were lucky to find each other. By the summer of 1988, their relationship was out in the open and they were seen together constantly in New York and New Jersey. 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! Some Jukes fans have wondered why you've never made a blues album, given your love of the music. 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. Even though his friends Bruce Springsteen and Jon Bon Jovi achieved more fame, Southside Johnny's unmatched dedication will be remembered forever. 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. California residents do not sell my data request. Also, I was the blues guy. 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. 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 treasure my privacy and l like being left alone on the street.". John Lyon was born in Neptune, New Jersey on December 4, 1948 and grew up in nearby Ocean Gove. Partly cloudy this evening then becoming cloudy with periods of light rain after midnight. Southside Johnny's story is one of resilience, perseverance and making music for the love of music. I want to be on the same radio station that plays Nine Inch Nails and LL Cool J and Tom Waits. Im not a nostalgist. In one of your interviews, you described this age as the golden age for musicians. 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. ", By the spring of 1988, rumors were flying that Scialfa and Springsteen were having an affair. The group's most recent concert in New Jersey was on New Year's Eve at the Count Basie Theater in Red Bank. 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Going to Jukesville followed in 2002, and the tough, eclectic Into the Harbour was issued in 2006. 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. Was it always your goal to be a singer and performer? In 1978, Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes released what many critics consider the band's greatest album, "Hearts of Stone." It was four rolls of toilet paper, some candy bars, some toothpaste, (of which I was almost out), and a bottle of wine. And if you're looking for that, you're going to be disappointed." But, he added, I think that when you get to those places, sometimes you need to look back and see how you got there.. Then once that idea got into you, you never wanted to let it go, because what are the alternatives? Mike Boehm Mike. New Jersey music iconSouthside Johnny Lyon is doing fine during the coronavirus outbreak and he has plenty of toilet paper, too. Hang in there and we will have a party as soon as possible. Southside Johnny Lyon (John Lyon) was born on 4 December, 1948 in Neptune, New Jersey, USA, is a Soundtrack, Actor, Miscellaneous. And yet, while The Boss went on to conquer the world, Southside stayed behind - critically lauded for songs like I Don't Want To Go Home, but shut out of the big leagues, despite his famous connections. No. The fact that young people were starting to make their own music and there was audience for that. It's just the perfect stage for us in some ways. Q. New Jersey music icon Southside Johnny Lyon is doing "fine" during the coronavirus outbreak and he has plenty of toilet paper, too. I'm proud to be compared to Bruce. If you're in a bad mood about having a fight with your old lady, you can talk to her about it.". 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After years of singing backup for her husband, Springsteen contributed backing vocals to several "Rumble Doll" songs. I thought this is what people do. 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. I'm interested in combining things, like the sounds of the old vocal groups, the blues, even something as foreign sounding as the violin. ", New Jersey Q & A: Johnny Lyon; 1966-07-26 Business District, Asbury Park, NJ, 1966-07-25 Business District, Asbury Park, NJ, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 License. It was just perfect. Chance of rain 70%.. S. presentation-ready copies of Toronto Star content for distribution Besides you, there aren't any original members of the band left. 1973 | 1974 | 1975 | 1976 Well, I don't know what people thought about the record one way or another. Low 49F. His name, of course, was Bruce Springsteen, though at the time he was just another up and coming nobody trying to get a break. 1969 | 1970 | 1971 | 1972 And when he and Lyon struck up a friendship, it changed the course of Lyon's life. Recording Sessions Southside Johnny was born on December 4th, 1948 which makes him 68 years old. Q. Will there be a new one in 1994? 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,. He was born as John Lyon in New Jersey. We never made any money. King album one day. Keep it Clean. That was really a Drifters thing. Frank Sinatra: Live At Melbourne Festival Hall. 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. or anything. I thought it was a great record. Something does not work as expected? We reinforced our belief in ourselves. In a 1996 interview with The Advocate, reprinted on the site Greasy Lake, when asked about the negative reaction some people had to Scialfa and Springsteen falling in love, Springsteen replied, "It's a strange society that assumes it has the right to tell people whom they should love and whom they shouldn't. Maybe Bruce will make an That record was like really a love letter to my husband, Bruce, and had very few characters in it. S. He wanted to thank a fan who left a care package at his doorstep. What about the "New Jersey magic" that transforms musicians into stars? 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. "And Bruce would come over all the time and we'd listen to each other's records and play poker and monopoly. They don't want us to be the same set list every night. General Wikidot.com documentation and help section. Its the stupidest drug. . ''. 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. Hell be in Philadelphia with the Jukes at SugarHouse Casino on Saturday. It was a great education for all of us. 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.. It's a very satisfying thing to do, so I started playing with a lot of different people and writing songs and just got back into the business. There are other things I'm interested in. 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. 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. Recorded 9/20/1985 - Capitol Theatre (Passaic, NJ)Visit Wolfgang's https://www.wolfgangs.com/music/ to stream concerts from thousands of legendary artists. Why not? Physically, it's a little bit more challenging for me now; my shows tend to be very energetic. 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. Lyon, however, learned a fast lesson about the countys tendency to wipe out any vestiges of neighborhood character. I detested school. Thats the nature of this kind of long-lived horn band. It brings out a slightly different show in that it's so intimate and we do different songs, but we still rock out. 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. Some record companies understood that. I collected that kind of music, so they would play their English kind of invasion music and garage bands and I'd play blues. Coronavirus in NJ: Bon Jovi says son Jake is '100 percent' recovered from COVID-19 scare. 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.. 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. He believes every musician has his or her unique sound. Gallery | Links 877-477-3715. sugarhousecasino.com. Im sort of master of my destiny, more so now than ever before, and it feels good. Sundays there were no cars allowed on the street. It was two floors above a Thom McAn shoe store. SOUTHSIDE JOHNNY: Yes, we're all pretty good friends. 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.". Q. When New Jerseys Asbury Park music scene rose up in the 1970s, there were three bright lights on its rock-and-soul triangle. Partly cloudy this evening then becoming cloudy with periods of light rain after midnight. 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. There's some really nice people down here," so I did. 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. 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. B. 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. I really liked it and I moved down there, but I didn't move down there because of the music. Indeed there isand it's a great one. He also trades vocals with Lyon and Van Zandt on Its Been a Long Time, the first single from the album. What's the secret? Southside Johnny & the Jukes 1986 album, At Least We Got Shoes, had not left much of a commercial footprint. A. I take performing and recording very seriously. '", In 1993, Scialfa finally released her first solo album, "Rumble Doll." Two years later, the group signed a recording contract with Epic Records and released the album "I Don't Want To Go Home." Q. You have to really put your heart and soul into it. Time to find out. View and manage file attachments for this page. SOUTHSIDE JOHNNY: I think it's just natural. Ive been very lucky. Notify administrators if there is objectionable content in this page. It had never happened to me before. 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