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. S. I Dont Want to Go Home might have been. Even then, he says, Springsteen stood out. that is degrading to another person. 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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. Keep it Clean. Lewis has hits and plays in arenas, while the Jukes still ply the barrooms and roadhouses. If you made a friend in Germany who's a guitar player and you got this song, you can send it to him and say, "What do you think? Discover Southside Johnny Lyon's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Storyteller | Eyewitness Born Vivienne Patricia Scialfa on July 29, 1953, Scialfa grew up in the affluent suburb of Deal, New Jersey, per the Washington Post. Southside Johnny & the Asbury Jukes 8 p.m. Saturday, SugarHouse Casino, 1001 Delaware Ave.. $29. Bruce, we all thought was really going to be something, though we didnt expect him to get as huge as he got. 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There was a place called Piners Lounge and Steven and I would go there and Bruce would come and wed watch Garry play. Performing is a way for me to explore my own emotions. Each contributed songs to the band that was known then as Southside Johnny & the Asbury Jukes, and Van Zandt, known nowadays as political rocker Little Steven, served as the bands manager and producer. 1,083 talking about this. With the addition of a horn section, the Blackberry Booze Band evolved into Southside Johnny & the Asbury Jukes. Fairfax public schools SAT scores fall 27 points since 2018. 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. 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,. Low 49F. It was four rolls of toilet paper, some candy bars, some toothpaste, (of which I was almost out), and a bottle of wine. It wasnt a mid-life crisis, said Lyon, who will turn 40 Sunday. See pages that link to and include this page. Bobby Bandiera and I have been writing songs. I havent seen either of them in years or spoken to them, Lyon said. Star Newspapers Limited and/or its licensors. Sales were modest but respectable, and the band toured hard in support, eventually taking a break to cut their second LP, 1977's This Time It's for Real, which featured more guest appearances from R&B heroes (vocal groups the Coasters, the Drifters, and the Five Satins) and songwriting contributions from Springsteen. So the label agreed to an alternative plan. When he came back to N.J., he was broke and needed to put together a 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. 110. 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. I think that all stations should play all kinds (of music), instead of just trying to narrow their demographic down to this little 18- to 26-year-old white males in suburbia, he said. 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. "I'd seen James Brown and Ray Charles,'' Southside Johnny, a.k.a. Recording Sessions Springsteen, working on his own album, took time to contribute a song, All the Way Home, on which he plays guitar. Then once that idea got into you, you never wanted to let it go, because what are the alternatives? Be Nice. That was our college. Who gave him the nickname Southside? 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.. Can I ask you about your mother and your connection to her? Click here to toggle editing of individual sections of the page (if possible). 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. I have a vague idea about what I want to do and I'd like a set list, but if at any moment I want to do a different song, I'll just call out the title of the song or the opening riff and we'll do it. If anybody needs some, send me an email. Some people thought its success would give both you and the Jukes increased exposure, particularly with younger audiences. It's just the perfect stage for us in some ways. "Sometimes there's got to be a good reason to go down a different path.". 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. Bruce Springsteen had visited his parents in California. Its the stupidest drug. Their next concert will be tomorrow at the Bottom Line in New York City. 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). Im not driving a truck. That musical meeting led to a renewed partnership on the new album. I was just trying to make a really good record for myself.". But those are fleeting times. 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. You and the Jukes haven't released a new album in more than two years. I don't know why. Let's do it this way," but it's the same thing onstage. This was not the kind of music that other people listened to, but I didnt know that. Johnny Lyon, is telling me over the phone from somewhere on the New Jersey Shore. ", Scialfa's second album, "21st Street Lullaby," followed in 2004. 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. One of the reasons I got into rock-and-roll was because I wanted to avoid the tediousness of life. 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. People quoted a source on the couple: "Patti stifled her feelings for a long time. 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. One of the seminal figures on the New Jersey rock scene and a gifted, charismatic singer steeped in soul, blues, and R&B. Critics have called us the worlds greatest bar band, Lyon said. Lyon, frontman for the Asbury Jukes, shared an update on. We were young and we wanted adventure and there was this music that promised that. We reinforced our belief in ourselves. SOUTHSIDE JOHNNY: I have a wife I'm still married to, but we're separated, but I go and visit her. Anyone can read what you share. Recorded 9/20/1985 - Capitol Theatre (Passaic, NJ)Visit Wolfgang's https://www.wolfgangs.com/music/ to stream concerts from thousands of legendary artists. She worked along with my father. Thats got to be $1,000 worth of cocaine and youre only making $500 a night? Most E Street Band and Asbury Jukes members (past and present) were in attendance. Some of the group's most noted songs were composed by Mr. Van Zandt and Mr. Springsteen, a longtime supporter of the band. This copy is for your personal non-commercial use only. In a 1988 People magazine article about Scialfa, Asbury Jukes singer Bobby Bandiera called her "a beer-drinking buddy. or anything. Information: (714) 496-8930. New Jersey music iconSouthside Johnny Lyon is doing fine during the coronavirus outbreak and he has plenty of toilet paper, too. Notify administrators if there is objectionable content in this page. Southside Johnny was born on December 4th, 1948 which makes him 68 years old. 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. That was Dr. Zoom & the Sonic Boom. 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." 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. It's not odd to me to have women as friends, and it's almost always been that way. Baton twirlers. Im not a nostalgist. . Two years later, the group signed a recording contract with Epic Records and released the album "I Don't Want To Go Home." 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. "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. Chance of rain 70%.. ", New Jersey Q & A: Johnny Lyon; 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 I remember going over to the Orchid Lounge and listening to B.B. I don't define myself entirely by music. We werent old enough to drink, but because we knew Garry we could get in. Don't Threaten. But I can't imagine not being in music. Winds SSW at 5 to 10 mph. It brings out a slightly different show in that it's so intimate and we do different songs, but we still rock out. So I had to learn all these songs. The album entered the Billboard charts at No. You can link it to other sites. We sat down after that and talked about working together again, Lyon said. When New Jerseys Asbury Park music scene rose up in the 1970s, there were three bright lights on its rock-and-soul triangle. They don't want us to be the same set list every night. Physically, it's a little bit more challenging for me now; my shows tend to be very energetic. All the activity has been spurred by the release of Better Days, the first Southside Johnny album in three years. Its not so bad to be lumped in with people of that caliber.. 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. 1965 | 1966 | 1967 | 1968 They have been recording albums since 1976 and are closely associated with Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band. What about the "New Jersey magic" that transforms musicians into stars? Mike Boehm is a former arts reporter and pop music critic for the Los Angeles Times. View all concerts Chase City, VA, US Change location 2,658 fans get concert alerts for this artist. Thats in dispute. He walked on stage, and the crowd just went nuts, Lyon said. I never have looked at women, except for about 15 to 16, 17 years old, as sex objects. Statistical Information I really am not good at lip-syncing. . Q. My real priorities were my family my kids and Bruce and my work with the E Street Band." You set your sights on making the best music you can and not try to be a star or make a lot of money. 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. SOUTHSIDE JOHNNY: No. He also trades vocals with Lyon and Van Zandt on Its Been a Long Time, the first single from the album. 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. Help Us | Upload. I don't look at it so externally. And through all the changes, the band leader -- me -- has remained constant. Time to find out. Are you excited to be coming to The Birchmere? I have a lot of women friends. But Epic Records were disappointed with their sales, and in 1979 they dropped the band. I always say this. It was so great. View wiki source for this page without editing. Well, I don't know what people thought about the record one way or another. The three of you influenced each other, so how did Bruce Springsteen and Jon Bon Jovi influence you? 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. I think we know what it takes to keep an audience and to make them want to come back. 2021 | 2022 | 2023, For Collectors | Releases I'm proud to be compared to Bruce. I collected that kind of music, so they would play their English kind of invasion music and garage bands and I'd play blues. Before Fame I really liked it and I moved down there, but I didn't move down there because of the music. And every musician had to have a nickname. 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. There was no alcohol, so teenagers could get in. 1989 | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 For 1983's Trash It Up!, the group shortened their name to Southside Johnny & the Jukes, moved to the Atlantic-distributed Mirage label, and teamed with producer Nile Rodgers to create a sleeker, more dance-oriented sound. A. I actually started singing in front of people when I was 16 years old. All credits to the original photographer. 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. The group's most recent concert in New Jersey was on New Year's Eve at the Count Basie Theater in Red Bank. 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. "But we're always there if anybody needs us. The Beatles and the Stones and the Animals those kind of successful garage bands it gave us the impetus to try it. The enthusiasm for the music is definitely still there. They have recorded or performed several Springsteen songs, including "The Fever" and "Fade Away". New Jersey music icon Southside Johnny Lyon is doing "fine" during the coronavirus outbreak and he has plenty of toilet paper, too. 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. She once again explained how she always had to balance her solo work with her duties to the E Street Band as well as to her family, noting she had just taken two days off from touring to get her son Evan ready for college. The fact that young people were starting to make their own music and there was audience for that. Southside Johnny & the Asbury Jukes play the SugarHouse Casino on Saturday May 11. I think it is courage because you put all of yourself, all of your heart in one direction. Tickets: $19.50. They really inspire you with their command of the stage. It was just perfect. 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 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. Southside Johnny & Jill Glasner Wedding Reception. PLEASE TURN OFF YOUR CAPS LOCK. Southside Johnny Lyon was born on December 4, 1948 in Neptune, New Jersey, USA as John Lyon. "I haven't put on a suit for 40 years. 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. I am very grateful. Frank Sinatra: Live At Melbourne Festival Hall. A. There are other things I'm interested in. The following year, Southside Johnny revived the Asbury Jukes for the album Better Days, a set in the group's classic style that was produced by Steve Van Zandt and included appearances from Bruce Springsteen and Jon Bon Jovi, the latter a longtime Southside Johnny fan. 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. 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.". 1981 | 1982 | 1983 | 1984 Maybe I need to descend further into the pit of life.Profile. There's some really nice people down here," so I did. Find out what you can do. Republication or distribution of this content is 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. It was a crisis of faith in his career prospects and his chances for creative growth. It seems to me thats cutting your own throat; the more people you attract to your station, the bigger base you have. Hang in there and we will have a party as soon as possible. They're glowing. 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. You can't go out there and hope people like you. Thats right. 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. I had to replace the horn section when they went out with Diana Ross. With Early Elton Trio, John mainly uses his sunburst '64 Fender Jazz bass. But, he added, I think that when you get to those places, sometimes you need to look back and see how you got there.. And when he and Lyon struck up a friendship, it changed the course of Lyon's life. presentation-ready copies of Toronto Star content for distribution People come and go; that's part of the business. I dont always remember what Im supposed to do.. 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. Do you agree that it takes a lot of courage? Youve got to work hard to prove that you belong there, and once you do that, they're on your side. But I'm not anywhere near ready to give it all up. Southside Johnny soon landed a new record deal with Mercury Records, but had to deal with an even bigger change, as Steve Van Zandt dropped out as the guitarist, songwriter, and producer for the Asbury Jukes; his role in Bruce Springsteen's E Street Band had become too time consuming. Some record companies understood that. Guitarist Billy Rush became their main songwriter and band leader, and Southside and company cut two studio albums for Mercury, 1979's soulful The Jukes and 1980's harder edged Love Is a Sacrifice. They loved good music and they had great senses of humor and some sarcasm. Its not my natural bent to write a socially committed song, Lyon said. I was always of the mind-set of if you get a better offer for more money, take it. 877-477-3715. sugarhousecasino.com. 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. "And he just was riveting, and I thought 'Wow, who is this guy?' But lately, he has spent a lot of time on the road, leaving the canaries with neighbors. 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. I had a care package left on my porch today from a fan who left her initial as K, Lyon said. "He had long hair, a great grin and chicks just loved the s*** out of him. It was so overwhelming that other things just didn't matter as much. So, out of luck.. "They were all 'I'm gonna be a musician!' And if you're looking for that, you're going to be disappointed." The project evolved as Van Zandt began writing tunes for what Lyon describes as a homecoming album, a look into their musical past. Some day I'll do a blues album. Van Zandt and Springsteen both figured heavily in the launching of Lyons career in the mid- to late-70s. 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. Now that the pieces are in place, the only thing left is to see how the record sells. We email each other and send pictures, and I have a number of women friends that I do that with. 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. Event has been relocated to the Wax Nightclub,125 King St. W., Kitchener Tickets $45. 1969 | 1970 | 1971 | 1972 Going to Jukesville followed in 2002, and the tough, eclectic Into the Harbour was issued in 2006. But connecting with a woman in a romantic relationship is probably something else. Q. . When did you discover that you were lucky and had a gift? 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. It was crazy. You somehow scrounged your way through and if you werent starving to death you got to play on Friday and Saturday night. John Lyon was born in Neptune, New Jersey on December 4, 1948 and grew up in nearby Ocean Gove. Im not a big fan of videos. My mother worked, and would say it was OK to stay home as long as I cleaned the house. If you do not yet have a Torstar account, you can create one now (it is free), Copyright owned or licensed by Toronto Star Newspapers Limited. "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. 8 p.m. Saturday, SugarHouse Casino, 1001 Delaware Ave.. $29. California residents do not sell my data request. "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.". All the facilities are there, but the internet makes it so that you can disseminate your music. "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. Their onstage interactions got steamier and more suggestive, and in June they were spotted kissing in Rome, Italy. I don't know if it's courage. 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. 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. 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. I did it once and went on stage and my voice dried out. How do you think you influenced Bruce Springsteen and Jon Bon Jovi, who acknowledged you as his reason for singing? 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 . You may occasionally receive promotional content from the Los Angeles Times. The article noted that the album had ended up bringing Scialfa into the spotlight, and while it had kickstarted her career, it hadn't led to a large body of solo work, as she had originally hoped it would. Indeed there isand it's a great one. 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