I don't know why. I worked during the day and performed at night. Will there be a new one in 1994? But connecting with a woman in a romantic relationship is probably something else. 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. In a 2004 interview with the Washington Post, Scialfa said of the album "I was happy with the way it was received, and I've met a lot of nice people who seem to know it. And Southside Johnny Lyon was the blues and R&B vocalist and bandleader who could outsing both of them. You probably never asked yourself, What if?. He was born as John Lyon in New Jersey. The business is still refreshingly random, Lyon joked. Thats right. 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. What about the "New Jersey magic" that transforms musicians into stars? I was just trying to make a really good record for myself.". I always feel self-conscious. Then once that idea got into you, you never wanted to let it go, because what are the alternatives? Q. 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. 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? Getting some traction is the hardest thing for me. Bobby Bandiera and I have been writing songs. 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. General Wikidot.com documentation and help section. accounts, the history behind an article. Does it bother you that you are forever being compared with Bruce Springsteen? So, out of luck.. I thought this is what people do. I don't know if it's courage so much as it's just stubbornness. I Dont Want to Go Home might have been. 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. The fact that young people were starting to make their own music and there was audience for that. I was out here on tour (in late 1988) and I played the Coach House in San Juan Capistrano, and I said, This looks nice, lets move here. And we did.. Bruce, we all thought was really going to be something, though we didnt expect him to get as huge as he got. Patti Scialfa has been a member of Bruce Springsteen's The E Street Band since 1984 and Springsteen's partner since 1988. And we were tenacious about it. You care very much because you know that if you don't make music, you're going to have to get a real job, and who wants that? I cover pop music, from what's happening in the local scene to national trends and touring acts. To dream a dream of making music. 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 ", Scialfa's second album, "21st Street Lullaby," followed in 2004. Event has been relocated to the Wax Nightclub,125 King St. W., Kitchener Tickets $45. They can download it, and you're so in charge of everything. His go-to basses with the Asbury Jukes are a Fender Precision bass, and a short scale Jerry Jones Longhorn. 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. Before Fame But I'm not anywhere near ready to give it all up. Something does not work as expected? 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.. racist or sexually-oriented language. ", Things You Didn't Know About Bruce Springsteen's Wife Patti Scialfa, Racing In The Street: The Bruce Springsteen Reader. How do you think you influenced Bruce Springsteen and Jon Bon Jovi, who acknowledged you as his reason for singing? Things changed when Springsteen asked her to rejoin him on the road in 1987 for the "Tunnel of Love" tour, which delayed Scialfa recording her own record. I have more toilet paper than I need for a year. I gave out money each day, and the song (Little Calcutta) just got wrenched out of me by the experience.. ", He laughs. Lyon, frontman for the Asbury Jukes, shared an update on social media from his home in Ocean Grove on Monday, March 30. Hell be in Philadelphia with the Jukes at SugarHouse Casino on Saturday. SOUTHSIDE JOHNNY: Yeah, I can't just be superficial. We honed our crafts. "And I have a horn section and he doesn't.". A. Very much so. Lyon started using the stage name Southside Johnny, a nickname given him for his love of Chicago blues and the extensive collection of rare blues and R&B sides he owned in tandem with Tallent. I just think it's a great time to make music, and you can communicate with musicians around the world. That's hard to say, of course. IF Bruce Springsteen is the heart of New Jersey's rock sound, then Southside Johnny is its soul. Republication or distribution of this content is There was no alcohol, so teenagers could get in. Leroy was launched with 2000's Messin' with the Blues, which featured the latest edition of the Asbury Jukes. SOUTHSIDE JOHNNY: Yes, we're all pretty good friends. 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. He walked on stage, and the crowd just went nuts, Lyon said. I hope all of the Jukes and all of the Juke fans are doing well. 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. Two other E Streeters, drummer Max Weinberg and bassist Garry Tallent, appear on the album. That's the common thread of almost all of the bands, even the younger bands that are coming up. Live recording -- "Reach Up and Touch the Sky. Southside Johnny Lyon (John Lyon) was born on 4 December, 1948 in Neptune, New Jersey, USA, is a Soundtrack, Actor, Miscellaneous. '", In 1993, Scialfa finally released her first solo album, "Rumble Doll." The best performance is always when the audience explores them with you. Southside Johnny's story is one of resilience, perseverance and making music for the love of music. But I also want to hear a backbeat and a lot of horns. We had cheerleaders. Your last album, "Better Days," was perhaps the most critically acclaimed album you've done since "Hearts of Stone." This was not the kind of music that other people listened to, but I didnt know that. Chance of rain 70%.. "He just had that presence where you couldn't take your eyes off him. It's one of my favorite places to play. When he came back to N.J., he was broke and needed to put together a band. Springsteen's new success persuaded record companies that New Jersey might be a hub for fresh talent, and soon Epic signed Southside Johnny & the Asbury Jukes to a record deal. . Right before I went on stage, I had this feeling of revulsion. Q. Do you know what I mean? 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. He carried himself as a person who has something to say, and still does. 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But he started to have success after his third album, and we all got the chance to put our foot in the door too. I detested school. Recorded 9/20/1985 - Capitol Theatre (Passaic, NJ)Visit Wolfgang's https://www.wolfgangs.com/music/ to stream concerts from thousands of legendary artists. To order copies of He had a gold top Les Paul, and he wrote songs and sang and put together bands and was a great guy to know.". Join Songkick to track Southside Johnny and get concert alerts when they play near you. 1981 | 1982 | 1983 | 1984 Im very happy in my life, Im very happily married, I love the band I play with, I love the material I get to play on stage. Recorded over six weeks in June and July, Better Days was released late last month. "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. It went on like that for years--first in a succession of bands that included such fellow aspiring Jersey rockers as Bruce Springsteen and Steve Van Zandt, then by more than a decade of touring and recording as the leader of Southside Johnny & the Jukes. Too many times I've gone into the recording studio with the idea that the album would sound like this and it comes out sounding like something entirely different. Everybody likes a lot of different things. You somehow scrounged your way through and if you werent starving to death you got to play on Friday and Saturday night. 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.". In 1978, Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes released what many critics consider the band's greatest album, "Hearts of Stone." ", Per AllMusic, Scialfa wrote all 12 songs on "Rumble Doll." . 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. "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. 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. I always say this. I always knew that I could never do the same job over and over again and punch a clock. Q. They loved good music and they had great senses of humor and some sarcasm. A. Wikidot.com Terms of Service - what you can, what you should not etc. 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. 1973 | 1974 | 1975 | 1976 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. Share with Us. 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. SOUTHSIDE JOHNNY: I think it's just natural. 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 I think we know what it takes to keep an audience and to make them want to come back. Thats got to be $1,000 worth of cocaine and youre only making $500 a night? I wish I could have gone out and played live after it came out. He's a great artist. Bruce Springsteen was the breakout star. SOUTHSIDE JOHNNY: My mother and my father were great readers of good literature. Q. Johnny Lyon, is telling me over the phone from somewhere on the New Jersey Shore. . Information: (714) 496-8930. Southside Johnny Lyon was always the quintessential bar rocker, the raspy singer from the Jersey shore who fronted a brassy, scruffy-looking band and sang night after night about romance and havin a party, and about how he didnt want to go home. I've always respected women. Growing up in a small town in New Jersey, when the winter kicks in and its around February and you start thinking about places youd rather be, Southern California has always been one 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. Fairfax public schools SAT scores fall 27 points since 2018. Q. 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. There are times when I feel, What am I--chopped liver? Lyon acknowledged. I havent seen either of them in years or spoken to them, Lyon said. It was crazy. If anybody needs some, send me an email. He is back fronting the nine-piece Jukes and resuming a heavy performing schedule that includes shows tonight and Wednesday at the Coach House in San Juan Capistrano, Thursday at the Roxy in West Hollywood, and Friday and Saturday at the Strand in Redondo Beach. The project evolved as Van Zandt began writing tunes for what Lyon describes as a homecoming album, a look into their musical past. Lyon's parents were music fans with a taste for jazz (his father played bass in a jazz combo before landing a steady job with the post office), and he grew up with the sounds of Louis Armstrong, Billie Holiday, Count Basie, and Duke Ellington filling the house. Indeed there isand it's a great one. Append content without editing the whole page source. You think, well, that's what you have to do. 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! 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. Im not a big fan of videos. Gallery | Links Mostly retired people. A lot of those, Steven and Bruce and those people, had not heard a lot of Chicago blues, some, but not a lot of them. I really liked it and I moved down there, but I didn't move down there because of the music. Southside Johnny and The Poor Fools Thursday (Feb. 2), 8 p.m. It was two floors above a Thom McAn shoe store. 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 was a crisis of faith in his career prospects and his chances for creative growth. . 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 am very grateful. The Jukes have had a number of personnel changes over the years. Help Us | Upload. 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. You could make a career out of it. to colleagues, clients or customers, or inquire about Anyone can read what you share. 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. 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. We had a Monopoly game on stage. "I haven't put on a suit for 40 years. 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. 2021 | 2022 | 2023, For Collectors | Releases For the Poor Fools, where they were doing Americana, folk and blues, he mostly played a 1960's German-made Hoyer. I think I earned enough credits to get an associate arts degree, but I'm not sure. Goes Out newsletter, with the week's best events, to help you explore and experience our city. SOUTHSIDE JOHNNY: They have such confidence onstage and such delight, and I was always impressed by people like that, like James Brown and Jackie Wilson, Sam & Dave. Nevertheless, the old links to Springsteen and Van Zandt are inescapable, given the mutual roots, and the fact that they wrote many of the Jukes most notable songs. Scialfa was happy to oblige, contributing two new songs; Roth also used two songs from "Rumble Doll." It seems to me thats cutting your own throat; the more people you attract to your station, the bigger base you have. But I can tell you this. "But we're always there if anybody needs us. But those are fleeting times. 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. that is degrading to another person. Eager to record again but not excited about signing another record deal, Southside Johnny devised a new strategy and formed his own label, Leroy Records, to release his music when and how he wanted, and giving him full creative freedom. And Garry wound up playing with Little Melvin & the Invaders. When did you discover that you were lucky and had a gift? My parents loved music. Read Full Biography. I agree. Since leaving Springsteens E Street Band in 1984, Van Zandt had turned much of his musical and personal attention to political causes, including the founding of Artists United Against Apartheid. So I would vacuum and make the beds and play their records and sing along with them. It was just perfect. 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. Maybe Bruce will make an A. The Upstage Club. He also trades vocals with Lyon and Van Zandt on Its Been a Long Time, the first single from the album. Click here to toggle editing of individual sections of the page (if possible). 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. Time to find out. It leaves you with a strong feeling of respect. Southside Johnny's story is one of resilience, perseverance and making music for the love of music. 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. "Steven (Van Zandt) always wanted to be active politically and to play music and now he's an actor as well (on The Sopranos). All credits to the original photographer. She has been a musician and songwriter throughout her life, and although her own creative pursuits have often taken a back seat to those of her much more famous husband, Scialfa has continued to work both with and without the E Street Band for over 35 years. Can I ask you about your mother and your connection to her? 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It's like being an athlete. Its a good time in my life. "I was living with Miami Steve (Van Zandt, Southside's guitarist, songwriting partner and producer before departing for Springsteen's E Street band) and Albany Al in a three-bedroom apartment," recalls the 63-year-old rock vet. Get our L.A. My real priorities were my family my kids and Bruce and my work with the E Street Band." By 1971, Lyon had formed a group called the Sundance Blues Band, which featured Lyon on lead vocals and harp, as well his high school friend Garry Tallent and other future stars such as Steven Van Zandt, Vini Lopez, David Sancious, and a promising guitarist named Bruce Springsteen. Watch headings for an "edit" link when available. 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). Well, I don't know what people thought about the record one way or another. 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. But after graduating from Neptune High School on the Jersey Shore in 1967, you enrolled at Monmouth College. It could get a boost if the video catches on, but Southside Johnny records have never been huge sellers, even in the glory days. I already knew Garry Tallent and Vini Lopez. Q. Featured Pages, Gig Pages My wife, Jill, keeps wondering the same thing. Is Virginia ready for mandated electric vehicles? Baton twirlers. You and the Jukes haven't released a new album in more than two years. People like Big Joe Turner, Ray Charles, B. It brings out a slightly different show in that it's so intimate and we do different songs, but we still rock out. His multiple awards include recognition for stories on both Bruce Springsteen and Jersey Shore. Contact him at @chrisfhjordan; cjordan@app.com. As a subscriber, you have 10 gift articles to give each month. And God knows Ive been in enough of them.. I know some of the songs I want to record, but I don't know about the style of those songs. That was Dr. Zoom & the Sonic Boom. 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. S. 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. ", Event has been relocated to the Wax Nightclub,125 King St. W., Kitchener, Tickets $45. This led to Southside Johnny reviving the Jukes as a live act, playing occasional shows in the United States and touring Europe and the U.K. every year. Click here to edit contents of this page. 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. 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. 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. "Bruce always wanted to make his music count for people. One of the things I'm most proud of is that the Jukes haven't lost their edge on stage. Q. All I realized once again that music is fun and fulfilling. 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. Since then, Johnny and the Jukes have released more than a dozen albums. 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. So the label agreed to an alternative plan. Mike Boehm Mike. I really am not good at lip-syncing. The great blues mecca of Ocean Grove, New Jersey? Playlists | Radio | Podcast A. I certainly hope so. We were all scuffling. Sundays there were no cars allowed on the street. When New Jerseys Asbury Park music scene rose up in the 1970s, there were three bright lights on its rock-and-soul triangle. "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. 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Are you excited to be coming to The Birchmere? After three years, Southside was disenchanted with the Richmond rock scene, and he returned to New Jersey. If you want to discuss contents of this page - this is the easiest way to do it. It was a great education for all of us. They don't want us to be the same set list every night. 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. You may occasionally receive promotional content from the Los Angeles Times. Q. Its the stupidest drug. 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. And through all the changes, the band leader -- me -- has remained constant. Their second child, Jessica Rae Springsteen, was born on December 30, 1991 and their third child, Sam Ryan Springsteen, was born on January 5, 1990. They have been recording albums since 1976 and are closely associated with Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band. 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,. View wiki source for this page without editing. 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 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. Tell me about the women in your life. It leaves you with a strong feeling of respect. After 1986's At Least We Got Shoes, Mirage cut ties with Southside, and he put the band on hiatus, cutting a solo album, 1988's Slow Dance, that leaned in the direction of adult contemporary music, dominated by love songs and ballads. SOUTHSIDE JOHNNY: I do connect with them. I've always known what the Jukes ought to sound like. 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