Southside Johnny & Jeff Kazee – Hearts Of Stone – Stone Mountain Arts Center, Brownfield, Maine – 2012-05-11 – Video by Linda Thebold
Southside Johnny & The Poor Fools Couldn't Let the Flying Monkey Go
Tantalized: Everybody was singing...
Johnny set the tone for the evening at the start by announcing a song in tribute to “an honest musician.” The band slammed a home run with their fierce version of The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down. I liked the way they bracketed the show with Band songs opening and closing the main set, and then Ophelia as the penultimate encore. Ironically, Levon Helm’s next show was to have been at the Wellmont before he collapsed and went into his final decline. You could almost feel his spirit hovering over the stage. God rest his soul.
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The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down - Tribute To Levon Helm
Southside Johnny & The Poor Fools Mind Their Own Business
Serving up blues rock, Jersey style
Don’t expect to get too comfortable during Southside Johnny’s Montana debut Thursday at the Alberta Bair Theater. Southside Johnny, aka John Lyon, has spent four decades stirring things up with his blend of blues and roots-tinged rock. And he expects a certain level of rowdiness from his fans.
“It’s music that’s meant to be responded to — maybe that’s jumping up on stage and singing with us,” Johnny said in a telephone interview last week. “A lot of the out-of-control stuff that we do just happens. I’ve got horn players, and horn players are insane.”
Southside Johnny with Bobby Bandiera at McLoone's, Asbury Park, NJ (2Videos)
The Poor Fools: All The Way Home From Fall River (2Videos)
Southside Johnny and The Poor Fools to perform 'acoustic-ish' set at Appel Farm
By Kevin Gross/Gloucester County Times – Friday, March 23, 2012 – The Poor Fools is made up of members from his other band, the Asbury Jukes, and includes John Conte on bass, Tommy Byrnes on guitar, and longtime Jukes collaborator Jeff Kazee on the organ and percussion, plus Springsteen violinist and fiddle player Soozie Tyrell.





