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06 07 09 • Features, Press

Musicians Define The ‘Jersey Shore Sound’

Alex Biese – on The Asbury Park Press’ Metromix – comes with a simple, but more than valid question today: “How would you define the “Jersey Shore sound”? It this extract of Alex’ article, I only focused on the two gentlemen I know the best…

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26 06 09 • Features, Press

Greetings from Southside Johnny

By Alex Biese, June 26, 2009 It wouldn’t be summer at the Shore without him Between his annual Independence Day weekend appearances at The Stone Pony in Asbury Park and his crowd-pleasing New Year’s Eve shows at the Count Basie Theatre in Red Bank, Monmouth County’s

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07 06 09 • Features, Press

For TV Band, Jet-Lag Is Part Of The Job

You can get a Juke out of New Jersey, but you can’t get New Jersey out of a Juke! It’s been proved again! The New York Times features Max Weinberg and the Tonight Show Band on it’s TV Feature: When Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band performed at the Izod Center [...]

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22 05 09 • Features, Press

Tom Waits, Reimaginated

SOUTHSIDE JOHNNY WITH LABAMBA’S BIG BAND “Grapefruit Moon” Don’t be surprised if big slices of “Grapefruit Moon,” Southside Johnny Lyon’s big-band tribute to Tom Waits, leave you wishing that someone had produced a similar project for Ray Charles. Wouldn’t he have been inspired by the album’s vividly drawn songs and brassy orchestrations, especially when arranger Richie [...]

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16 05 09 • Features, Press

Bandiera Revisits His Orbison Program

By ED CONDRAN • April 22, 2009 • When Count Basie Theatre CEO Numa Saisselin approached guitarist/bandleader Bobby Bandiera about doing revue-style shows at the Red Bank venue three years ago, Bandiera was reluctant.

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08 02 09 • Features, Jukes (solo), Press

Man with A Horn

‘LaBamba’ answers the call from Springsteen, Southside, Conan By Ellen S. Wilkowe • Daily Record • February 8, 2009 His kids call him Dad, but to everyone else, Richie Rosenberg of Randolph is best known as LaBamba. Everyone except for his wife, that is. “She calls me LB,” he said. For the past 16 years, the man of one [...]

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30 01 09 • Interviews, Press

Little Steven: From E-Street to Easy Street

Little Steven got interviewed by the EVENING HERALD, an Irish newspaper published in Dublin. While the motivation for the writeup has been the syndication of Steven’s UNDERGROUND GARAGE radio program on a Dublin station, he does give some reflections about his musical career pre-1999 and promotes his latest campaign. The success of the show has prompted [...]

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17 01 09 • Press

Little Steven: What I’ve learned

This comes in from the ESQUIRE MAGAZINE. Little Steven had a sit-down with Ryan D’Agostino. Their “Interview” comes as a write-up of just the quotes – not the questions. I like that a lot! This might have been the best piece, of the very few, by Steven of the last couple of month. Although there [...]

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24 12 08 • Live Reviews, Press

Back at the Basie

BACK AT THE BASIE WITH BANDIERA, BONDS, BON JOVI, & MR. GRINCH – DEC. 22. 2008: Springsteen drops in to wish Red Bank crowd a Merry Christmas, Baby! It’s all cold down along the beach… the wind’s whipping down the boardwalk… and it’s freezing in Red Bank, where Bruce showed up tonight to bring some [...]

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23 12 08 • Live Reviews, Press

Bonjovi and Bruce keep Hope alive

RED BANK – There already was star power a-plenty on the stage of Count Basie Theatre in Red Bank Monday night, and then Jon Bon Jovi introduced Bruce Springsteen. BY KELLY JANE COTTER – Music Writer – December 23, 2008 “It ain’t Santa Claus,” Bon Jovi said, announcing a special guest. “We got something better.” Like [...]

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19 12 08 • Blogs, Press

Grapefruit Moon in the Lahontan Valley

There are obvious signs of civilization out in the desert! Here’s something right from the beautiful Lahontan Valley in Nevada. Kirk Robertson did a review of GRAPEFRUIT MOON for the “Lahontan Valley News”: While recently many folks have covered Waits’ music — ranging from the successful such as Holly Cole, to the ludicrous such as Scarlet [...]

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07 12 08 • Press

Southside Johnny’s way with Waits

As SOUTHSIDE JOHNNY AND THE ASBURY JUKES were just about to return to their November US tour schedule after spending more than a month on the road in Europe, two pieces came in via PHILLY.COM a week ago: THE PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER’s Nick Cristiano offers a brief interview and write-up about GRAPEFRUIT MOON and Tom Waits [...]

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28 10 08 • Live Reviews, Press

Southside Johnny and the La Bamba Big Band

A review by PHIL GALLO Posted: Sun., Oct. 26, 2008, 12:23pm PT The premiere of Southside Johnny’s big band project with trombonist Richard “La Bamba” Rosenberg was executed impressively in moments of power or playfulness, although the two-hour show was a bit out of sync early on and slightly drowsy at the end. The program, like [...]

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26 10 08 • Features, Live Reviews, Press

Big Band Amps Up Evening Of Tom Waits

By Jay Lustig, The Star-Ledger Sunday October 26, 2008, 9:16 PM NEW YORK — There has never been a Southside Johnny concert like the evening of Tom Waits songs he presented at the Nokia Theatre on Friday. There has never been a Waits show like it, either. On his September album “Grapefruit Moon,” John “Southside Johnny” Lyon [...]

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12 10 08 • Features, Press

Southside, La Bamba Salute Tom Waits

THE ASBURY PARK PRESS, OCTOBER 12, 2008, BY KELLY-JANE COTTER, Southside Johnny Lyon needs to get home and do laundry before hitting the road for his European tour with the Asbury Jukes. Nevertheless, he is spending a brisk, gusty morning on the Asbury Park boardwalk and showing infinite patience with a reporter [...]

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02 09 08 • Press

Southside Johnny records Waits tribute

By Anthony Venutolo/The Star-Ledger August 29, 2008, 2:53PM NEW COAT OF PAINT: “Grapefruit Moon: The Songs of Tom Waits” Southside Johnny with La Bamba’s Big Band (Leroy/Redeye) You can’t beat Tom Waits at his own game. In other words, it doesn’t make much sense to sing his songs in an approximation of his inimitable growl, or with the [...]

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20 11 05 • Features, Press

Greetings from Sweden

THE ASBURY PARK PRESS – BY SHANNON MULLEN – STAFF WRITER – 11/20/05 Shore music heroes are the real deal in any language That’s not him on the cover of “Local Heroes: Asbury Park, NJ,” by Swedish journalists Anders Martensson and Jorgen Johansson.

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05 08 05 • Features, Press

Bobby Bandiera – A Tribute To Pop Harmony

THE NEW JERSEY STAR LEDGER – Monday, August 08, 2005 – BY JAY LUSTIG – Star-Ledger Staff At some recent shows by veteran Jersey rock band Southside Johnny & the Asbury Jukes, longtime guitarist-vocalist Bobby Bandiera has been replaced by former Joan Jett & the Blackhearts member Ricky Byrd. Meanwhile, Bandiera was spotted playing with [...]

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28 02 05 • Jukes (solo), Live Reviews, Press

Remembrance of artists past

THE NEW JERSEY STAR LEDGER – BY JAY LUSTIG – Star-Ledger Staff – MONDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 2005 SHORE GROUP PAYS TRIBUTE TO ROY ORBISON “I gotta follow that?” asked John “Southside Johnny” Lyon with a look of mock-horror on his face, as he took the stage at Red Bank’s Count Basie Theatre, Friday night. [...]

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24 02 05 • Features, Jukes (solo), Press

Shore Rockers bring Tribute to Red Bank

THE NEW JERSEY STAR LEDGER – BY JAY LUSTIG – FEBRUARY 24, 2005 Lots of rock vocalists admire Roy Orbison, but few try to imitate him. It’s just too daunting a task. One of the exceptions is Bobby Bandiera, who has often covered Orbison’s soaring, almost operatic songs, and written tunes with a strong Orbison flavor. [...]

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31 12 04 • Features, Interviews, Press

Music & Martinis – The Day Southside met Second City

THE ASBURY PARK PRESS – BY ED KAZ! – CORRESPONDENT – DECEMBER 31. 2004 Southside Johnny Lyon, sketch comic? – You read right. It was way back in 1981, when Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes ventured to Canada

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02 07 04 • Features, Interviews, Press

4th of July, Asbury Park (Johnny)

THE ASBURY PARK PRESS – BY ED KAZ! – CORRESPONDENT – JULY 02, 2004 Southside Johnny Lyon personifies sound of the Jersey Shore Sandy split this scene years ago. Madam Marie is still on probation. Don’t even ask about the damn Tilt-a-Whirl. Nevertheless, on July Fourth, Asbury Park’s fabled boardwalk will once again come alive with the [...]

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07 05 03 • Features, Live Reviews, Press

Sharing a lot more than just the stage

THE BRICK TOWNSHIP BULLETIN – BY SANDI CARPELLO – MAY 07. 2003 Shore’s rock ’n’ rollers play to help out Brick resident’s son. RED BANK — This time, they got together for a cause a lot closer to home. Bruce Springsteen, Jon Bon Jovi, Southside Johnny Lyon,

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20 03 03 • Features, Press

The Big Three Backing Bobby Bandiera

THE NEW JERSEY STAR LEDGER – BY JAY LUSTIG – THURSDAY, MARCH 20, 2003 The big three of Jersey Shore rock ‘n’ roll — Bruce Springsteen, Jon Bon Jovi and Southside Johnny — will perform in a benefit concert at Red Bank’s Count Basie Theatre on April 29. The beneficiary of the show, titled “The Hope Concert,” [...]

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06 09 02 • Features, Press

Southside makes Springsteen his Bit**

THE ORANGE COUNTY WEEKLY – BY BUDDY SEIGAL – SEPTEMBER 6, 2002 Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes will forever personify the Jersey Shore rock & roll ethic; a sweltering compound of barroom funk, Muscle Shoals soul, white-punks-on-booze energy and a proud jubilation of the blue-collar mindset.

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30 06 02 • Features, Press

Destination Jukesville

BACKSTREETS MAGAZINE – BY MIKE SAUNDERS – SEPTEMBER 2002 In the late winter and early spring of 2002, one of New Jersey’s homegrown musical heroes recorded a new album with his famous band. It was quickly mixed, mastered and released in the summer to widespread acclaim. It’s a familiar story, but I’m not talking about “The [...]

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30 06 02 • Features, Press

Music for a living

THE BRADENTON HERALD – BY ROD HARMON – JUNE 2002 Southside Johnny has never had an album crack the American Top 40. His songs aren’t played on the radio. And he readily admits he’s not photogenic enough for the cover of most rock magazines. But he’s got a following that rivals that of Bruce Springsteen, and [...]

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30 10 01 • Features, Live Reviews, Press

Southside Fans flock to New Jersey

BACKSTREETS MAGAZINE – BY MIKE SAUNDERS – MARCH 02.- 04.2001 “I wanna get intense tonight, I don’t care about nothing,” said Southside Johnny to a gathering of his most enthusiastic supporters last winter. “We got a chance to play for some people that understand what the fuck is going on!” [...]

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24 06 01 • Features, Jukes (solo), Press

Six Degrees of Bobby Bandiera

THE ASBURY PARK PRESS – BY KELLY-JANE COTTER – MUSIC WRITER – JUNE 24, 2001 Jersey Shore guitarist is everybody’s sideman -or so it seems. Mild-mannered Bobby Bandiera could be considered the Kevin Bacon of the Jersey Shore’s veteran music scene.

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05 03 01 • Features, Live Reviews, Press

They didn’t want to go home…

THE NEW JERSEY STAR LEDGER – BY JAY LUSTIG – MARCH 06, 2001 JUKESTOCK celebrates Southside Johnny and his band from the Shore It wasn’t the biggest or most glamorous gig Southside Johnny & the Asbury Jukes have ever played. If you took away one crucial element, in fact, the band’s Saturday night set at the [...]

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