Southside Johnny & The Asbury Jukes, ‘Without Love’ at the Glee Club, Cardiff on 24th October
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The Globe, Cardiff, Wales, UK (2009)
By Paul S from Cardiff – November 2, 2009, The Globe, Cardiff
Either I’d forgotten just how good a Southside Johnny gig can be or he got even better! There were a few changes from the last time I saw Southside: a little more facial hair, the trademark shades being discarded early on, and the ever changing line up of the Asbury Jukes.
But much remained the same, including great musicianship from the eight strong backing band, featuring a strong horns section (sometimes reminiscent of the Memphis Horns sound), keyboards, drums, lead and bass guitars.
Read the full review at: ENTS24.com
Coal Exchange, Cardiff, UK, 2004
I remember last night (Cardiff)
SAT 30 OCTOBER; CARDIFF COAL EXCHANGE
The centre of Cardiff on a Saturday night is bright, noisy and thronged with people bar-hopping; but the Jukes’ venue is down in the old docks area – not right on the waterfront, which is being “regenerated”, but a little way back from there; it’s dark and quiet, and on a first visit can give you one of those “can there really be a gig down here?” moments which we UK Jukes followers know so well…
We also have another strange ticketing arrangement to contend with: you can book only through a record shop in Swansea, and they send you, not a ticket, but a voucher for a ticket, which you are supposed to exchange for an actual ticket at the venue. Doug and I therefore arrive needlessly early to do this, and are cheered to hear the band rehearsing Sweeter Than Honey. We’re also cheered to run into LI Steve, who, like us, needs to eat before the show. He’s a bit shocked when Doug insists he has to find a pub which serves “brains”; but recovers on finding that “Brain’s” is the name of Cardiff’s local beer – the only one (outside micro-brewery pubs) left in the UK.
The Coal Exchange, Cardiff, UK, 2001
All Pictures Copyright (c) by Robert Peterson, 2001
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