Southside Johnny & the Asbury Jukes, perhaps the most-perfect street party band ever invented by Bacchus, brought out the big crowd as promised at Rochester’s Biggest Party, more modestly described in the literature as the Xerox Rochester International Jazz Festival.
With the big stage moved off of East Avenue, where it was in past years, and onto Chestnut Street, it was the same party, facing a different direction, as the longtime rock and R&B veterans with their tight, horn-powered sound opened with “This Time It’s For Real.”
A few moments later and it was on to “The Fever,” delivered perfectly by Southside Johnny Lyons, who still has one of the most compellingly soulful voices in rock. That one was written by Southside’s Asbury Park neighbor, Bruce Springsteen. Imagine being such a cool band, Springsteen tosses you a song and says, “Here, Johnny, I can’t use this one this week.”
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Show of the night: Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes, baby.
What a nice tread to get Max Weinberg & Southside Johnny on the same stage – for FREE…
The shows of Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes at BB KING’S Nightclub in Manhattan, NYC are always somewhat special since some years already. Two shows, back to back at the same venue, with almost the same audience both nights usually means that Southside and the Jukes put some extra attention in making each night special for themselves and everybody.
