Southside Johnny with Bobby Bandiera at McLoone's, Asbury Park, NJ (2Videos)
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Southside Johnny loves so many different kinds of music he needs another band
That’s why, when Southside Johnny Lyon comes to the Narrows Center for the Arts in Fall River on Friday night (March 16), he won’t be with The Jukes, but with a new quintet, The Poor Fools. Southside and the new band will be performing a wide variety of music, in a mostly acoustic setting, from seldom heard Jukes tunes to surprising trips afield–Muddy Waters to Mose Allison, Wilco to The Band, George Jones to Django Reinhardt. Fans can expect the unexpected, and the show gets underway at 8 p.m., with advance tickets $35, or $40 at the door. The Narrows Center is located at 16 Anawan St., Fall River. Tickets can be purchased online at www.ncfta.org, or by calling 508-324-1926.
Southside Johnny - Tangled Up In Blues - WNCD 93.3 The Wolf / Youngstown, Ohio
Southside Johnny dishes on The Boss
By Joel Rubinoff, Record staff — “I’d seen James Brown and Ray Charles,’’ Southside Johnny, a.k.a. Johnny Lyon, is telling me over the phone from somewhere on the New Jersey Shore.“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. King album one day. “And he just was riveting, and I thought ‘Wow, who is this guy?’ ’’His name, of course, was Bruce Springsteen, though at the time he was just another up and coming nobody trying to get a break.
And when he and Lyon struck up a friendship, it changed the course of Lyon’s life…
Southside Johnny Backstage at the Birchmere
Hope Concert V - Blue Christmas (5Videos)
Southside Johnny received the Key to the City of Lynn
Just a year ago, Southside wrote on his website: “Big thanks to all those who made it out to the Lynn Auditorium (…) this past weekend! Special thanks to Mayor Kennedy and her staff and family, for breaking out the red carpet for the Jukes and allowing us to bring some chaos to City Hall. We didn’t quite get the key to the city, but maybe next time…”
Now, this just came in on Southside Johnny’s official Twitter stream: “Southside just got the key to the city of Lynn, Mass. Don’t bother locking the doors Lynnians.” Photo of Lynn Mayor Judith Flanagan Kennedy & Johnny via: img.ly
Congratulations to Mayor Kennedy for the stunt and to the honorable Mr. Lyon… for one of the nicest smiles ever seen on his face! Too cool!
On Canvas: Southside Johnny
Southside Johnny Covers The Beatles With Jeff Kazee
Via: Speak Into My Good Eye by Chris Rotolo, Senior Staff Writer: According to a tweet made Tuesday afternoon by local producer, and electric ivory tickler for the Southside Johnny led Asbury Jukes, Jeff Kazee, he and the aforementioned front-man have finished recording a cover of The Beatles‘ “I’m Down” for a lengthy project, nearing the entrance to its third year, named The Beatles Complete On Ukulele (TBCOU).
Montreal Jazz Festival: Listen, it’s all about the music
MONTREAL – When Southside Johnny got on the road to promote a trio of classic soulful rhythm ’n’ blues albums with the Asbury Jukes in the second half of the 1970s, he was riding in the shadow of his friend and fellow New Jersey son Bruce Springsteen’s mega-breakout. And he had only one goal.
“I wanted to stick it to people,” the man born John Lyon said during a recent telephone interview. Lyon and bandmate Steven Van Zandt (now better known as Little Steven) were “very aggressive about that New Jersey being a joke state thing,” he said. “We thought ‘We’ll show you.’ We’d go onstage and the horns would hit that big chord. It was not like another band hitting two guitars. And I was a wild performer on stage. Iggy Pop was one of my heroes. So between Steve wanting to prove himself and me wanting to prove myself, that was the real bond. We really wanted to say ‘This is good and you have to pay attention.’
