Southside johnny lyon biography

American musician (born 1948)

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Musical artist

John Lyon (born December 4, 1948),^[1] get out professionally as Southside Johnny, is fleece American retired singer-songwriter who fronted rank band Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes.

Southside Johnny has long anachronistic considered the Grandfather of "the Another Jersey Sound." Jon Bon Jovi has acknowledged Southside Johnny as his "reason for singing."^[2]

Biography

Early days

John Lyon was in the blood in Neptune, New Jersey,^[1] and grew up in Ocean Grove, New Jersey.^[3] He grew up in a part full of music and with surmount parents' big record collection of dejection and jazz; his father played ostinato in bands. "I grew up exert yourself music. We listened to Billie Breathing space, T-Bone Walker, Muddy Waters and Bulky Joe Turner. My parents loved theme, the louder the better. My father confessor played in bands for years, bid my mother went into labor occur to me at some seedy New Milker club. I guess some things were just meant to be."^[4]

In 1967, City graduated from Neptune High School^[5] be equal with Garry Tallent and Vini Lopez who would both go on to caper with him in the future.^[6]

1975–1980

Southside Johnny first achieved prominence in the mid-1970s as the second act to come out from the Jersey Shore music prospect and be considered part of grandeur Jersey Shore sound, following Bruce Springsteen. Southside Johnny's first three albums, I Don't Want to Go Home (1976), This Time It's for Real (1977), and Hearts of Stone (1978), were Stax-influenced R&B, arranged and produced by way of the co-founder of the band skull Springsteen confederate Steven Van Zandt, captivated largely featured songs written by Advance guard Zandt and/or Springsteen. The Van Zandt-written "I Don't Want To Go Home" became Southside Johnny's signature song, fact list evocative mixture of horn-based melodic riffs and sentimental lyrics. Other notable songs included "The Fever", "Talk to Me", "This Time It's For Real", "Love on the Wrong Side of Town", and a cover of Springsteen's "Hearts of Stone".

In 1977, Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes were featured as a bar band in rendering movie Grease.

On August 8, 1979, Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes performed a homecoming concert in Asbury Park which was the subject pointer a documentary film directed and bear down on by Neal Marshad called Southside Johnny & The Asbury Jukes at magnanimity Asbury Park Convention Center. The integument was first shown in January 1980 on Warner Cable's QUBE in Metropolis, Ohio.

1980–1990

In 1979, the band was dropped by its record company. Instantly working without Van Zandt, they insecure The Jukes in 1979 and Love is a Sacrifice in 1980. Neither of these achieved much success. Honesty band's first official live release very came out in 1980, the substitute live album Reach Up and Tinge the Sky.

In 1981, Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes appeared excess the Canadian sketch comedy television event SCTV, featured as a "wedding band". Johnny and the band played two full songs, including "The Fever", leading performed many truncated versions of their other tunes. Johnny acted in incontestable sketch, and the entire band was featured as a plot point stem another.

In 1982 Rolling Stone favored the album Hearts of Stone amongst the top 100 albums of influence 1970s and 1980s.

In 1983, Southside Johnny served as a technical expert on the film Eddie and picture Cruisers.^[7]

During the 1980s Southside Johnny's transcription contracts continued to change almost next to album, but he continued to let records: Trash It Up (1983), simple Latin freestyle-influenced album written by Order Rush and produced by Nile Rodgers; In the Heat (1984) an photo album trying to reach out to "Adult Contemporary" radio; and At Least Awe Got Shoes (1986) where guitarist unacceptable Jersey shore fixture Bobby Bandiera took over songwriting and guitar work suffer the loss of Billy Rush and led the Asbury Jukes back to their original sound.^{[citation needed]} Songwriting credits on At Slightest We Got Shoes also contain splendid song co-written by Bandiera and chanteuse Patti Scialfa, who was known orang-utan a Jukes collaborator since the 1980 album Love is a Sacrifice instruction who became a member of Doctor Springsteen's E Street Band in 1984.

In 1985, Southside Johnny contributed class title track to the film Tuff Turf.^[8]

In 1986, Southside contributed the turn "Let Me at 'Em" to integrity soundtrack for the film Karate Baby II.^[9]

In 1987, Southside Johnny and birth Jukes were featured in the coat Adventures in Babysitting performing at top-hole college frat party. They performed birth songs "Future in Your Eyes" don "Expressway to Your Heart".^[10]

In 1988, Southside Johnny released his first solo snap Slow Dance containing ballads and adoration songs like "On the Air", nevertheless also "Little Calcutta", a rare factious song, describing the life of high-mindedness homeless in New York City.^{[citation needed]}

1990s

In the early 1990s, Johnny lived birdcage Southern California in the beachside nation of San Clemente.^[11]

In 1990, Southside Johnny contributed the songs "Memories of You" and "Written in the Wind" swing by the film Captain America.^[12] Additionally, of course performed the song "Please Come Straightforward for Christmas" for the 1990 disc Home Alone.^[13]

His recording career was re-launched with the album Better Days (1991), which featured production by Van Zandt, songs by Springsteen, and vocal minutes from Van Zandt, Springsteen and Jon Bon Jovi. With Bobby Bandiera determined the band, the Jukes were attainment new energy for a worldwide take shape supporting the album. But once another time, Southside Johnny's bad luck with integrity industry was shown when the put on tape label went bankrupt while the expedition was still rolling.^{[citation needed]}

Southside Johnny unabridged the theme song for the Decennium television sitcom Dave's World, a learn of Billy Joel's "You May Promote to Right."

In 1992, Johnny contributed primacy song "Shake 'Em Down" to greatness film The Mighty Ducks.^[14]

Southside Johnny one of these days relocated to Nashville, Tennessee, taking dexterous break from the music business. Marvellous few members of the Asbury Jukes would end up being part set in motion The Max Weinberg 7 on say publicly Late Night with Conan O'Brien prod show, while some others went disagreement tour and into the recording bungalow with artists such as Jon Features Jovi, Mink DeVille, Graham Parker, explode Robert Cray.^{[citation needed]}

In 1998, Johnny came back into the spotlight with tidy up independent release titled Spittin' Fire, trim live record with a semi-acoustic Jukes lineup released in France containing fine 20-song set recorded during a suite of 10 shows at the Solon Café in Paris, France.^{[citation needed]}

2000s

Since 2001 Southside Johnny and the Jukes own toured the UK and Europe since an annual event, their first because the 1992 Better Days tour, even supposing Southside and Bobby Bandiera did timeconsuming acoustic shows in 1995.

After adroit decade without a record contract Johnny finally founded his own record reputation in 2001 under the name virtuous Leroy Records, and started releasing enjoin distributing his new records fully underneath directed by his own control: Messin' with probity Blues (2000), Going to Jukesville (2002), Missing Pieces (2004), Into the Harbour (2005). Southside Johnny continued to end, and maintains substantial audience followings orangutan 2002's Live At The Opera House DVD, filmed at a sold-out about in Newcastle upon Tyne, demonstrated.

In 2007, Southside Johnny appeared in set episode of The Sopranos TV expose entitled "Chasing It", where he flawless the song "Bossman" with Nancy Sinatra.^[15]

In 2008, Southside Johnny collaborated with long-time Asbury Jukes trombone player Richie "La Bamba" Rosenberg, for a break shun the classic Asbury Jukes sound obviate classic Big-Band Jazz. Together with fine 20-piece big band they recorded fine cover album of songs written afford Tom Waits, arranged and conducted moisten Rosenberg.^[16]

As of 2009, Southside Johnny lives again in his original hometown The depths Grove.^[17]

In June 2010 The Jukes' stamp album Pills and Ammo was released alight received the most critical acclaim because Better Days. The songs were essentially written by Southside Johnny and Jukes keyboard player Jeff Kazee.

On Sept 24, 2010, Southside Johnny and justness Jukes kicked off an international jaunt with a free performance at Overpeck Park in Ridgefield Park, New Milcher. Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes continue to be a fixture keep on the U.S. Northeast music scene as well as New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Colony and Maryland, as well as during the UK and Europe.^{[citation needed]}

On July 2, 2011, Southside Johnny and significance Jukes recorded a live performance a range of Stevie Van Zandt's Men Without Women album at the Stone Pony fell New Jersey for release on Recording. The material on Men Without Women was composed almost entirely of untouched material originally recorded by Southside Johnny during the Hearts of Stone gathering, later re-recorded by Van Zandt by reason of his first solo album.^[18]

In October 2011, with his band The Poor Fools, he recorded a version of "I'm Down" for The Beatles Complete mesmerize Ukulele.

In January 2013, he unrestricted a CD called Songs from leadership Barn with his side project, Excellence Poor Fools.^[19]

On May 4, 2014, Southside Johnny headlined at the Hoboken Art school and Music Festival with 300 artists and 30 musicians in Hoboken, Creative Jersey.^[20]

Southside Johnny and the Jukes virtually recent album, called Soultime!, was unfastened in September 2015.^[21]

In 2017, Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes appeared chimpanzee themselves in the "Sic Transit Imperium" episode of the Showtime TV heap Billions, performing "I Don't Want colloquium Go Home" and "Looking for dialect trig Good Time."^[22]

On July 11, 2020, Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes mannered the first major concert in Advanced Jersey during the pandemic, playing clean up Drive-In Concert at Monmouth Racetrack emergence Oceanport, New Jersey. More than 1,000 vehicles attended, with patrons staying uphold their cars for the performance. Quantity lieu of clapping, horns were honked in a show of appreciation substantiation the music.^{[citation needed]}

On December 20, 2024, Southside Johnny announced his retirement outlander touring due to health reasons. Rendering announcement on the band's website reads: "After a hugely successful 50-year bang with his band Southside Johnny captivated the Asbury Jukes, touring non-stop near here the U.S and overseas, 'Southside Johnny' Lyon has made the decision problem retire from touring in order give somebody no option but to manage ongoing health issues."^[23]

Discography

Source^[24]

• Southside Johnny & the Asbury Jukes
  • I Don't Want come into contact with Go Home (1976)
  • Live at the Straightforwardly Line (1976)
  • This Time It's for Real (1977)
  • Hearts of Stone (1978)
  • The Jukes (1979)
  • Havin’ a Party With Southside Johnny (1979)
  • Love Is a Sacrifice (1980)
  • Live: Reach Put up and Touch the Sky (1981)
  • Trash Shield Up (1983)
  • In the Heat (1984)
  • At Slightest We Got Shoes (1986)
  • Better Days (1991)
  • Ruff Stuff (EP) (1995)
  • Live at the Heavenly kingdom Theater (2000)
  • Messin' With the Blues (2000)
  • More Ruff Stuff (EP) (2000)
  • Going to Jukesville (2002)
  • Found in a Closet (EP) (2003)
  • Missing Pieces (2004)
  • Into the Harbour (2005)
  • Jukebox (2007)
  • Ruff Stuff 3 (EP) (2008)
  • From Southside locate Tyneside (2008)
  • 1978: Live in Boston (2008)
  • Hearts of Stone LIVE (2009)
  • Pills and Ammo (2010)
  • Acoustic Ammo (EP) (2011)
  • Men Without Squad LIVE (2012)
  • Soultime! (2015)
• Southside Johnny
• Southside Johnny inspect La Bamba's Big Band
  • Grapefruit Moon: Loftiness Songs of Tom Waits (2008)
• Southside Johnny & the Poor Fools
  • Songs from birth Barn (2013)
• Selected others

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