Southside johnny lyon biography

American musician (born 1948)

"Johnny Lyons" redirects here. For the Aussie footballer, see Johnny Lyons (footballer).

Musical artist

John Lyon (born December 4, 1948),^[1] known professionally as Southside Johnny, is plug up American retired singer-songwriter who fronted the band Southside Johnny additional the Asbury Jukes.

Southside Johnny has long been considered rank Grandfather of "the New Milcher Sound." Jon Bon Jovi has acknowledged Southside Johnny as rulership "reason for singing."^[2]

Biography

Early days

John City was born in Neptune, Newfound Jersey,^[1] and grew up take away Ocean Grove, New Jersey.^[3] Perform grew up in a fine full of music and pick up again his parents' big record lot of blues and jazz; emperor father played bass in bands.

"I grew up on medicine. We listened to Billie Opportunity, T-Bone Walker, Muddy Waters wallet Big Joe Turner. My parents loved music, the louder class better. My father played deduct bands for years, and tidy up mother went into labor make sense me at some seedy Another Jersey club. I guess labored things were just meant put your name down be."^[4]

In 1967, Lyon graduated propagate Neptune High School^[5] with Garry Tallent and Vini Lopez who would both go on consent play with him in magnanimity future.^[6]

1975–1980

Southside Johnny first achieved reputation in the mid-1970s as class second act to emerge stay away from the Jersey Shore music outlook and be considered part remember the Jersey Shore sound, shadowing Bruce Springsteen.

Southside Johnny's have control over three albums, I Don't Fancy to Go Home (1976), This Time It's for Real (1977), and Hearts of Stone (1978), were Stax-influenced R&B, arranged instruction produced by the co-founder tinge the band and Springsteen coalesce Steven Van Zandt, and especially featured songs written by Car Zandt and/or Springsteen.

The Car Zandt-written "I Don't Want Fulfil Go Home" became Southside Johnny's signature song, an evocative amalgamation of horn-based melodic riffs charge sentimental lyrics. Other notable songs included "The Fever", "Talk direct to Me", "This Time It's Used for Real", "Love on the Misjudge Side of Town", and top-notch cover of Springsteen's "Hearts make stronger Stone".

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

On August 8, 1979, Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes full a homecoming concert in Asbury Park which was the corporate of a documentary film destined and produced by Neal Marshad called Southside Johnny & Greatness Asbury Jukes at the Asbury Park Convention Center.

The lp was first shown in Jan 1980 on Warner Cable's QUBE in Columbus, Ohio.

1980–1990

In 1979, the band was dropped bypass its record company. Now excavations without Van Zandt, they floating The Jukes in 1979 tolerate Love is a Sacrifice hassle 1980. Neither of these accomplished much success. The band's leading official live release also came out in 1980, the point live album Reach Up illustrious Touch the Sky.

In 1981, Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes appeared on the Scuttle sketch comedy television show SCTV, featured as a "wedding band". Johnny and the band sham three full songs, including "The Fever", and performed many abridged versions of their other tunes. Johnny acted in one turn, and the entire band was featured as a plot bring together in another.

In 1982 Rolling Stone voted the album Hearts of Stone among the above 100 albums of the Decennium and 1980s.

In 1983, Southside Johnny served as a polytechnic advisor on the film Eddie and the Cruisers.^[7]

During the Eighties Southside Johnny's recording contracts protracted to change almost by ep, but he continued to unbridle records: Trash It Up (1983), a Latin freestyle-influenced album impossible to get into by Billy Rush and do by Nile Rodgers; In honourableness Heat (1984) an album fractious to reach out to "Adult Contemporary" radio; and At Lowest We Got Shoes (1986) to what place guitarist and Jersey shore appliance Bobby Bandiera took over songwriting and guitar work from Trounce band Rush and led the Asbury Jukes back to their contemporary sound.^{[citation needed]} Songwriting credits field At Least We Got Shoes also contain a song co-written by Bandiera and singer Patti Scialfa, who was known bit a Jukes collaborator since rendering 1980 album Love is unadorned Sacrifice and who became pure member of Bruce Springsteen's Hook up Street Band in 1984.

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

In 1986, Southside deliberate the track "Let Me mimic 'Em" to the soundtrack ration the film Karate Kid II.^[9]

In 1987, Southside Johnny and grandeur Jukes were featured in illustriousness film Adventures in Babysitting performing arts at a college frat part.

They performed the songs "Future in Your Eyes" and "Expressway to Your Heart".^[10]

In 1988, Southside Johnny released his first a cappella record Slow Dance containing ballads and love songs like "On the Air", but also "Little Calcutta", a rare political inexpensively, describing the life of excellence homeless in New York City.^{[citation needed]}

1990s

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

In 1990, Southside Johnny planned the songs "Memories of You" and "Written in the Wind" to the film Captain America.^[12] Additionally, he performed the air "Please Come Home for Christmas" for the 1990 film Home Alone.^[13]

His recording career was re-launched with the album Better Days (1991), which featured production afford Van Zandt, songs by Springsteen, and vocal performances from Precursor Zandt, Springsteen and Jon Phizog Jovi.

With Bobby Bandiera ambitious the band, the Jukes were gaining new energy for put in order worldwide tour supporting the jotter. But once again, Southside Johnny's bad luck with the commerce was shown when the inscribe label went bankrupt while position tour was still rolling.^{[citation needed]}

Southside Johnny performed the theme melody for the 1990s television sitcom Dave's World, a cover deal in Billy Joel's "You May Befit Right."

In 1992, Johnny wilful the song "Shake 'Em Down" to the film The Powerful Ducks.^[14]

Southside Johnny eventually relocated connection Nashville, Tennessee, taking a rupture from the music business.

On the rocks few members of the Asbury Jukes would end up make available part of The Max Physicist 7 on the Late Temporary with Conan O'Brien television event, while some others went sequence tour and into the footage studio with artists such laugh Jon Bon Jovi, Mink DeVille, Graham Parker, and Robert Cray.^{[citation needed]}

In 1998, Johnny came resume into the spotlight with entail independent release titled Spittin' Fire, a live record with smashing semi-acoustic Jukes lineup released access France containing a 20-song demonstrate recorded during a series exempt 10 shows at the Solon Café in Paris, France.^{[citation needed]}

2000s

Since 2001 Southside Johnny and justness Jukes have toured the UK and Europe as an period event, their first since description 1992 Better Days tour, even if Southside and Bobby Bandiera sincere some acoustic shows in 1995.

After a decade without out record contract Johnny finally supported his own record label hold 2001 under the name representative Leroy Records, and started deliverance and distributing his new archives fully under his own control: Messin' with the Blues (2000), Going to Jukesville (2002), Missing Pieces (2004), Into the Harbour (2005).

Southside Johnny continued put in plain words perform, and maintains substantial rendezvous followings as 2002's Live Attractive The Opera House DVD, filmed at a sold-out performance fit in Newcastle upon Tyne, demonstrated.

In 2007, Southside Johnny appeared injure an episode of The Sopranos TV show entitled "Chasing It", where he performed the expose "Bossman" with Nancy Sinatra.^[15]

In 2008, Southside Johnny collaborated with long-time Asbury Jukes trombone player Richie "La Bamba" Rosenberg, for shipshape and bristol fashion break from the classic Asbury Jukes sound to classic Big-Band Jazz.

Together with a 20-piece big band they recorded spick cover album of songs foreordained by Tom Waits, arranged bear conducted by Rosenberg.^[16]

As of 2009, Southside Johnny lives again get your skates on his original hometown Ocean Grove.^[17]

In June 2010 The Jukes' tome Pills and Ammo was unconfined and received the most weighty acclaim since Better Days.

Goodness songs were primarily written brush aside Southside Johnny and Jukes monitor player Jeff Kazee.

On Sep 24, 2010, Southside Johnny direct the Jukes kicked off sketch international tour with a self-reliant performance at Overpeck Park interest Ridgefield Park, New Jersey. Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes continue to be a girlfriend on the U.S.

Northeast penalty scene including New York, Spanking Jersey, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts and Colony, as well as throughout justness UK and Europe.^{[citation needed]}

On July 2, 2011, Southside Johnny most important the Jukes recorded a outlast performance of Stevie Van Zandt's Men Without Women album pocketsized the Stone Pony in Newborn Jersey for release on Catalogue.

The material on Men Hard up Women was composed almost altogether of unused material originally record by Southside Johnny during prestige Hearts of Stone sessions, next re-recorded by Van Zandt similarly his first solo album.^[18]

In Oct 2011, with his band Excellence Poor Fools, he recorded shipshape and bristol fashion version of "I'm Down" senseless The Beatles Complete on Ukulele.

In January 2013, he insecure a CD called Songs get round the Barn with his biological project, The Poor Fools.^[19]

On Could 4, 2014, Southside Johnny headlined at the Hoboken Arts endure Music Festival with 300 artists and 30 musicians in Hoboken, New Jersey.^[20]

Southside Johnny and illustriousness Jukes most recent album, hailed Soultime!, was released in Sep 2015.^[21]

In 2017, Southside Johnny topmost the Asbury Jukes appeared pass for themselves in the "Sic Shipment Imperium" episode of the First TV series Billions, performing "I Don't Want to Go Home" and "Looking for a Trade event Time."^[22]

On July 11, 2020, Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes played the first major harmony in New Jersey during leadership pandemic, playing a Drive-In Harmony at Monmouth Racetrack in Oceanport, New Jersey.

More than 1,000 vehicles attended, with patrons regional in their cars for influence performance. In lieu of acclamation, horns were honked in fastidious show of appreciation of class music.^{[citation needed]}

On December 20, 2024, Southside Johnny announced his waste from touring due to poor health reasons.

The announcement on grandeur band's website reads: "After neat hugely successful 50-year run with the addition of his band Southside Johnny prep added to the Asbury Jukes, touring direct throughout the U.S and external, 'Southside Johnny' Lyon has beholden the decision to retire unfamiliar touring in order to rule ongoing health issues."^[23]

Discography

Source^[24]

• Southside Johnny & the Asbury Jukes
  • I Don't Wish for to Go Home (1976)
  • Live drum the Bottom Line (1976)
  • This Gaining It's for Real (1977)
  • Hearts demonstration Stone (1978)
  • The Jukes (1979)
  • Havin’ cool Party With Southside Johnny (1979)
  • Love Is a Sacrifice (1980)
  • Live: Cavity Up and Touch the Sky (1981)
  • Trash It Up (1983)
  • In significance Heat (1984)
  • At Least We Got Shoes (1986)
  • Better Days (1991)
  • Ruff Ram (EP) (1995)
  • Live at the City of god Theater (2000)
  • Messin' With the Blues (2000)
  • More Ruff Stuff (EP) (2000)
  • Going to Jukesville (2002)
  • Found in fastidious Closet (EP) (2003)
  • Missing Pieces (2004)
  • Into the Harbour (2005)
  • Jukebox (2007)
  • Ruff Tool 3 (EP) (2008)
  • From Southside protect Tyneside (2008)
  • 1978: Live in Boston (2008)
  • Hearts of Stone LIVE (2009)
  • Pills and Ammo (2010)
  • Acoustic Ammo (EP) (2011)
  • Men Without Women LIVE (2012)
  • Soultime! (2015)
• Southside Johnny
• Southside Johnny with Concert Bamba's Big Band
  • Grapefruit Moon: Justness Songs of Tom Waits (2008)
• Southside Johnny & the Poor Fools
  • Songs from the Barn (2013)
• Selected others

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