Southside Johnny - 1977-09-14 - Wilmington, DE (SBD)

Southside Johnny 

& the Asbury Jukes

1977-09-14

The Other Side

Wilmington, Delaware 

Soundboard recording

320 kbps

Artwork Included

01. This Time It's For Real                                                       

02. Got To Get You Off My Mind                                                    

03. Without Love                                                                  

04. Fannie Mae                                                                    

05. Sweeter Than Honey                                                            

06. I Can Tell                                                                    

07. Love On The Wrong Side Of Town                                                

08. She Got Me Where She Wants Me                                                 

09. Little By Little                                                  

10. It Ain't The Meat (It's The Motion)                                              

11. The Fever                                                                  

12. I Don't Want To Go Home                                                             

13. Havin' A Party                                                               

14. You Don't Know Like I Know                                                          

15. Stagger Lee

Southside Johnny - 1977-09-14 - Wilmington, DE (SBD)

1970s - #2: When Bruce Springsteen took the rock world by storm in 1975, he opened the door for other Jersey Shore acts to try to hit the big time. Southside Johnny and The Asbury Jukes are probably the 2nd best known band from that era. Their first three albums, I Don't Want To Go Home (1976), This Time It's For Real (1977), and Hearts Of Stone (1978), were filled with Stax R&B influences. All 3 discs were produced and arranged by Steve Van Zandt, the group's co-founder, who also played guitar in Springsteen's E Street band. Van Zandt's tune, I Don't Want To Go Home, became Southside's signature song, an evocative mixture of horn-based melodic riffs and sentimental lyrics. The band's repertoire also included The Fever, Talk to Me, This Time It's For Real, Love on the Wrong Side of Town, a wonderful cover of Sam Cooke's Having A Party, and the definitive version of Springsteen's Hearts of Stone. Unfortunately, Van Zandt left the band in 1979, and they never did achieve national prominence. That said, Southside and the Jukes have always been fantastic live performers, as evidenced in this soundboard recording of their show in Delaware on September 14, 1977, 44 years ago today.  Note - the info file says this show was in Wilmington in September, which is confirmed here but the artwork says Philadelphia in November!!