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This Time It's For Real: Cleveland International Unearths Southside Johnny and The Asbury Jukes' "Live in Cleveland '77"

May 6, 2022 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

Southside Johnny Live in Cleveland 77

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Southside Johnny and The Asbury Jukes' ties with Cleveland ran deep.  The New Jersey group, which burst onto the scene with 1976's roof-raising LP I Don't Want to Go Home, was supported early on by Cleveland audiences and radio.  The big, brassy band led by Southside Johnny Lyon and championed by "Miami Steve" Van Zandt was signed to Epic by A&R man Steve Popovich, now-legendary record man and founder of Cleveland International Records.  In 2017, the frontman remembered Popovich in an interview with Pittsburgh's Tribune-Review: "We didn't even have a record contract. We only had an oral agreement with Steve Popovich...They could have heard it and said, 'We don't want it.' We would have been badly in debt for a couple of young guys. We were lucky they wanted to put it out. But that wing­-and-a-prayer stuff really separates stuff from people who are serious about what they are doing and those who aren't."  Now, Southside and co. are coming to Popovich's label with the June 3 CD release of Live in Cleveland '77.

The upcoming release presents Southside Johnny and The Asbury Jukes' second performance in less than a year at Cleveland's famed Agora on East 24th Street.  (That storied venue was damaged by fire in 1984.  A new Agora sprung up on Euclid Avenue which is still operational today.)  In addition to performing favorites from their first two albums ("This Time It's for Real," "I Don't Want to Go Home," "Without Love," "Got to Get You Off of My Mind," "Broke Down Piece of Man," and of course, the Bruce Springsteen-penned showstopper "The Fever" and joyous cover of Sam Cooke's "Havin' a Party"), Southside and the Jukes welcomed a special guest.  Ronnie Spector took the stage to reprise her triumphant performance of Billy Joel's Wall of Sound pastiche "Say Goodbye to Hollywood" which she had recorded with Van Zandt and Jukes pals The E Street Band for a 1977 Epic single.

Southside Johnny and The Asbury Jukes still bring down the house today with many of these same songs.  The 14-song set will be released on one CD by Cleveland International on June 3.  You'll find pre-order links and the full track listing below!

Southside Johnny and The Asbury Jukes, Live in Cleveland '77 (Cleveland International, 2022) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Link TBD)

  1. This Time It's for Real
  2. Got To Get You Off of My Mind
  3. Without Love
  4. She Got Me Where She Wants Me
  5. Little By Little
  6. It Ain't the Meat, It's the Motion
  7. When You Dance
  8. Say Goodbye to Hollywood (feat. Ronnie Spector)
  9. The Fever
  10. I Don't Want to Go Home
  11. Broke Down Piece of Man
  12. We're Having a Party
  13. You Mean So Much to Me
  14. You Don't Know Like I Know

Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Classic Rock Tags: Ronnie Spector, Southside Johnny, Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes

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JOE MARCHESE (Editor) joined The Second Disc shortly after its launch in early 2010, and has since penned daily news and reviews about classic music of all genres. In 2015, Joe formed the Second Disc Records label. Celebrating the great songwriters, producers and artists who created the sound of American popular song, Second Disc Records, in conjunction with Real Gone Music, has released newly-curated collections produced by Joe from iconic artists such as Johnny Mathis, Bobby Darin, Laura Nyro, Melissa Manchester, Chet Atkins, and many others. He has contributed liner notes to reissues from a diverse array of artists, among them Nat "King" Cole, Paul Williams, Lesley Gore, Dusty Springfield, B.J. Thomas, The 5th Dimension, Burt Bacharach, The Mamas and the Papas, Carpenters, Perry Como, Rod McKuen, Doris Day, Jackie DeShannon, and Andy Williams, and has compiled releases for talents including Robert Goulet and Keith Allison of Paul Revere and the Raiders. Over the past two decades, Joe has also worked in a variety of capacities on and off Broadway as well as at some of the premier theatres in the U.S., including Lincoln Center Theater, George Street Playhouse, Paper Mill Playhouse, Long Wharf Theatre, and the York Theatre Company. He has felt privileged to work on productions alongside artists such as the late Jack Klugman, Eli Wallach, Arthur Laurents, Betty Comden and Adolph Green. In 2009, Joe began contributing theatre and music reviews to the print publication The Sondheim Review, and in 2012, he joined the staff of The Digital Bits as a regular contributor writing about film and television on DVD and Blu-ray. Joe currently resides in the suburbs of New York City.

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