Not only did we get Into the Fire but there’s a new Southside Johnny release too. How lucky are we? Three songs you can listen to online:
- Passion Street – the trademark Juke horns are blasting on this one! A bouncy, rolling good time story song.
- She’s Still In Love – classic R&B guitar riff opening, then bass, then horns preceed Johnny’s vocals on slick, sweet love song, so reminiscent of the old Philly International sound that Hall & Oates only dreamed of capturing.
- No Easy Way Down – big time ballad, Johnny telling such a sad love story; a Goffin/(Carol) King cover song, must be from the early ’60s.
The album is titled Going to Jukesville:
John gives us this hyperbole himself: “That low moaning sound you hear is music fans the world over sobbing in relief with the knowledge that their long, lonely wait is finally over. A real honest-to-Betsy JUKES record. With horns on every G-damn song. Horns, horns and more horns. Horns til ya wanna hurl yer lunch up. Well, at least I do. Yes, it’s me; ole man Southside, fresh from slaving over a steaming 24 track Studer recording device, and I’m here to tell ya, this new hunk-o-plastic is about as Jukified as it can get without it being confiscated by the authorities.”
No doubleheader on the concerts, though, as the closest the Jukes will get to Mountain View is Los Angeles in early September.
One of the few things, I tell ya, that can make me long for those Jersey Summer evenings back in high school!
BillSaysThis 