Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes

In the spring of 1975, Southside Johnny formed the Asbury Jukes with old friend Miami Steve Van Zandt (Little Steven), who later Joined Bruce’s E Street Band. The late seventies saw the Jukes grow in stature from a highly competent R&B-styled bar band into a competitive horn-driven mainstream rock band with a series of original albums to their credit. For the uninitiated, a live Jukes gig can be an exhilarating, inspiring experience. They’re the real thing, human, fallible, mean, moody and magnificent, capable on a good night of blowing the roof off.