Fri
6/13

Southside Johnny & The Asbury Jukes

Celebrates 50 Years
  • Avalon Theatre
  • Doors: 7:30pm / Show: 8:00pm

Join Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes as they celebrate 50 years of high-energy, no-holds-barred rhythm and blues!

Tickets: $60 (fees not included)

The band emerged from the New Jersey shore scene in 1974, and though they carried over a significant influence (and some key personnel) from Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band, the Jukes evolved as more of an R&B horn band in the Memphis Stax Records tradition.

Organized by singer John Lyon, guitarist/songwriter Steve Van Zandt (who decamped for the E Street Band in 1975, but continued to produce, manage, and write songs for the Jukes) and Richie Rosenberg, the band is still tinged with the exuberant rhythm and blues feel that is the Jukes’ trademark, and loaded with the driving sound of the legendary Jukes horn section.

After half a century, Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes continue to expound their signature Jersey Shore sound – all for the sheer joy of it.