◇ image via WikipediaSouthside Johnny
Southside Johnny is a Blues act. Their sound grew out of The Smithereens, Little Steven, Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band, Bruce Springsteen and Billie Holiday. Those roots explain a lot about how Southside Johnny arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Southside Johnny & The Asbury Jukes, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Garland Jeffreys and Jon Bon Jovi, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 12 connections around Southside Johnny, reaching back through The Smithereens and forward to Garland Jeffreys. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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Southside Johnny connections
Southside Johnny grew out of The Smithereens, Little Steven, Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band and Bruce Springsteen, shares an orbit with Southside Johnny & The Asbury Jukes, went on to shape Garland Jeffreys and Jon Bon Jovi. 12 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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