Southside Johnny & The Asbury Jukes: I Don't Want To Go Home / This Time It's For Real, CD

Southside Johnny first achieved prominence in the mid - 1970s as the second act to emerge from the Jersey Shore music scene and considered part of the Jersey Shore sound , following Bruce Springsteen .

I Don't Want To Go Home (1976) & This Time It's for Real (1977) were Stax - influenced, R&B arranged and produced by the co - founder of the band and Springsteen confederate Steven Van Zandt and largely featured songs written by Van Zandt and/ or Springsteen.

The Van Zandt written I Don't Want To Go Home became Southside's signature song, an evocative mixture of horn based melodic riffs and sentimental lyrics. Other notable songs included The Fever,This Time It's For Real, Love on the Wrong Side of Town. In 1977, Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes were featured as a bar band in the movie,"Between the Lines."Both albums feature a
number of guest artists and duets.

The track "How Come You Treat Me So Bad" features a duet with Lee Dorsey,while "Broke Down Piece of Man" features a duet with Steven Van Zandt, It Ain't the Meat (It's the Motion) features a duet with Kenny 'Popeye' Pentifallo, "You Mean So Much To Me Baby" features a duet with Ronnie Spector. Check Mr. Popeye features Kenny 'Popeye' Pentifallo on vocals with The Coasters on background vocals. The track First Night features The Satins on background vocals and Steven Van Zandt on duet vocals. Little Girl So Fine features background vocals by The Drifters. The album also features a cover of Aretha Franklin's Without Love.