Southside Johnny & the Asbury Jukes heat it up at The Ridgefield Playhouse on Saturday, January 10

Never mind the winter cold…It will be a hot party inside The Ridgefield Playhouse on Saturday, January 10, at 8 p.m. when Southside Johnny & the Asbury Jukes return to rock out performing their hits  “I Don’t Want To Go Home”, “The Fever”, “All I Want Is Everything”, “Havin’ A Party”, “Love On The Wrong Side Of Town”, “The Fever”, “This Time It's For Real”, “Got To Get You Off My Mind”, and others. For more than 30 albums, Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes have delivered their soul-searing brand of raucous blues and R&B. They recently celebrated the release of their latest CD Men Without Women:  Live 7-2-11, a live performance with Little Steven Van Zandt. Special guest is Psycho Merchants, a New York City-based band whose searing harmonies and guitar solos combined with heavy grooves and hit songwriting make this band a must-see! Tom Tom’s Restaurant and Bakery (417 Main St., Ridgefield) will pour a free glass of house wine with dinner the night of this show when tickets/stubs are presented. An AllShows.com VIP Party Pass ($25 addt'l per person), which includes a pre-show cocktail party 6:30 – 7:15 p.m. with open bar, hors-d’oeuvre and priority parking, is available for this show, which is part of the Xfinity Rock Series with media sponsor i95fm The Home of Rock ‘n’ Roll.

An accomplished singer-songwriter who plays the harp, piano, guitar and harmonica, New Jersey’s own Southside Johnny is critically acclaimed for his singing talents and ability to adapt his voice to any song. Johnny (real name John Lyon) got his nickname because of his love of the blues and R & B that came out of Chicago’s South Side.  He is considered by some to be the godfather of the New Jersey sound, and Johnny has recorded twenty albums and performed in thousands of live sold-out shows around the globe in a career that spans more than three decades.   He recorded “The Fever”, which Bruce Springsteen wrote and gave to his friend Johnny to record.  It was on this song that Johnny built his rock career. 

Having collaborated with other New Jersey artists such as Steven Van Zandt, Bruce Springsteen and Jon Bon Jovi, Southside Johnny has a soul all his own. At his live shows, he plays hits from his albums This time It's For Real,Havin' A Party With Southside Johnny, At Least We Got Shoes, Going to Jukesville and Pills and Ammo.

For tickets ($52), call or visit the box office at (203) 438-5795, or buy tickets online at ridgefieldplayhouse.org. The Ridgefield Playhouse is a not-for-profit performing arts center located at 80 East Ridge, parallel to Main Street, Ridgefield, CT.