High Fives 2017 – Southside Johnny
Maybe you already know that Allan’s a bit of a Southside Johnny fan. Ok, a lot of a Southside Johnny fan. So, we decided to invite Johnny to contribute to the 2017 High Fives. And he did, with not one but four sets of High Fives chosen by our random category generator. That’s the kind of value you get at a Jukes gig. Take it away, Southside…
5 songwriting heroes
Cole Porter
Tom Waits
Steven Van Zandt
Bob Dylan
Smokey Robinson
5 places he’d play every night
Paradiso, Amsterdam
Shepherd’s Bush, London
Birchmere, Alexandria, Virginia
Stone Pony Summer Stage, Asbury Park, NJ
Anywhere in Cleveland, Ohio
5 people he’d like to meet
Mark Twain
Big Bill Shakespeare
Barack Obama
Willie Dixon
My mother’s father
5 favourite harmonica solos
Big Walter, “Walking By Myself”,
Sonny Boy Williamson “Don’t Start Me Talking”,
Little Walter, “Tell me Mama” and “Lights Out”,
Paul Butterfield, “Born in Chicago” and a thousand others.
5 covers he hasn’t done yet
Way too many to list. Happy New Year!
I’m, also a UK Southside fan. Love him and his music.