Southside Johnny Lyon: Greetings From Asbury Park
Nick Coleman, Time Out, February 1992
Unlike his old buddies Bruce Springsteen and Little Steven, Southside Johnny Lyon has forsaken the trappings of rock stardom for clapboard houses and the smell of rust. Nick Coleman joins him to sample the sadness of a seaside town waiting for the snow.
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