I Don't Want to Go Home
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I Don't Want to Go Home was the first album by seminal New Jersey rock/R&B band Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes. The work helped establish the basis of the Jersey Shore sound.
The album features a number of guest artists and duets, a tradition continued in their next album, This Time It's for Real. 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, and finally "You Mean So Much To Me" features a duet with Ronnie Spector.[2][3]
Track listing
- "I Don't Want to Go Home" (Steven Van Zandt) - 3:42
- "Got to Get You Off My Mind" (Solomon Burke, J.B. Moore) - 3:13
- "How Come You Treat Me So Bad" (Steven Van Zandt) - 3:23
- "The Fever" (Bruce Springsteen) - 5:06
- "Broke Down Piece of Man" (Steve Cropper, Joe Shamwell) - 3:28
- "Sweeter Than Honey" (Steven Van Zandt) - 3:33
- "Fanny Mae" (Waymon Glasco, Morris Levy, Clarence L. Lewis) - 3:22
- "It Ain't the Meat (It's the Motion)" (Henry Glover) - 2:46
- "I Choose to Sing the Blues" (Ray Charles, Billie Holiday) - 2:45
- "You Mean So Much to Me" (Bruce Springsteen) - 3:44
Personnel
Musicians
- Southside Johnny – lead vocals, harmonica
- Kenny 'Popeye' Pentifallo – drums, vocals (duet "It Ain't the Meat")
- Kevin Kavanaugh – keyboards, vocals
- Billy Rush – guitar
- Alan Berger – bass
- Carlo Novi - tenor sax
- Steven Van Zandt – guitar, vocals (duet "Broke Down Piece of Man")
- Clarence Clemons (credited as Selmon T. Sachs) - bass vocals ("The Fever")
- Lee Dorsey - duet vocals ("How Come You Treat Me So Bad")
- Ronnie Spector - duet vocals ("You Mean So Much To Me")
- The Miami Horns:
- Rick Gazda – trumpet (mute solo "It Ain't the Meat")
- Deacon Earl Gardner - trumpet, witness
- Bob Malach - tenor saxophone
- Louie 'The Lover' Parenti – trombone
- Bill Zacagni - baritone saxophone
- Strings:
- Charles Parker - violin
- Robert Zelnick - violin
- Naomi Anner - violin
- Cathy Tait - violin
- Nardo Poy - viola
- Ken Dreyfus - viola
- Revelation (background vocals on "The Fever"):
- Arnold McCuller
- Arthur Freeman
- Phillip Ballou
- Benny Diggs
Production
- Steven Van Zandt - producer
- Jimmy Iovine - engineer
- Dave Thoener - assistant engineer
- Mitchel Funk - photography
- Paula Scher - designer
- Bud Copeland - stylist
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