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October 24, 1980

“Jersey Jukes Rock Chapel,” proclaimed The Miscellany News, when Southside Johnny (John Lyon) and the Asbury Jukes, a musical group from the New Jersey Shore who often performed with Bruce Springsteen, played a sold-out concert in the Chapel. “The group,” said The Misc, “played quite a few of its older tunes instead of dwelling on its latest album, ‘Why is Love Such a Sacrifice?’ Johnny and the band played for well over an hour, and ‘We’re Having a Party’ seemed, of all his songs, to bring the most response from the crowd.”

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