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the Asbury Jukes. Love’s record has that same sound to it — a combination of 60s vibe and the Jersey Shore. In fact, from the opening track (“Among the show how important Van Zandt is to the genre. “When I talk about the album, I tell people Stevie’s come into his own,” said Love. “He did a lot of Believers”) the record is reminis- producing with Bruce Springscent of a Jukes album sung with teen and it was nobody’s fault, songs bounce, and Darlene’s tion for it. But Stevie said, ‘That’s a female voice. Horns blare, but Bruce got most of the atten- voice brings everything home. If what I was hired and paid to do you never believed there was an and that’s what I did.’” “Asbury Sound” this record may change your mind. It may also The two had worked togeth- er in the studio once before Listen to “Night Closing In” by Darlene Love NewJerseyStage.com 2016 - ISSUE 2 Table of Contents 13