Bruce Springsteen & Born To Run: 50 Years by Sean Egan It’s not hyperbole to say that Bruce Springsteen’s 1975 album Born To Run was a make it or break it moment for New Jersey’s favorite son. His first two albums for Columbia Records did ok but didn’t garner nearly the sales figures that label […]
Bruce Springsteen at Camden Yards Through a Fan’s Life Tom Kaminski vividly remembers the first time he saw Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band live — July 8, 1981, the fifth of six shows that opened the new Meadowlands Arena near his hometown of Lodi, N.J. “It was ‘The River’ tour. The tickets were […]
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(Bruce Springsteen and Steve Van Zandt At Nationals Park. Photo by Kelly Wosahla) The cool air of the first post-Labor Day weekend had the feel of what Bob Seger once described as “autumn closing in.” When Johnny Van Zandt stepped to the edge of the stage at Jiffy Lube Live amphitheater in Bristow, Virginia, he […]
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On Memorial Day, Our Fallen Deserve Better Sometimes a few musical notes can trigger a swarm of unconscious emotions. I was listening to Bruce Springsteen’s stunning live show from Cork, Ireland on Nugs. During “Last Man Standing,” his tribute to the late Castiles bandmate George Theiss, Springsteen reenacts his years on the Jersey Shore circuit […]
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