“I’ve stood around carnivals at nights when they’re clearing up and I was scared.” – Bruce Springsteen in a 1974 ZigZag interview. The stories from Bruce’s second album The Wild, the Innocent & the E Street Shuffle engrossed me as a youngster,…
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Wild Billy’s Circus Story – Bruce Springsteen
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New York City Serenade (1973) – Bruce Springsteen
What grabbed me from the outset listening to New York City Serenade was the classical music resonance in the introduction piano solo which transforms into a jazz sound. It compares to the standout piano introduction also by Roy Bittan on…
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4th Of July, Asbury Park (Sandy) – Bruce Springsteen
As a preadolescent, high octane, emotionally fragile youngen, I’m glad I had Bruce Springsteen in my corner. There was a small band of us at school who cherished his music. We felt through his music we could sidestep some of…
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