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Long before he sold 120 million albums globally in a career that has endured artistically and commercially like no other performer's in the rock era, Bruce Springsteen was a working-class New Jersey kid with a dream and a guitar. By the time he was 16, he was playing ShopRite openings and school dances around his hometown of Freehold.
For many, high school is where the garage-band dreams die, but time spent fronting a band called Steel Mill in the heyday of Asbury Park's Upstage scene gave him the courage to sidestep college and put his name out in front, soon enough making him "The Boss" to his band. After five more years spent working diligently on that dream, Springsteen had landed the dueling Time and Newsweek covers that made him an instant household name on the strength of his album Born to Run.
Bruce Springsteen FAQ: All That's Left to Know About the Boss investigates Springsteen's superstar Born in the U.S.A. album and tour, the dissolution and reunion of the E Street Band, the legal wrangling that held up 1978's Darkness on the Edge of Town, the group's postmillennium resurgence, the untimely passing of core band members Danny Federici and Clarence Clemons, and more.
This indispensible read, packed with countless images of rare memorabilia, is a volume Springsteen fans will treasure.
For many, high school is where the garage-band dreams die, but time spent fronting a band called Steel Mill in the heyday of Asbury Park's Upstage scene gave him the courage to sidestep college and put his name out in front, soon enough making him "The Boss" to his band. After five more years spent working diligently on that dream, Springsteen had landed the dueling Time and Newsweek covers that made him an instant household name on the strength of his album Born to Run.
Bruce Springsteen FAQ: All That's Left to Know About the Boss investigates Springsteen's superstar Born in the U.S.A. album and tour, the dissolution and reunion of the E Street Band, the legal wrangling that held up 1978's Darkness on the Edge of Town, the group's postmillennium resurgence, the untimely passing of core band members Danny Federici and Clarence Clemons, and more.
This indispensible read, packed with countless images of rare memorabilia, is a volume Springsteen fans will treasure.
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Table of contents
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Contents
- Foreword: Yorn in the U.S.A.
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction: Baby, Iām a Rocker
- 1: I Was Born Blue and Weathered: Springsteenās Childhood
- 2: I Hear the Lead Singer Shoutinā Out, Girl: 1965ā1968
- 3: I Wanna Be Where the Bands Are: 1968ā1970
- 4: Cut Loose Like a Deuce: 1971ā1972
- 5: The Record Company, Rosie, Just Offered Me a Big Advance: Signing to Columbia Records
- 6: Just Like a Supernova: Greetings from Asbury Park, N.J.
- 7: The Aurora Is Risinā Behind Us: The Wild, the Innocent, and the E Street Shuffle
- 8: I Wanna Be a Slave to the Beat: Artists Springsteen Opened For
- 9: Out on a Midnight Run: After The Wild, the Innocent, and the E Street Shuffle
- 10: Will You Walk with Me out on the Wire? Meeting Jon Landau
- 11: Monday When the Foreman Calls Time: The Boss
- 12: And the Band Played: The E Street Band
- 13: Pulling out of Here to Win: Born to Run
- 14: Runaway American Dream: Springsteen Versus Appel
- 15: I Got the Radio on and Iām Just Killing Time: 1976ā1977
- 16: We Drove Eight Hundred Miles Without Seeing a Cop: Bruce Stories
- 17: Tonight Iāll Be on That Hill āCause I Canāt Stop: Darkness on the Edge of Town
- 18: Youāve Got to Live It Every Day: Springsteenās 1978 Tour
- 19: Weāre Runninā Now, but Darlinā Will We Stand in Time? The River
- 20: Ten Years Burning Down This Road: Springsteen Tours 1980ā1989
- 21: Maybe Everything That Dies Someday Comes Back: Nebraska
- 22: Iām Ready to Grow Young Again: Born in the U.S.A.
- 23: What I Got I Have Earned: Live/1975ā85
- 24: All the Kids Are Dancinā: Springsteenās Other Concert Albums
- 25: Spare Parts and Broken Hearts Keep the World Turninā Around: Tunnel of Love
- 26: Cuddle Up: Springsteenās Girlfriends and Wives
- 27: Waitinā for That Shout from the Crowd: A Dozen Indispensable New Jersey Springsteen Shows
- 28: In the Dumps with the Mumps as the Adolescent Pumps His Way into His Hat: Debacles, Dangers, Controversies, and Embarrassments
- 29: When It Comes to Luck, You Make Your Own: Human Touch and Lucky Town
- 30: Saw My Reflection in a Window: Springsteenās āBest Ofā Compilations
- 31: The Highway Is Alive Tonight: The Ghost of Tom Joad
- 32: You Aināt Lived till Youāve Had Your Tires Rotated: Springsteenās ā90s Tours
- 33: Somebody Shake My Brains: Tracks
- 34: Rockaway the Nights: Roll Call at the Rock Hall
- 35: I Close My Eyes and Feel So Many Friends Around Me: The Reunion Tour
- 36: Thereās Spirits Above and Behind Me: The Rising
- 37: You Canāt Forsake the Ties That Bind: Benefit Shows, Charities, and Causes
- 38: I Feel a Dirty Wind Blowing: Devils and Dust
- 39: Brothers and Sisters Donāt You Cry, Thereāll Be Good Times By and By: The Seeger Sessions
- 40: Is There Anybody Alive Out There? Magic
- 41: Sunrise Come, I Climb the Ladder: Working on a Dream
- 42: Your Loving Grace Surrounds Me: On the Road from The Rising to the Wrecking Ball
- 43: Cool Rocking Daddy: Family Life
- 44: Till My TV Lay in Pieces There at My Feet: The Best of the Boss on Television
- 45: I Believe in the Promised Land: Politics
- 46: Lookinā for That Million-Dollar Sound: The Promise
- 47: Tell Me Friend, Can You Ask for Anything More? Significant Honors and Awards
- 48: Wherever This Flag Is Flown: Wrecking Ball
- Selected Bibliography