Amazon.com Widgets Song : "Livin' In The Future" Artist : Bruce Springsteen Album : Magic This past Saturday, I was fortunate enough to attend Philcon in Cherry Hill, NJ. You may ask: "Shouldn't Philcon take place in Philadelphia?" My best answer to that question is that hotel rates are cheaper across the river in Cherry Hill and that renaming the event "Cherrycon" would...
Early on in Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band’s final gig of their two-year world tour, Bruce began telling a familiar story: the night of a wicked nor’easter in Asbury Park, New Jersey, circa 1971, when a gigantic saxophone player walked into a club and asked to sit in with the band. “We got [...]
Three songs into Bruce Springsteen and the E-Street Band’s blazing set at 1st Mariner Arena, Baltimore, a city that had not had a tour stop from the band in over three decades, got its catharsis. It’s customary for the crowd to sing the first verse of “Hungry Heart” at a Bruce show, but it felt [...] Related posts: Contest: Who’s Bad: The Ultimate Michael Jackson Tribute...
As we mentioned on Friday, the members of Furthur played a warm-up gig at the tiny 19 Broadway nightclub in Fairfax, CA. The ensemble tackled an array of Dead classics, a cover of The Beatles’ Hey Jude and the second-ever performance of a new song by Phil Lesh – Welcome to the Dance. Let’s take a quick look at some other stories of interest… U2 to headline Glastonbury, Muse...
The Wall Street Journal had an excellent look at Tom Petty as he prepares for the release of a live retrospective : What at first sounded like drudgery, Mr. Petty says, digging through 30 years of concert recordings for the coming "Live Anthology," turned into an "adventure." Engineer Ryan Ulyate made the first pass through the recordings in the Heartbreakers' vault, including...
Sirius XM Radio has unveiled its Thanksgiving weekend programming, which will include special performances by Norah Jones, Bruce Springsteen, Eminem, Willie Nelson, Jimmy Buffett, Queen Latifah, Sting and Jon Secada.Here's a smattering of highlights of what will be airing this Thanksgiving weekend:...
John Fogerty's Blue Ridge Rangers Tour show at Chicago's Auditorium Theatre on Saturday November 21st brought together hundreds of middle aged gents and their wives, girl friends and significant others at feast and celebration of musical artistry void of posturing and narcissism. The only name worthy of the Single Name, it seems to me was James Brown; however, back in 1969 The Hardest Working Man in...
You can forgive the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame a bit of fuzzy math in calling this their 25th anniversary. First and foremost, any excuse to put on a star-studded concert event like this is going to be accepted. (Just is.) Secondly, they're really splitting the difference, given that it was founded in 1983 but didn't have an induction until three years later. Recorded over two nights (October 29-30)...
Due to the sudden death of the cousin, the God father of the American blue-color rock and roll Bruce Springsteen cancelled the due concert. His fans who have already bought the ticket will get full refund. And Bruce expressed a deep apology to all his fans through his official website. GHD stylers It is reported that Bruce's cousin, 36-year-old Lenny Sullivan passed away today. The possibility of...
It’s Steve Van Zandt’s 59th birthday today. So which Steve Van Zandt do you like best? The guitar player? As “Miami Steve”, Van Zandt has served for a couple of decades, with a break from 1984 through the mid-nineties, as Bruce Springsteen’s onstage foil – sort of the quiet anti-Clarence-Clemons of the band. And while a lot of [...]
Evan Brum and the Royal High / Evan Brum and the Royal High / Evan Brum / 2009 If you were ever worried about needing a half-assed successor to Bruce Springsteen, Evan Brum is the answer. The New York rocker has a backing band that includes all the stereotypical electric guitar, bass, and drums. The record [...]
Today is the birthday of Steven (Little Steven) Van Zandt , guitar player in Bruce Springsteen's E Street Band , which gives me the opportunity to delve into the deep cut side of things in the Bruce catalog. This song comes from Darkness on the Edge of Town and isn't something you hear everyday, possibly because of its execution, possibly because free form radio is virtually dead, possibly because...
Point Blank - Bruce Springsteen News (Free subscription) | 22/11/2009
After a great concert in Nashville, Springsteen offered in Baltimore the penultimate show of the tour, where he announced that he would take a break but would return in the future because "we're shutting down for a little while, but we will see you in the future, further on down the road, because we have miles to go before we sleep!" (Steve Van Zandt said recently in an interview that he...
First time in Baltimore in more than 35 years It's been more than 35 years since Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band played in Baltimore, but Friday night's show at the 1st Mariner Arena was well worth the wait.
It's been more than 35 years since Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band played in Baltimore, but last night's show at the 1st Mariner Arena was well worth the wait.