It's been more than 30 years since a bunch of us drove to Jersey for a concert by Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band. We didn't need Time and Newsweek to tell us ... we could see and hear for ourselves that the future of rock and roll had taken the stage.The future is still with me ... and Springsteen remains, for me, America's quintessential rocker.
A lot of changes since then, to our nation, our music, ourselves.
During that time, Springsteen (shown here with The Big Man, saxaphonist Clarence Clemons, in a 2008 photo by backstreets.com's Guy Aceto) has traveled many roads ... across the country and around the world ... alone or with his band ... through many different musical genre ... in studios, in modest concert halls, and in giant stadiums with 70,000+ of his closest friends. But through all that, he has remained true ... to himself, to his music and to us.Thanks, Boss, and happy birthday.
3 comments:
Hell Jeff,
Hey I do not remember you going to that concert!! I want to hear the whole story, and I bet you were with Kraynak! Well, I want to thank you for leaving your Born to Run album with me when you went away to college. I still have it if you want it back!!
Sis
Suhweet. Gotta love that Springsteen man!
Sis, thanks for stopping in! Uh-uh, no names - but it WAS a great night in Joizy. I may get the album back from you, now that I have a new turntable.
Janie, you are sooo right ... gotta, shoulda, and I do-a.
Post a Comment