Tag Archives: Bruce Springsteen
Quotations Marked 8
I established this blog’s motto on April 28, 2010 in my very first posting. “Good music doesn’t get old.” That quote comes from the American Jazz musician Mr. Ferdinand Joseph “Jelly Roll Morton” LaMothe (1890-1941). I found it at the … Continue reading
This Historic Day In Music: Bruce Springsteen
Today is Bruce Springsteen’s 69th birthday. He was born on September 23, 1949, in Freehold, New Jersey; the first child and only son of Douglas and Adele (Zirilli) Springsteen. In commemorating this day, I extend to Bruce my best wishes … Continue reading
This Historic Day In Music: Pete Seeger
Pete Seeger was born in Patterson, New York on this day, May 3, in the year 1919. Pete performed in public for the first time on Sunday, March 3, 1940 on the stage of the Forrest Theatre in New York … Continue reading
On This Historic Day In Music: Columbia Records, PC 33795
“The release date is just one day. The record is forever.” Bruce Springsteen, 1975 Forty years ago today, on August 25, 1975, Columbia Records released Born To Run, the third album by the New Jersey-born, songwriter/singer/guitarist Bruce Springsteen. The song … Continue reading
Finding Covers – “O Mary, Don’t You Weep”
Bruce Springsteen has a new album out. The album is called High Hopes and, as one would expect, its release has triggered a cacophonous accompaniment of articles, interviews and record reviews. Though I have certainly not read and/or heard them all, the … Continue reading
This Historic Day In Music: Bruce Springsteen
When I graduated from high school, my godparents, Raymond and Pauline Brisson, gave me the gift of a check to spend as I wished. I don’t remember how much the check was for, but it was enough for me to … Continue reading
Politicians & Singers, Politics & Song
Here’s what I know, also knowing that a complete accounting of the subject would be much, much, much longer. In 2012, Barack Obama has James Taylor, will.i.am and Bruce Springsteen. Mitt Romney has Kid Rock. In 2008, the folks running … Continue reading
Wrestling With The Angel, Chapter 4
It was the fourth stop of the tour. Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band were performing in support of their fourth album, Darkness On The Edge Of Town. They’d hit the road on May 23, 1978 in Buffalo, NY. On this night, the … Continue reading
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