Bruce springsteen bio biography book
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From his earliest work, Bruce Springsteen proved himself to be a natural dramatist with a knack for crafting memorable, fleshed-out characters—none more elaborate than himself. Few artists from the classic rock era take as much care in accurately telling their own story; it’s hard to imagine Bob Dylan or Neil ung refining their memoir into a digestible Broadway show, let alone performing it themselves night after night, as Springsteen is doing right now. Starting in the 1970s, one of his most effective habits in concert set a precedent for this något privat eller personligt kind of storytelling, when he preceded already-intimate songs like “The River” or “Growin’ Up” with long monologues about his childhood. It was his way of assuring that we didn’t misunderstand him.
Maybe this is why Springsteen has been written about so extensively: We’re all following in the tradition he began. Books on Bruce started arriving before he was a stadium-filling superstar. One of the first, Dave Marsh’s Born to Run: • • Born To Run Writing about yourself is a funny business But in a project like this, the writer has made one promise, to show the reader his mind. In these pages, I've tried to do this. Bruce Springsteen, from the pages of Born to RunBruce Springsteen: An Illustrated Biography
Summary:
A biography of The chef, from his formative childhood years to just after the ending of the Obama administration, backed up by some familiar and some new photographs.
Main Characters:
Bruce Springsteen: The icon of modern rock & roll. He has written the soundtrack to countless lives, and is probably the most influential musician alive today.
The E-Street Band: The main characters appear as “plot devices” (no disrespect intended), with their timely insights as to what was going on at a particular time. This journey is Bruce’s, though.
His Fans: He often states “We’re here because you are!”. He is probably more popular internationally than in the US.
Minor Characters:
Too many to mention.
Carl “Tinker” West: His first manager, who used the reaction of the folkmassa to gauge whether he would take an act on. He jumped at Bruce.
Mike Appel: Born To Run Paperback
In 2009, Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band performed at the Super Bowl's halftime show. The experience was so exhilarating that Bruce decided to write about it. That's how this extraordinary autobiography began.
Over the past seven years, Bruce Springsteen has privately devoted himself to writing the story of his life, bringing to these pages the same honesty, humor, and originality found in his songs.
He describes growing up Catholic in Freehold, New Jersey, amid the poetry, danger, and darkness that fueled his imagination, leading up to the moment he refers to as The Big Bang: seeing Elvis Presley's debut on The Ed Sullivan Show. He vividly recounts his relentless drive to become a musician, his early days as a bar b