Bruce Springsteen made it clear that the only thing I owed him was an honest account of his life. He welcomed me into his world, spoke at great length on more than a few occasions, and worked overtime to make sure I had all the tools I’d need to do my job. Thanks for that, Bruce. And for everything else, too.
The final word goes to my kids, Anna, Teddy, and Max, whose music, light, and laughs give me all the hope I need. Thanks for sharing it all with me (and Mom too), and I can’t wait to see what’s next.
Oh wait. The real final word, and maybe the biggest thanks of all, go to my wife, Sarah Carlin Ames, for making it possible for me to go all in on this one, come what may. And for thinking up the title, too.
© ELIZABETH S. AMES
PETER AMES CARLIN is the New York Times bestselling author of Catch a Wave: The Rise, Fall & Redemption of the Beach Boys’ Brian Wilson and Paul McCartney: A Life. He has been a senior writer for People and a television critic for The Oregonian. Carlin lives with his family in Portland, Oregon.
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INDEX
A&M Records, 96
A&M Studios, 364
Abdul, Paula, 365
“Adam Raised a Cain,” 239n, 251, 286, 389
Adams, Bryan, 365
Adrenalize, 367
Advocate, 374
Afghanistan War, 413, 417n, 418–19
After the Goldrush, 71
“Ain’t Good Enough for You,” 237
Albitz, Doug “Goph,” 61, 69, 70
Album III, 155
Alexander, Billy, 54, 55, 60, 64–65, 79, 80, 82
Alfano, Bob, 36, 44
Alford, Zach, 368, 369, 372, 376
Alice in Chains, 365
“All Day and All of the Night,” 29
Allen, Woody, 288–89
“All I Wanna Do Is Dance,” 101
Allman, Duane, 94
Allman Brothers, 65, 67, 94, 117
“All or Nothin’ at All,” 361
All Starr Band, 356
“All That Heaven Will Allow,” 332
“All the Way Home,” 421
Alpha Recording Corp., 118
Al Qaeda, 418
Alterman, Eric, 410
American Babylon, 385
American Civil Liberties Union, 82
American Graffiti, 326n
American Idol, 361, 444
“American Land,” 457
Americans, The (Frank), 247–48, 450
“American Skin” (“41 Shots”), 401–6, 411, 417
“America Under Fire,” 67
Amnesty tour, 346–49, 381
Andre, Wayne, 196n
Andrews, J. Garrett, 168
“Angel, The,” 110, 128, 131, 146
Aniello, Ron, 448–49
Animals, 217, 448
“Another Thin Line,” 401, 413
Ant Farm, 282n
Anthony, Dee, 114, 124
Appalachian State University, 223
Appel, Germaine, 114
Appel, James, 114
Appel, Jo Anne, 114
Appel, Marie, 112, 113
Appel, Mike, 103, 104–5, 109–14, 116, 118, 121, 123–24, 129, 130–31, 132, 133, 136, 141, 142, 152, 153, 161, 162, 166, 171–72, 178–79, 182, 186, 188–89, 194, 195, 208, 223, 238, 328, 399, 426, 434, 440, 441, 458
Bruce’s contracts with, 124, 151, 214–15, 220–25
Bruce’s lawsuit with, 224–25, 226, 245
and recording of Born to Run, 197–98
Appel, Mike, Sr., 223
Appel, Stephen, 112, 113, 171–72, 176, 197
Appel, Thomas, 112
“Arabian Nights,” 131, 132
Arcade Fire, 448
Arnzt, Johnny, 177
Asbury Jukes, 197, 246, 302
Asbury Park, N.J., ix, 443
racial tensions in, 102, 104–6
Asbury Park Convention Hall, 62
Asbury Park Press, 74–75, 92, 150–51
“Atlantic City,” 292, 313
Atlantic Records, 192, 193
Australia, 320–21, 324, 328, 388
Avalon, 305
Axelrod, David, 427
B-52s, 368
“Baby Doll,” 104
“Baby I,” 35
Back Door club, 109
Back in the USA, 193
“Back in Your Arms,” 380, 395
“Backstreets,” 185, 195, 203, 330n, 341, 431
Badlands, 254n, 291
“Badlands,” 251, 254, 259, 284, 285, 340, 346, 347, 381, 447
Baez, Joan, 69
“Balboa Park,” 386
“Balboa vs. the Earthslayer,” 125, 171
“Ballad of Easy Rider,” 287
“Ballad of Jesse James,” 101, 117
Balloon Farm, 113
Bangs, Lester, 204–5
Barry, Jeff, 113
Barsalona, Frank, 233, 258, 284
Batlan, Mike, 293, 296, 298, 299, 350–52
Bat Out of Hell, 231
Beach Boys, 22, 35n, 96, 97, 157, 172, 181n, 202
Beatles, 22–23, 24, 29, 30, 36, 69, 75, 115, 203, 212, 300, 321, 357
“Beat the Demo,” 335
Beaver, Ninette, 292
“Because the Night,” 246, 259–60, 280, 346
Beck, Jeff, 52
Bell, Barry, 233, 323, 371
Benjamin, David, 220–21, 227
Berg, John, 133
Berger, Jim, 412
Berger, Suzanne, 412
Berlin, Irving, 285
Berry, Chuck, 112, 173, 181, 382, 399
“Be True,” 341
Better Days, 156
“Better Days,” 364, 367, 370n
Big Man (Clemons), 201, 438
Big Man’s West, 291, 312
“Big Muddy, The,” 364
Billboard, 210, 254, 280, 305, 326, 330, 376, 417, 422
Biograph, 328, 329
Bishop, Elvin, 71
Bittan, Roy, 182–83, 188, 189–90, 226, 231, 236, 241, 268, 271, 304, 336, 337, 340, 354, 359–60, 361, 363, 364, 368, 369, 378, 395–96, 414, 415, 429, 442, 452
“Black Night in Babylon,” 125
Black Rock building, 1445
Black Sabbath, 85
Blackwell, David, 13
Blackwell, Richard, 13, 165, 440
Blauvelt, 176
“Blinded by the Light,” 131, 140, 146, 150, 152, 155–56, 170, 387, 431, 440, 441
Blonde on Blonde, 203
Blood, Sweat and Tears, 156
“Blood Brothers,” 379, 380–81, 382, 395
“Bobby Jean,” 308, 311n, 346
Bonds, Gary “U.S.,” 274
Bono, 399
“Boom Boom,” 341, 346
“Border Guard,” 108
Borick, Christopher, 411
Born in the U.S.A., 303–4, 310–11, 313, 315, 316, 325, 326, 327–28, 338, 371, 377, 381–83, 393, 406, 415, 418
recording of, 294–97, 308
tour of, 320–23, 324, 327, 355, 397
“Born in the U.S.A.,” 294–95, 303, 320, 325, 347, 370, 387, 413
Born on the Fourth of July (Kovic), 286–87
“Born to Be Wild
,” 44
Born to Run, x, 68, 180, 191, 193–94, 197–99, 200–203, 210, 213–14, 220, 222, 226, 230, 231, 233, 234, 236–37, 239, 251, 252, 255, 258, 305, 306, 328, 393, 395, 440, 455
cover of, 437, 442
critical praise for, 204–8, 219
recording of, 197–98, 245
success of, 214
tour of, 213, 328
“Born to Run,” 146, 172–74, 181, 186, 187, 188, 202, 213–14, 225, 251, 274, 281, 329, 342, 372, 422, 426, 457
Boston Globe, 154
Bottom Line, 181, 200, 209
Bowden, Thomas, 412
Bowie, David, 212
Boy George, 315
Bracken, Pam, 63, 69, 87–88, 89–90
Bruce’s first meeting with, 60–61
at Kent State Shootings, 78
Bradley, Everett, 452
Bradley Beach, 87–88
Brando, Marlon, 201
Brave Cowboy Bill, 108
Brave Cowboy Bill (Jackson and Jackson), 10–11, 101
“Breakaway,” 237
Brecker, Michael, 196n
Brecker, Randy, 196n
Brickman, Marc, 460
“Brilliant Disguise,” 339, 362
“Bristol Stomp,” 130
“Brokenhearted, The,” 237
Bromberg, David, 150
Brookdale Community College, 95
Brown, James, 86, 115
Browne, David, 367
Browne, Jackson, 112n, 167, 220, 270, 272, 273, 276, 362
Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band Live/1975–85, 328–31
Bruce Springsteen and the Hot Mammas, 94
Bruce Springsteen Band, 95, 103, 105, 106–7, 109, 116–17, 128, 130, 137, 243
performances of, 142–43, 156, 157, 159, 160–61, 179
recording of, 117
reformation of, 140
Bruce Springsteen Memorial Couch, 278
Brunman, Glen, 200
Bruno, Frank, 23, 423, 424
Bruno, Frank, Jr., 424
Buckley, Tim, 42
Buddy Holly Story, The, 264n
Buell, Kevin, 437, 450n, 453
Burdon, Eric, 448
Burke, Mike, 44, 45, 49
Burlew, Bill, 38
Busey, Gary, 264
Bush, George W., 410, 413, 418, 419, 425, 450n
Butterfield, Paul, 156
“Bye Bye Johnny,” 292
Byrds, 134, 347
Cactus, 85
“Cadillac Ranch,” 281
Cafe Wha?, 36, 272
Cahill, Billy “Kale,” 98–99, 148
Cain, James M., 238
Caldwell, Stephen, 22
“Calvin Jones & the 13th Apostle,” 125
“Candy’s Room,” 249
Cannon, Freddy, 22
Caramanica, Jon, 455n
Carotenuto, Lou, 31, 40
Carousel House, 443
Carr, Barbara, 459
Carter, Ernest “Boom,” 118, 177, 182, 399, 460
Car Wheels on the Gravel Road, 395
Cash, Johnny, 307
Cashion, Ann, 4
Cashion, Dave “Dim,” 3, 4, 14
Cashion, Glenn, 14, 398
Cashion, Jane, 2, 10–11
Cassidy, David, 111
Cassidy, Karen, 137, 138
Castiles, 25, 52, 57, 114, 199, 287, 345, 388, 399
breakup of, 42, 43, 44
Bruce recruited to, 26–27
devoted following of, 34–35
drug bust and, 44
first recording of, 35
performances of, 30–31, 33, 36–37, 49
rehearsals of, 28–29, 36
songs performed by, 29–30
“Cautious Man,” 333
CBS, 145, 159, 161, 168, 171, 180, 199, 200, 209, 210–11, 215, 220, 222, 224–25, 234, 278, 296, 329, 338, 348
“C.C. Rider,” 96
Cetera, Peter, 160
Chaka Khan, 272n
Challenger, 226
Challenger Surfboard Company, 61, 64, 69, 82, 84, 88, 91, 117
start of, 54–55
“Change It,” 83
Chapman, Tracy, 347
Charles, Ray, 29
Charles Marie, Sister, 389
Checker, Chubby, 21–22
Cheech & Chong, 142
Cherlin, Harvey, 92, 96, 97
“Cherokee Queen,” 73
Chicago, 160–61
Chicago Sun-Times, 367
Chicago Transit Authority, 65
Chicago Tribune, 325n
Chicken Scratch tour, 223
Child, 62, 63, 64, 243, 430
band practice of, 55–56
Monmouth performance of, 58–60
“Child Bride,” 295
“Chimes of Freedom,” 347
Chinnock, Billy, 51, 57, 254n, 288n
Chirmside, Bob, 236, 242, 243, 245, 261, 275–76
Christian, Roger, 172
Christic Institute, 362, 367, 387, 410
Ciambotti, Gia, 369
Cinema III, 114, 127
“Circus Song,” 151
“Circus Town,” 125
Civil War, U.S., 5, 6
Clapton, Eric, 52
Clark, Dick, 22
Clark, Jeannie, 78, 95
Clash, 240
Clearmountain, Bob, 270, 280, 305, 306, 363, 364, 393
Clearwater Swim Club, 76, 78
Clem, Russell, 76
Clemons, Clarence, 136–41, 147, 149, 151, 153, 165, 170, 175–76, 184, 196, 198, 201, 220, 236, 241–42, 261, 262–63, 291, 313, 340, 346, 372, 378, 393, 394, 396, 399, 400, 402, 408n, 414, 415, 440, 441–42
on Amnesty tour, 348–49
at Bruce’s first recording, 132
Bruce’s first meeting with, 136–39
at Bruce’s wedding, 325
death of, 136, 137, 444–45, 452, 454
E Street Band breakup and, 356–57
illnesses and injuries of, 428–30, 432–33, 438–39
Lady Gaga’s sessions with, 444
Lopez’s tension with, 157–58, 175–76
at 9/11 concert, 409–10
recruited to reformation of Bruce Springsteen Band, 140–41
at Super Bowl, 437, 438
Tunnel of Love recording and, 336
wedding of, 290
Clemons, Jake, 453
Clemons, Victoria, 444
Cliff, Jimmy, 448
Clinton, Bill, 388
Clinton, Hillary, 403–4
Clooney, George, 408
“Clouds” (Springsteen), 42
Club Xanadu, 302, 306
“C’mon Billy,” 96
Cocker, Joe, 85–86
Cocks, Jay, 91, 206–7, 208, 367
“Code of Silence,” 401, 405, 413
Cohen, Leonard, 42
Cohen, Tom, 80, 82–83
College of Marin, 71
Collins, Phil, 367
Columbia Records, 114, 118–21, 122, 133, 136, 144, 148, 151, 159, 160, 167, 168, 180, 198, 200, 204–5, 208, 209, 213–14, 215, 220, 296, 329, 338, 365, 368, 370, 375, 416, 458
“Come On (Let’s Go Tonight),” 248–50, 251
Commager, Henry Steele, 285
Concert for Nicaragua, 347
Contras, 347
Cooder, Ry, 369
Copland, Aaron, 448
Corn, David, 386
Costas, Bob, 239
Cotton, James, 62–63
Count Basie, 119
“Countin’ on a Miracle,” 415
“County Fair,” 299, 303, 338n
Couric, Katie, 416
“Cover Me,” 295, 307
“Cowboys of the Sea,” 107–8, 110
Cox, Courteney, 314
Coyne, Kevin, 15n, 32, 38, 389
Crawdaddy, 142, 143, 192
Crazy Horse, 71n
Cream, 44, 56
Creedence Clearwater Revival, 287
Creem, 166, 204–5
Cretecos, Jimmy, 104, 109,
111, 113–14, 118, 119, 121, 124, 125, 128, 130, 131, 147, 150, 152–53, 172, 458
Crosby, David, 272n
Crossing Guard, The, 377
“Cross My Heart,” 361, 366
“Crown Liquor,” 57
Crystal Ballroom, 48
Crystals, 181
Curcio, Joe, 287–88
Curtis, King, 139, 441
Daily Herald, 168
Daily News, 345
Dale, Dick, 22
“Dance, Dance, Dance,” 96, 97
“Dancin’ in the Dark,” 304, 306, 307, 308, 315, 320, 382, 457
video for, 313–15, 320, 325
“Dancin’ in the Street,” 96
Dancy, Joan, 432
Danelectro factory, 141
Danielian, Barry, 453n
Daniels, Francine, 103
“Dark and Bloody Ground,” 385
Darkness on the Edge of Town, 245–52, 254–57, 304, 306, 339, 369, 395, 440, 442, 443, 450, 452
critical praise for, 254–55
tour for, 257–59, 262–63, 267, 273
“Darkness on the Edge of Town,” 251, 259, 281, 362, 381, 387
“Darlington County,” 295, 303, 307
Darvin, Karen, 197
Davis, Clive, 118, 122–23, 128, 129, 131, 133, 144, 145, 159, 161, 166, 200
Davis, Gray, 411
Davis, Miles, 134
Davis, Richard, 146
Dawidoff, Nick, 344, 358
“Dawn (Go Away),” 279
Dean, James, 281
“Death to My Hometown,” 451, 453
DeCurtis, Anthony, 367
Def Leppard, 367
“Delivery Man,” 303
DeLuise, Mike, 25
Demme, Jonathan, 374, 375
De Niro, Robert, 199–200, 241, 317
Dennis, Carol, 369
Denver, John, 326n–27n
De Palma, Brian, 314
DePugh, Joe, 15n
“Detroit Medley,” 274
Devils & Dust, 421, 455
Diallo, Amadou, 402–3
DiBenedetto, Barney, 15
Dickinson, Flo, 81
Dickinson, Greg, 81
Dickinson, Jason, 81
Diddley, Bo, 183, 202
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