in elementary school, 11, 12–14
Elvis Presley admired by, 19–20, 21
E Street Band broken up by, 355–57, 364
exercise by, 301–2, 331, 392, 439
fame of, 210–11, 218–19, 240–41, 315–16, 320–21, 327–28
father’s alleged abusive behavior toward, 32–33
Fender Telecaster of, 151, 208, 248, 260, 263, 320, 409, 437, 442, 450n
financial problems of, 221–23
first record recorded by, 128–31
first wedding of, 325, 333–34, 344
gaps in amplification checked at concerts by, 258–59
Goldsmith’s relationship with, 245, 263–64, 265, 274–77
Grammys won by, 381, 388
guitar practiced by, 25–26, 27, 28–29
gun fired at teenage home of, 40
Hollywood house of, 353–54, 376n
Hyser’s first meeting with, 264–66
jealousy of, 63
Julianne’s separation from, 342–44, 345
late-night schedule of, 10
lawsuit against, 351–52
living in parents’ abandoned house, 61, 63
as loner, 12–13
Lopez fired by, 176–77
Lozito’s relationship with, 98–99, 147–49, 150, 172, 184–85, 245
at Middletown concert with arrests, 79, 80–81
money earned by, 30
in motorcycle accident, 40–41
in move back to New Jersey, 391–92
in move to Challenger factory, 55
in move to San Francisco, 69–70
movies watched by, 114–15, 162, 238
musical taste of, 19–23
at 9/11 concert, 409–10
onstage antics of, 36–37, 47–48, 53, 58–60, 79, 296–97, 301
Oscar won by, 375–76
perfectionism of, 268–69
in photographs for Darkness at the Edge of Town, 247–48
political views of, 37–38, 127, 272–73, 284–85, 285–87, 347, 401–6, 410–11, 426–27
poor eating habits of, 158
psychological crisis of, 298–99, 361, 362, 454–55
reading by, 285
in recording sessions, 127–28
recruited to Castiles, 26–27
in Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, 219n, 382, 399, 444
second marriage of, 357
solo shows of, 122, 126–27
song publishing rights of, 73
songs written by, 35, 48n, 66–68, 92, 104, 105, 107–8, 162, 172–74, 186–87, 242–43, 268, 332–33, 343n, 359, 361, 362–63, 413
at South by Southwest festival, 446–48
stories and poems written by, 27, 39, 42–43, 46, 66, 107
Super Bowl played by, 436–38
Upstage Club debut of, 50–53
in visits to families of 9/11 victims, 412–13
Springsteen, Casper, 5
Springsteen, Douglas, 2, 8, 9, 12, 17, 41, 85, 123, 216–17, 333–34, 349, 375, 390, 461–62
alleged abusive behavior of, 32–33
Bruce’s music disdained by, 23, 31–32
changed personality of, 358–59
dark moods of, 3, 6, 14, 15–16, 18, 23, 31, 32–33, 39–40, 60, 72, 298
illness and death of, 398
low work ethic of, 3–4, 10, 14, 32
in move to California, 41–42, 60, 72
smoking and drinking by, 14, 16, 32, 37, 216
Springsteen, Evan James, 357, 362, 364, 369, 419
Springsteen, Fred, 2, 3–4, 6, 8, 9, 64, 163
Bruce’s relationship with, 9, 10, 11, 12
death of, 16, 18
electronics collected by, 2, 10, 126
stroke of, 10
Springsteen, Geertje, 5
Springsteen, Jessica Rae, 357, 369
Springsteen, Joosten, 5
Springsteen, Pamela, 16, 17, 40, 72, 123, 358, 462–63
in move to California, 72
Springsteen, Virginia (aunt), 1–2, 4–5, 8, 9, 17, 46n, 460
Springsteen, Virginia (Ginny), 8, 12, 16, 31, 89, 267
birth of, 8
on father’s moods, 39–40
grandparents’ lack of interest in, 8, 9
marriage of, 41, 271
in relationship with Theiss, 26
Springsteen Access All Areas, 263n
Springsteen Inc., 351–52
“Springsteen’s Right Side: A Liberal Icon’s Conservatism,” 411
“Stand by Your Man,” 228
“Stand on It,” 303
Stardust Memories (film), 288–89
“Starkweather,” 291–92
Starkweather, Charlie, 291, 298
Starr, Edwin, 330
Starr, Ringo, 356, 357, 378
Starsinic, Bill, 27
“Start Me Up,” 305
“State Trooper,” 292
“Stay,” 277
Steel Mill, 68, 95, 100, 104–5, 107, 126, 130, 141, 199, 226, 310
break-up of, 86–87, 91
chaotic Clearwater concert of, 78–83
college-town shows of, 64–65
contract offer to, 73
critical praise for, 74–76
name decided on by, 64
performances of, 70–72, 74, 75, 243
rehearsals of, 70
Roslin ejected from, 73–74
Thompson recruited to, 76–77
Stefanko, Frank, 253
Stein, Jeff, 313, 314n
Steinbeck, John, 239, 285, 383, 384, 410
Steppenwolf, 44, 56
Stevens, Cat, 147
Stills, Stephen, 272n
Sting, 270n, 349
“Stolen Car,” 279, 282
Stone Pony nightclubs, 228, 244, 291, 331–32
Stone Temple Pilots, 413
“Straight Time,” 384
Street People, 38
“Streets of Fire,” 251, 259
“Streets of Philadelphia,” 374–76, 378, 381, 411
“Stuck Inside of Mobile with the Memphis Blues Again,” 173
Student Prince, 100, 101, 106, 136–39
Suicide, 422
Sullivan, Ed, 321
Sullivan, Lenny, 461
Summer, Donna, 307n
“Sun City,” 410
Sundance Blues Band, 109
Sunny Jim, 126
Sunshine In, 93–94, 95, 96
Super Bowl, 171, 436–38
“Surprise, Surprise,” 434
Sutphin, Doug, 351–51
Sweet Honey in the Rock, 272n
Sweeting, Adam, 414
“Sweet Little Sixteen,” 191–92
Swenson, Roland, 446
Taliban, 418
Taliefero, Crystal, 369, 372
“Talk to Me,” 237, 246
Tallent, Garry, 78, 90, 91, 92, 100, 105, 117, 118, 128–29, 140, 153, 157, 163, 165, 166–67, 170, 177, 195–96, 209, 210, 230, 236, 254n, 259, 268, 271, 293, 341, 344, 378, 393, 396, 401, 414–15, 440, 442, 452
on Bruce’s fame, 320–21
E Street Band breakup and, 356
in reformation of Bruce Springsteen Band, 140, 141
on Tunnel of Love session, 335–36
Tannen, Mike, 221, 225, 227n, 234n
Task, 78
Tattoo You, 305
Taxi Driver, 200
Taylor, James, 208, 270
Taylor, Livingston, 193
Telegraph Hill house, 242–43
Teller, Al, 120, 134, 144, 296, 306, 307–8, 313–14
on “Dancing in the Dark” video, 313–14
Tellone, Albee, ix, 87, 90, 91, 93, 103, 148–49, 150, 152, 153, 158, 161, 175n
“Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out,” 196, 202, 212, 216, 260, 362, 372, 399, 437, 438, 457
“Terry’s Song,” 432
“That’ll Be the Day,” 191
“That’s What You Get,” 35, 345
Theiss, George, 27, 28, 31, 36, 38, 57, 345
Ginny dated by, 26
guitar learned by, 24–25
songs written by, 35
“Them Changes,” 143
“Then He Kissed Me,” 181
“This Depression,” 452
“This Hard Land,” 303, 380, 382, 387, 389
“This Land Is Your Land,” 285, 427, 448
“This Train is Bound for Glory,” 400
This Week with David Brinkley, 317–18
Thomas, Rufus, 169
Thompson, Robbin, 76–77, 79, 80, 81, 83, 85, 86, 88
Thornton, Vel, 111
Three Mile Island, 269, 272, 404
Thrill Hill Studio, 364, 376n
“Thundercrack,” 152, 159, 163, 170, 174, 394, 395
“Thunder Road,” 194, 195, 201–2, 203, 208, 212, 274, 277, 285, 328, 329, 340, 362, 381, 382, 412
Tierney, John, 405–6
“Ties That Bind, The,” 260, 281
Time, 91, 208, 209, 216, 218, 228, 367, 413, 417
“Time Will Tell,” 448
Today, 417, 430
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, 272n, 436
Tonight Show, 340n
Tonight’s the Night, 71n
Toto, 361–62
“Tougher Than the Rest,” 332–33, 343
Tower Theater, 213, 215
Townshend, Pete, 36
Tracks, 392–95, 424
Traffic, 44
“Train Song, The,” 73
Travis, George, 458, 460
Travis, Shook, and the Club Wow, 150
Tribute to Heroes, A, 413
Troggs, 440
Troubadour club, 156
“Trouble in Paradise,” 360
Tunnel of Love, 337–42, 345, 364, 395, 417
recording of, 335–36
tour for, 339–42, 344–46, 453n
“Tunnel of Love,” 339
Turner, Ike, 199
Turner, Tina, 199
Turtles, 279
Twain, Mark, 410
Twain, Shania, 436
20th Century Fox, 113
“Twist, The,” 21–22
“Twist and Shout,” 24, 26, 29, 287
“Two Faces,” 333
“Two for the Road,” 332
“Two Hearts,” 281
Tyler, Andrew, 207
Tyler, Tony, 180
Tyrangiel, Josh, 413
Tyrell, Soozie, 313, 364, 408n, 423, 452
Uncut, 414
Underground Garage, 22, 23
“Until the Rain Comes” (Springsteen), 42–43
Upstage Club, 50–53, 54, 87, 90, 91, 92, 94, 98–99, 102–3, 243, 368
USA Today, 357, 420, 424, 425
“Used Cars,” 292
Use Your Illusions I and II, 366
Van Zandt, Steven, ix, 21, 22, 67, 76, 90, 91, 92, 94, 95, 97, 100, 106, 109, 117, 118, 190, 196, 209, 232, 237, 238, 284, 339–40, 370, 382–83, 384, 396, 400, 408n, 410, 413, 415, 430, 442–43, 452, 460
“Because the Night” arranged by, 259–60
“Boss” nickname given to Bruce by, x
Bruce’s first meeting with, 33–34
at Bruce’s first recording session, 129, 130
at Bruce’s fortieth birthday party, 353–54
on Bruce signing Appel’s contract, 116
at Bruce’s wedding, 325
on Darkness at the Edge of Town tour, 258
Darkness on the Edge of Town recording and, 245, 246, 247–48, 250
encyclopedic musical knowledge of, 34
E Street band joined by, 196–97
E Street band quit by, 269, 308–11
at Free University concert, 74
“Hungry Heart” enjoyed by, 279–80
at Middletown concert with arrests, 78, 79, 80, 81
on possible breakup of E Street Band, 231–32
radio show of, 218–19
and recording of Born to Run, 199
Southside Johnny managed by, 244
Thompson’s recruitment and, 76–77
Van Zandt, William, 34n
“Vibes Man,” 125
Vietnam War, 35, 38, 45, 286, 287, 419
Village Voice, 182, 417
Vinyard, Gordon “Tex,” 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 34, 36, 42, 389, 399
Vinyard, Marion, 25, 26, 29, 42, 389, 399
Virginia Commonwealth University, 64–65, 103
“Visitation at Fort Horn,” 128, 131, 132–33
Vitale, Neal, 154
“Viva Las Vegas,” 356
Voice of America, 309
Volman, Mark, 279
“Voodoo Chile,” 57
Vote for Change tour, 420, 422
Waasdorp, John, 93
Wainwright, Loudon, III, 155
“Waiting on the End of the World,” 380
Waits, Tom, 165
Walker, Junior, 132, 441
“Walking the Dog,” 169–70
“Walk Like a Man,” 333–34
“War,” 330, 341, 347
Ward, Ed, 166
“War Is Over, The,” 67
Warner Bros. Records, 208
“War Song, The,” 67
Washington, George (laborer), 7
Washington, Gino, 341
Washington Post, 251
Wasylczenko, Victor “Igor,” 126, 145
Wavy Gravy, 61, 69
Wayne, John, 435
“We Are Alive,” 451–52
We Are One concert, 427
Week to Remember, A, 159
“We Gotta Get Out of This Place,” 448
Weinberg, Becky, 317
Weinberg, Max, 182–84, 188, 227, 236, 268, 269–70, 295, 317–18, 327, 336, 337, 340, 341, 360, 378, 395, 414, 415, 442, 452, 453
on E Street Band’s breakup, 355, 356
“We’ll All Man the Guns,” 67
Wenner, Jann, 192, 418
“We Shall Overcome,” 424
We Shall Overcome: The Seeger Sessions, 424, 430, 455
West, Carl “Tinker,” 58, 59, 60, 62–63, 74, 86, 92, 93, 97, 99, 100–101, 104, 105, 107, 142, 143, 226, 399, 458
Bruce’s first meeting with, 53–55
in move to San Francisco, 68–70
recording studio built by, 116–17
resignation of, 103
at Woodstock, 61–62
Westerberg, Paul, 413
Westheimer, Ruth, 350
“We Take Care of Our Own,” 449, 450, 451, 453, 454, 455n, 457
Wexler, Jerry, 192–93
“What’d I Say,” 29
“What Love Can Do,” 434
Wheeler, Harold, 132
“When Doves Cry,” 308
“When You Dance,” 117
“When You Need Me,” 332
“When You’re Alone,” 336
“When You Walk in the Room,” 199
“Whip My Hair,” 443n
Who, 29, 36, 313
“Who’ll Stop the Rain,” 285, 287
Wild and the Innocent & the E Street Shuffle, The, 35, 162–68, 175, 178, 206, 386n, 393, 395, 440
“Wild Billy’s Circus Story,” 151, 362, 431
“Wild Thing,” 440
Will, George, 317–18
William Morris Agency, 149, 224, 233
Williams, Big Bad Bobby, 52, 90, 91, 93
Williams, Hank, 97, 242
Williams, Lucinda, 395
Williams, Paul, 161, 192
Wilson, Brian, 22, 172
Wilson, Carl, 25
Wilson, Mike, 390
“Wind and the Rain, The,” 67
Wingate, Dick, 253–54
“Wings for Wheel,” 188
“Wish, The,” 389
“With Every Wish,” 366
“Without You,” 380
Wonder, Stevie, 157
Woodhaven Swim Club, 31
Woodstock, 61–62, 69
Woody Guthrie: A Life (Klein), 285
Wooley, Sheb, 21
Working on a Dream, 435, 455
tour for, 438
“Wo
rking on a Dream,” 434, 437
“Working on the Highway,” 295, 303, 307
“Worlds Apart,” 415
Wrecking Ball, 447, 448–56
“Wreck on the Highway,” 282
“Wrestler, The,” 435
Wright, Jeremiah, 426n
Wynette, Tammy, 228
Yardbirds, 44
Yetnikoff, Walter, 167–68, 219n, 278, 279, 296, 306, 307, 348
“You Don’t Leave Me No Choice,” 96–97
“You Mean So Much to Me,” 95, 96, 152
Young, Jesse Colin, 272n
Young, Neil, 71, 356, 375, 443n
“Youngstown,” 386, 439n
“You Really Got Me,” 440
“You’re Missing,” 413, 414, 415
You’re Never Alone with a Schizophrenic, 268
Your Hit Parade, 7
Zane, Herb, 182–83
Zerilli, Adelina, 6–7, 8
Zerilli, Anthony, 6, 7, 8, 89–90, 142, 292
Zerilli, Dora, 7–8, 21, 23, 31, 89
Zerilli, Eda, 7–8, 31, 89, 461
“Zero and Blind Terry,” 163, 395
Zibart, Eve, 173, 251
Zimny, Thom, 239–41, 442, 443
Zoom, 260
ZZ Top, 440
Chapter 1
1He may have died during the ocean crossing, or possibly before the boat even left Holland, depending on which genealogical record you consult.
2Renamed Randolph Street in the 1870s.
3And even more so when you count the number of songs he would write about frontier-wandering heroes bent on gaining control over their lives and the meaning of same. Asked to consider the connections between childhood fixation and lifelong creative vision, he laughs. “Rosebud! You found my Rosebud, man!” He does not appear to be serious.
4Adele surrendered to her son’s pleas to leave the St. Rose schools in 1963, just in time for Bruce to matriculate at Freehold Regional High School, the public institution that then drew students from all of Freehold and some of the nearby small towns, too.
5This introduces a level of controversy to the tale, because the Indians actually came within a whisker of winning the second game, only to be undone in the bottom of the final inning by a very rare—and to many minds, highly questionable—catcher’s balk call made by umpire Boots “Bootsy” Riddle. The ump’s call, made with the score tied, two men out, and the bases loaded, advanced batter Jimmy Mavroleon to first, thereby granting the Cardinals the game-and title-winning run. Opposing coach DiBenedetto insists the game-winning call simply hastened the classic’s inevitable outcome: “We beat ’em with half our team,” he says a half century later. “If we’d have had our whole team, we would have massacred ’em.” Mavroleon feels a bit more sheepish about the whole thing. “It was the silliest thing ever because umpires never call [catcher’s balks],” he says. “We were lucky.” He and Bruce had a chance to refresh their memories in 1976 when Bruce happened into Jimmy’s parents’ Monmouth Queen Diner late one night. Mavroleon was just finishing his late-night shift at the register, but Bruce lingered to catch up and reminisce about the old days and the dazzling speed of his old competitor’s fastball, which proved powerful enough to take him to the farm system of the Cincinnati Reds for two seasons, 1970–71. But if you think that resolves the matter of exactly who could throw that speed ball by you, as described in the song “Glory Days,” read Kevin Coyne’s story about Joe DePugh (New York Times, July 9, 2011). Lance Rowe, son of the Indians’ coach, also strikes former teammates as a possible candidate. Or maybe it’s some combination of all three.
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