Comments on: Important Questions: Is There Really An E Street? (A Springsteen Primer)

By: Kim

Kim — Sat, 10 May 2008 16:58:58 +0000

If memory serves, Clarence Clemons also had an occasional guest-starring role on the CBS series, ‘Nash Bridges’. He played the owner of a beauty salon to whom Nash (Don Johnson) and Joe (Cheech Marin) would go for that bit o’ information on the latest heist/murder/etc.

By: Bri

Bri — Wed, 07 May 2008 16:25:16 +0000

I would just like to note that the city of Pensacola, Florida has a set of streets named after the letters of the alphabet. I can’t help but think that it’s no coincedence that E Street intersects with Bruce Street. No foolin’! Some Boss fans in the Florida Legislature, perhaps?

By: Johnny Cat

Johnny Cat — Tue, 06 May 2008 04:24:39 +0000

Thanks Matt.

As I reply, my iPod randomly selected Racing In The Streets…how appropriate.

I always wondered about that Boss thing, and when I was younger I just shelved it as roc.k n roll posturing. Elvis is the King, Sinatra is the Chairman of the Board, and James Brown is the Godfather of Soul. Surely Springsteen just named himself The Boss as a casual aside.

I’m glad it’s actually in the spirit of giving, and leadership. That’s the environment I thrive in, and the soul of his music. His Everyman is my saviour.

Thanks again!

By: Matt Soniak

Matt Soniak — Mon, 05 May 2008 16:09:25 +0000

@Clotho – Yeah, all my fingers curve towards the middle of my hand. My hand turkeys in grade school always looked mangled.

@Kevin – Danny was a great ensemble player and a fantastic musician in his own right (check out his solo albums if you get a chance). There just isn’t too much Danny trivia out there. Bruce’s eulogy for Danny is posted at his website, though, and its certainly more eloquent and personal than anything I’d be able to come up with here.

@Kevin and Johnny Cat – He got the nickname in the early days when the band was playing Jersey shore clubs and he was in charge of collecting the payment and doling out each musician’s share.

@Muffy – After the breakup, Max went back to school to finish his bachelor’s degree and was planning on getting a law degree afterwards, but dropped out of law school less than a year into it.

By: muffy

muffy — Mon, 05 May 2008 15:19:46 +0000

BROOOOOOOCE

Just saw the whole gang play twice – L.A. in October and Anaheim in April. Seeing Springsteen play is the closest I’ve come to a religious experience – exhiliration, euphoria, pumping my fist in the air…

I heard somewhere that after the band broke up, at one point Max was about to go to law school – then he got the gig on Conan. Is that just a ridiculous rumor?

Also – after this tour – does anyone else desperately wish he’d re-record Nebraska and Tunnel of Love in a loud rollicking style backed by the whole band? I absolutely love the version of “Reason to Believe” they’ve been playing

And now that I’ve heard “Thunder Road” live, I can die happy.

By: Johnny Cat

Johnny Cat — Sun, 04 May 2008 00:03:15 +0000

No, seriously. How did he ever get that nickname?

By: Helen

Helen — Sat, 03 May 2008 20:05:18 +0000

Hey, we just bought a beach house in Belmar. We took a picture of E Street wishing it was Bruce’s. Cool.

By: Nick

Nick — Sat, 03 May 2008 06:28:35 +0000

Great Post! I’m a huge boss fan and I have been waiting for a post like this.

By: Jessica

Jessica — Fri, 02 May 2008 22:48:20 +0000

Grew up on The Boss. My dad is a retardedly huge fan. I recall distinctly asking him if I as born in the USA (I was like 3, give me a break). I imagined it as a big baseball field. Having grown up near Philly af course every summer was spent “down the shore”. Now I live in Oceanport and get to absorb all of the Bruce Sprinstein, Bon Jovi and Kevin Smith glory Monmouth County has to offer!

It’s so sad to go to Asbury Park and see what it used to be, although it’s really making a comeback, but more for the yuppie scene (which is fine, ’cause they bring with them AWESOME eateries. Market in the Middle is UH-mazing).

By: Rob Lowson

Rob Lowson — Fri, 02 May 2008 22:23:38 +0000

Danny has accompanied Bruce Springsteen since 1969, in the bands Child and Steel Mill. He’s worn his hair long, sported a beard and adopted a lean trim look during The Rising Tour. Quiet by nature, his playing speaks volumes and contains multitudes: He brings more to a Springsteen concert than he’s ever been given credit for. In Danny’s case greatness is understood, measured in the sublime flicker of his organ-playing hands. Always remembered, greatly missed.