Bruce Springsteen - Western Stars (Official Video)
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From NPR: Bruce Springsteen Puts A Twist On California-Style Pop With 'Western Stars'
Gregg Chadwick Route 66 24"x30" oil on linen 2019
Western Stars
by Gregg Chadwick Gregg Chadwick Rio Grande 30"x40" oil on linen 2015 Under blue skies on a California Spring day, I am listening to Bruce Springsteen's new song Hello Sunshine from his forthcoming album Western Stars . It is a country tinged song reminiscent of Harry Nilsson's Everybody's Talkin' from the movie, Midnight Cowboy . Over the years I have driven thousands of miles under wide open skies across the American west. Scanning the radio dial as I drove, I was searching for the sound of the western road. Today I found that cinematic sound in Springsteen's new song. A rhythmic wash like a distant train running in the distance underlies Hello Sunshine . Pedal steel brings us into the west and the strings add a wide open sonic vista. Bruce's vocals are world weary but not defeated. Last September I ventured solo from Southern California to Chicago for a show of my artwork at The Other Art Fair in Chicago's Pilsen neigh...