Bruce Springsteen joins Questlove Supreme to talk about covering classic Soul and R&B songs for his new album Only The Strong Survive

Bruce Springsteen joins Questlove Supreme to talk about covering classic Soul and R&B songs for his new album, Only The Strong Survive. The Boss also discusses his approach to creativity, album-making, and putting on one of the best live shows in all of music. 

Bruce Springsteen: Do I Love You (Indeed I Do) | The Tonight Show

Wow! Now that was a Jersey soul reunion with original E Street Band pianist David Sancious on the keyboards. Great performance

Bruce Springsteen Interview and Performances on Howard Stern

Happy Birthday Bruce Springsteen - Thunder Road Acoustic

As David Corn says: "Happy Birthday to 

@springsteen Thanks for the decades of music and inspiration Bruce. 

This is one of my favorite outtakes:"

Darkness on the Edge of Town - 44 Years Down the Road

 by Gregg Chadwick

44 years ago today, Bruce Springsteen's fourth album Darkness on the Edge of Town was released. The wide open romanticism of Born to Run was missing from this new album. Instead we were greeted with a powerful mix of Steinbeck, Hopper, Woody Guthrie, and Springsteen's unleashed guitar. Bruce's new guitar sound was both lyrical and powerful. I put that sound into my artistic toolbox and pull it out when I need to. In the opening track Badlands, Springsteen howls that "It ain't no sin to be glad your alive." I've held on to that line as a call to action ever since. 

Gregg Chadwick
Love In Vain (Castro - San Francisco)
16"x20"oil on linen 2016

I had just finished my freshman year at UCLA and  this was my first summer on the Monterey Bay in central California. The pace of life was so much slower than Los Angeles or Washington DC and I found time for study and reflection in the hours after my temp job finished. I would go for a run through Point Lobos after work to clear my head and then would sit with East of Eden or The Grapes of Wrath until the sun went down. I would paint late into the night trying to get these new inspirations onto canvas. I had a lot to learn but I was dogged and I let my failures lead me onto new paths. 

Gregg Chadwick
This Machine Kills Fascists - Woody Guthrie
14"x11"oil on linen 2012
Peter Himmelman Collection, Los Angeles

The highways around Monterey were wide open in the late 1970's. Like a character in a Springsteen song I would drive to find out where I was going. Images that still need to be painted flooded in:

Early morning light on farm workers in the fields outside Salinas.

The crumbling docks of Cannery Row seemingly melting in the sea air.

Rows of US soldiers waiting their turn on the target line at Fort Ord.

The seaside chimera of Santa Cruz glowing in the morning fog.

Gregg Chadwick
The Opal's Rim (Point Lobos)
72"x48"oil on linen 1997
Private Collection, Los Angeles

On July 1, 1978, I took Highway 101 up from the Monterey Bay to Berkeley. I met my brother and his future wife Cathy at the edge of the UC campus and we wandered until we found the Berkeley Community Theater. Throughout my high school years in the suburbs of DC, my older brother Kent was studying at UC Davis and I cherished the moments we had together. Each time we reunited seemed like an epiphany. We talked and argued about life, art, politics, poetry, spirituality and music. We had seen a few concerts together on the east coast starting with a J Geils gig in Asbury Park. But neither one of us had seen Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band play live. Until that night in Berkeley. 

The concert was a revelation, almost a rock n' roll revival. But there was also an undercurrent of pain and empathy like the Darkness album itself. Springsteen's 1978 guitar improvisation opening to Prove It All Night got us all out of our seats. 

Two songs stood out for me that night. The first was Springsteen's haunting, solo piano version of The Promise which became a sound that I tried to get into my paintings from that day forward. 

The second was Bruce and the E Street Band's electrifying version of Because the Night. 

I knew that Springsteen had penned Because the Night and then given the not quite finished work to Patti Smith to complete and record. I took that song on as my romantic talisman. Somewhere down the line I knew I would find a partner who would feel the passion from those haunting lines and that searing music just as I did. My wife, MarySue, and I found each other in 2003 and  our friend, the singer/songwriter Kelly Colbert performed a scorchingly hot version of Because the Night at our wedding on 7/7/07.

MarySue and Gregg at Their Wedding  7/7/07
photo by Sabine Pearlman

My artistic landscape was growing in the Summer of 1978 and Springsteen's Darkness on the Edge of Town provided a soundtrack for the film of my life. And most importantly Darkness inspired me to find the stories that I wanted to tell in my art and life. 

WhyHunger: Turn Hope Into Action

Nutritious Food is a Human Right. Through community-fueled solutions, grassroots support, and scaling out sustainable, agroecological food production, WhyHunger meets people’s immediate food needs with dignity while also building a movement to end hunger in the U.S. and around the globe. The COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated the hunger crisis, leaving nearly 54 million Americans and 2 billion people worldwide struggling to feed themselves. In the face of crisis and urgent need, there is still great hope that a healthy, just, and hunger-free world is possible. Together, we can turn hope into action.

——— Special Thanks to: Our Organizational Partners: Jesús Vázquez Organización Boricuá de Agricultura Ecológica de Puerto Rico Facebook: @organizacionboricua Twitter: @orgboricua Instagram: @organizacion_boricua Katrina Sanders, Judy Belue Delta Fresh Foods Initiative - Bolivar County, MS Facebook: @deltafreshfoods Joan Brady Farmer and advocate La Vía Campesina - Ontario, Canada Facebook: @viacampesinaOFFICIAL Twitter: @via_campesina Instagram: @la_via_campesina_official Niaz Dorry Northwest Atlantic Marine Alliance National Family Farm Coalition – Gloucester, MA Facebook: @natlfamilyfarmcoalition Twitter: @FarmFamilyCo And Our Artist Partners: Bruce Springsteen Yoko Ono Lennon Carlos Santana Brandi Carlile Tom Morello Michael McDonald ——— Follow us on social media: Facebook http://www.Facebook.com/WhyHungerFans Twitter http://Twitter.com/WhyHunger Instagram http://Instagram.com/WhyHungerPix LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/company/whyh... Visit our website to learn more about WhyHunger's work and mission at http://www.whyhunger.org

Happy Friday! Bruce Springsteen - Badlands (The Legendary 1979 No Nukes Concerts)

'A Fighting Optimism': Bruce Springsteen And Barack Obama On Politics In 2021

"Renegades: Born in the USA," available now!

In their new book, Barack Obama and Bruce Springsteen envision a more unified America.

Barack Obama and Bruce Springsteen talk "Renegades"

 Barack Obama and Bruce Springsteen sit down with correspondent Anthony Mason to discuss the influence of their fathers on their life's work, and the shared narratives that drive the surprisingly similar fields of popular music and politics.

"Renegades: Born in the USA," available now!

Bruce Springsteen performs at the 9/11 memorial in New York City

Good Morning! Tom Morello - Highway To Hell (ft. Bruce Springsteen & Eddie Vedder)

Eddie Vedder and Bruce Springsteen appear in the first single from

Tom Morello's New Album The Atlas Underground Fire Out Oct 15th, 2021

Tom Morello explains that they’re “bringing this legendary song into the future. One of the greatest rock’n’roll songs of all time sung by two of the greatest rock’n’roll singers of all time. And then I drop a shredding guitar solo. Thank you and good night.”

The Atlas Underground Fire: 01 Harlem Hellfighter 02 Highway to Hell [ft. Bruce Springsteen and Eddie Vedder] 03 Let’s Get the Party Started [ft. Bring Me the Horizon] 04 Driving to Texas [ft. Phantogram] 05 The War Inside [ft. Chris Stapleton] 06 Hold the Line [ft. Grandson] 07 Naraka [ft. Mike Posner] 08 The Achilles List [ft. Damian Marley] 09 Night Witch [ft. Phem] 10 Charmed I’m Sure [ft. Protohype] 11 Save Our Souls [ft. Dennis Lyxzén] 12 On the Shore of Eternity [ft. Sama’ Abdulhadi]

More at: Tom Morello on the Music of His Life

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Rick Rubin & Malcolm Gladwell Interview Bruce Springsteen | Broken Record

 

 

Great Interview on Malcolm Gladwell and Rick Rubin's Podcast:

BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN 

Bruce Springsteen is a national treasure. Since his debut album nearly 50 years ago, Springsteen has helped define the American working-class psyche through a collection of world-renowned hit songs. In this interview with Malcolm Gladwell and Rick Rubin, Bruce talks about how listening to Born To Run 45 years after it was released made him realize just how good he really is. He also talks about how his Irish and Italian sides physically manifest into songs, and how he recorded his stellar new album, Letter To You, live with the E Street Band in just four days. 

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Springsteen and Don Winslow Join Forces

Now @springsteen and @donwinslow join forces, to show that @realDonaldTrump has let the USA down! #VOTE #VoteBidenHarris2020 #VoteBlueToSaveAmerica#Springsteen #AmericaNeedsPennsylvania https://t.co/zawb2Ahx09

— Gregg Chadwick (@greggchadwick) October 13, 2020

PREMIERE: "American Skin (41 Shots)" live in Atlanta, GA, June 4, 2000

Backstreets Magazine · PREMIERE: "American Skin (41 Shots)" live in Atlanta, GA, June 4, 2000

Bruce Springsteen to Guest on Turner Classic Movies

Bruce Springsteen - Western Stars (Official Video)

From NPR: Bruce Springsteen Puts A Twist On California-Style Pop With 'Western Stars'

Gregg Chadwick
Route 66
24"x30" oil on linen 2019

Blinded by the Light - The Film

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Inspired by the music and lyrics of Bruce Springsteen. #BlindedByTheLightMovie – in theaters August 14.

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From writer/director/producer Gurinder Chadha (“Bend It Like Beckham”) comes the inspirational drama “Blinded by the Light,” set to the music and lyrics of Bruce Springsteen’s timeless songs.

“Blinded by the Light” tells the story of Javed (Viveik Kalra) a British teen of Pakistani descent, growing up in the town of Luton, England, in 1987. Amidst the racial and economic turmoil of the times, he writes poetry as a means to escape the intolerance of his hometown and the inflexibility of his traditional father. But when a classmate introduces him to the music of “the Boss,” Javed sees parallels to his working-class life in Springsteen’s powerful lyrics.

As Javed discovers a cathartic outlet for his own pent-up dreams, he also begins to find the courage to express himself in his own unique voice.

Based on Sarfraz Manzoor’s acclaimed memoir Greetings from Bury Park, “Blinded by the Light” is a joyful story of courage, love, hope, family and the unique ability of music to lift the human spirit.

Chadha directed and produced the film, which was written by Manzoor, Chadha and Paul Mayeda Berges. The story is underscored by the music and poetic lyrics of Springsteen, who gave Chadha his blessing from the film’s inception.

“Blinded by the Light” stars Viveik Kalra, Hayley Atwell, Rob Brydon, Kulvinder Ghir, Nell Williams, Dean-Charles Chapman, and Aaron Phagura. The film was directed by Gurinder Chadha from a screenplay by Sarfraz Manzoor, Chadha and Paul Mayeda Berges. Jane Barclay, Chadha, and Jamal Daniel produced the film. Paul Mayeda Berges, Hannah Leader, Tory Metzger, Tracy Nurse, Stephen Spence, Peter Touche, and Renee Witt served as executive producers.

Chadha’s behind-the-scenes creative team included director of photography Ben Smithard, production designer Nick Ellis, editor Justin Krish, and costume designer Annie Hardinge.

The original score music is by A.R. Rahman. A presentation of New Line Cinema, “Blinded by the Light” is slated for release on August 14, 2019 and will be distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures.

Inspired by Sarfraz Manzoor's Greetings from Bury Park 

ABOUT GREETINGS FROM BURY PARK

The inspiration for the smash Sundance hit, soon to be a major motion picture, “Blinded by the Light”: The acclaimed memoir about the power of Bruce Springsteen’s music on a young Pakistani boy growing up in Britain in the 1970s. 

Springsteen On Broadway - Growin' Up with Intro

In IndieWire David Ehrlich writes:

"Springsteen isn’t singing about himself. He never was. On Broadway, he’s venerating his legend by dismantling his myth; he’s revealing how he became an icon in order to make us believe in myths of our own. In the grace of our hard work, and in the beauty of high school parking lots. To recognize the value of our dreams, and to appreciate the poetry of their aftertaste. At one point — without naming any names — Springsteen rails against the leaders of today, and reiterates that America is a place where tomorrow is always going to be worth fighting for. His songs might be sung in a nostalgic key, but now it’s easy to hear how the best of them point forward. Some magic tricks are even more impressive when you know how they’re done, and on Netflix you can watch this one over and over until you figure it out."

"Land of Hope and Dreams" from Springsteen on Broadway

Gregg Chadwick
American River (for Greil Marcus)
24”x36” oil on linen 2016
Audis Husar Gallery, Beverly Hills

                

Bruce Springsteen has pre-released an album from his Springsteen on Broadway engagement.

His album announcement is accompanied by a first taste of his Broadway recording: an acoustic version of his train metaphor song "Land of Hope and Dreams." 
Lauren Onkey writes about the song on NPR Music:

"Land of Hope and Dreams" is the penultimate song of the Broadway show, an uplifting end to a night that features a lot of heartbreaking stories of characters — including Springsteen himself — who fall into isolation. Rooted in the gospel song "This Train" and The Impressions' 1965 gospel-soul hit "People Get Ready," "Land of Hope and Dreams" imagines a communal train where all are welcome — saints, sinners, whores, gamblers, thieves, lost souls, fools, kings, the brokenhearted — as it heads off to unknown future. It's classic Springsteen: grand, optimistic, spiritual and open-ended enough to be embraced by a big audience....
Springsteen has performed "Land of Hope and Dreams" often for benefit concerts and political rallies, including campaign stops for Barack Obama in the 2012 presidential election. It seems no coincidence, then, that he's released it on the eve of the midterm elections, and into the teeth of a violent and divisive time in American life. It's an assertion that we're all in this together.