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Bruce Springsteen and Steven Van Zandt Rock With the Rascals

27 Apr

If the idea of ’60s rockers the Rascals reuniting this past weekend for just the second time in 40 years wasn’t enough, rock icon Bruce Springsteen made it all the more memorable when he hopped onstage for the band’s encore, a rousing rendition of the group’s timeless nugget ‘Good Lovin’.’ As WMMR reports, it all went down in New York on Saturday night at Robert DeNiro’s Tribeca Grill in the name of charity, with proceeds from the reunion of Felix Cavaliere, Eddie Brigati, Gene Cornish and Dino Danelli going to benefit the Kristen Ann Carr fund.

The cancer charity is named for the daughter of Springsteen’s co-manager Barbara Carr and Boss biographer Dave Marsh who died of sarcoma in 1993 at the age of 22. Recognizing the E Street Band’s guitarist Steven Van Zandt and his wife Maureen, the annual Kristin Ann Carr Fund’s “A Night to Remember” also found Little Steven joining in on the encore, which can be seen here. Van Zandt — who called the Rascals his favorite band when he inducted them into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1997 — has known the various members of the group for 30 years and has tried to reunite them.

“We first met around 1980 to discuss reuniting the band and have tried every five years or so,” Van Zandt told Backstreets. “Maureen suggested we give it one more shot and sure enough it took Kristen’s amazing spirit to finally get it done.”

Cornish also told the Springsteen fan publication, “I speak on behalf of the band when I say all the money offers in the world could not entice the Rascals to reunite, but four phone calls from Stevie and without hesitation we enthusiastically and immediately agreed to both support this wonderful cause and honor Stevie and Maureen.”

Check out a clip from the performance below

Bruce Springsteen, Call him DJ! Sirius/XM Guest DJ

17 Jan

blobserverBruce will be the guest DJ on the E Street channel (SIRIUS channel 10, XM channel 58), on Monday, January 19, and next Monday, January 26. Bruce will sit down with DJ Host and official Bruce biographer Dave Marsh. The music is hand-picked by Bruce from his personal record collection. Bruce will share how he discovered each song and what he likes about the music in his commentary. SIRIUS XM listeners will hear Bruce playing a variety of music ranging from folk songs to contemporary music including hip hop and progressive rock.”
This will be a unique look at his personal view of his song catalog and his ipod of songs. I am sure the song selection will be the songs that have influenced him as a muscian. People have said that he is a human juke box and can play a ton of songs off the top of his head. It’s days like this I wish I were a subscriber, but I don’t listen to the radio enough to justify the monthly fee. I would love to listen to the Bob Dylan Radio Hour and the E Street Channel. Other host have included, max, Clarence, Nils Bruce Springsteen Guest DJs on E Street Radio
January 19 4 pm ET
Bruce Springsteen sits down with SIRIUS XM host/music journalist Dave Marsh to play music hand-picked by Bruce from his personal record collection. He’ll discuss how he discovered each song and why he likes it. He’ll be playing everything from folk to hip-hop, and everything in-between.

Rebroadcasts: Tuesday, January 20 at 12 midnight and 8 am ET; Wednesday, January 21 at 11 am ET; Thursday, January 22 at 6 pm ET; Friday, January 23 at 4 pm ET; Saturday, January 24 at 12 midnight and 8 am ET; and Sunday, January 25 at 4 pm ET. http://www.sirius.com/estreetradio

Bruce Springsteen, “Two Hearts,” The Definitive Biography

16 Jan

Dave Marsh is the ultimate Springsteen insider. He is married to Barbara Carr, who has worked with Jon Landau, since day one, as part of the Management Team for Bruce and the band. two-heartsHere is his Bio from Wikipedia…Dave Marsh (born March 1, 1950, Detroit, Michigan) is an American music critic who briefly attended Wayne State University, became a co-founder of Creem magazine, wrote for various publications such as Newsday, The Village Voice, and Rolling Stone, and also edited Rock and Roll Confidential, a newsletter about rock music and social issues. Marsh is also a member of the National Advisory Board of PROTECT: The National Association to Protect Children.

His other credits include being rock n roll entertainer Bruce Springsteen’s quasi-official biographer, with a total of four books published. Bestsellers include Born to Run and Glory Days. [1] Mr. Marsh is closely associated with Mr. Springsteen, and Marsh’s wife, Barbara Carr, is one of Springsteen’s co-managers. Marsh is also closely associated with Jon Landau, a Springsteen manager and producer.

Marsh has been credited as a performer in the “cult group” the Rock Bottom Remainders, a rock band which includes authors Stephen King and Amy Tan, and humorist Dave Barry, among others.

Along with Rolling Stone magazine publisher Jann Wenner, Marsh has been involved organizing and maintaining the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland, Ohio. However, Marsh has courted, at times, controversy with his style of maintaining selections and at one time was asked to resign.

In 1979, Dave Marsh’s now legendary review of the album Jazz by Queen was published in Rolling Stone, in which Marsh wrote “Queen may be the first truly fascist rock band.” (Rolling Stone, Feb. 8th 1979). His opinion of Queen had softened when he wrote in the 1979 Rolling Stone Record Guide merely that “Jazz was another bombastic farce.”

Dave Marsh has a Sunday show on Sirius XM Radio called Kick Out the Jams. (The title references the well-known MC5 album, a record which does not appear in the aforementioned Marsh-edited Rolling Stone Record Guide.)

Some Springsteen experts believe that his books about Bruce are very one sided and biased. They consider them more like the ultimate PR Bio books than an honest look into the life and times of Bruce. Whatever your personal thoughts, his books are a must read. He has unlimited access to Bruce and the band, which offers you an up close and personal view. Two Hearts is worth the read. Enjoy….

http://books.google.com/books?hl=en&id=sLJZ84jaxhsC&dq=Bruce+springsteen&printsec=frontcover&source=bll&ots=gikIIHZZpb&sig=Z9rjfhzm5_JN9g3w8o5UMPYkCFY&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=19&ct=result#PPP1,M1