What surprise does bruce springsteen and the e street band have for chicago?
By now, it should come as no surprise that Bruce Springsteen is tireless, rocking stages with an energy that belies his 59 years. But perhaps the secret to his fountain of youth lies within the legendary E Street Band itself, which will help him perform their classic 1975 album Born to Run in its entirety at their Sept. 20 concert in Chicago. The band has performed whole albums before, including back-to-back renditions of Born to Run and Darkness on the Edge of Town in the same night at New Jersey’s Count Basie Theater in May 2008. This time, Springsteen returns to his legendary album only three days before his 60th birthday. Tickets for the show at Chicago’s United Center go on sale this Saturday, Aug. 1, via Ticketmaster. Sources: http://thecelebritycafe.com/cd/full_review/14493.
Bruce Springsteen and the E-Street Band play a style of rock n’ roll that hearkens back to its earlier days, the 1950s. Despite being released years after that period of music, many elements of the band channel the straight rock n’ roll being played by guys like Johnny Cash and Elvis Presley decades earlier. Part of the reason for this is a piano played by Roy Bittan. Although he is playing in a different style, one cannot hear rock piano without first thinking of Jerry Lee Lewis. Springsteen’s voice, rough on this album, nonetheless is reminiscent of Elvis Presley’s tenor. What really sets this album aside is the songwriting. Though obscure at times, Springsteen has an uncanny understanding of the blue-collar life and this album reflects many facets of that life. Every day, people turn to crime when they can’t find another way,(“Meeting Across the River”) and almost everyone looks for an escape from their troubles (“Born to Run”). Springsteen, in these eight songs, reveals to us the h
By now, it should come as no surprise that Bruce Springsteen is tireless, rocking stages with an energy that belies his 59 years. But perhaps the secret to his fountain of youth lies within the legendary E Street Band itself, which will help him perform their classic 1975 album Born to Run in its entirety at their Sept. 20 concert in Chicago. The band has performed whole albums before, including back-to-back renditions of Born to Run and Darkness on the Edge of Town in the same night at New Jersey’s Count Basie Theater in May 2008. This time, Springsteen returns to his legendary album only three days before his 60th birthday. Tickets for the show at Chicago’s United Center go on sale this Saturday, Aug. 1, via Ticketmaster.
Bruce Springsteen and the E-Street Band play a style of rock n’ roll that hearkens back to its earlier days, the 1950s. Despite being released years after that period of music, many elements of the band channel the straight rock n’ roll being played by guys like Johnny Cash and Elvis Presley decades earlier. Part of the reason for this is a piano played by Roy Bittan. Although he is playing in a different style, one cannot hear rock piano without first thinking of Jerry Lee Lewis. Springsteen’s voice, rough on this album, nonetheless is reminiscent of Elvis Presley’s tenor. What really sets this album aside is the songwriting. Though obscure at times, Springsteen has an uncanny understanding of the blue-collar life and this album reflects many facets of that life. Every day, people turn to crime when they can’t find another way,(“Meeting Across the River”) and almost everyone looks for an escape from their troubles (“Born to Run”). Springsteen, in these eight songs, reveals to us the h
