E Street Shuffle - The Glory Days of Bruce Springsteen and the E

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An intimate look at one of rock’s brightest stars and his legendary backing band

Before he was the swaggering, stadium-packing megastar, Bruce Springsteen was a brooding introvert, desperate to strike a

balance between his nuanced songwriting and the heft of his backing band. Clinton Heylin’s revelatory biography, E Street

Shuffle, chronicles the evolution and influence of Springsteen’s E Street Band as they rose from blue-collar New Jersey

to the heights of rock stardom. The band’s players—most notably saxophonist Clarence “Big Man” Clemons, guitarist

“Little” Stevie Van Zandt, and drummer Max Weinberg—became Springsteen’s comrades in concert, helping him find the

elusive sound and sonic punch that highlighted The Boss’s most creative period, including Darkness on the Edge of Town,

Born to Run, and Born in the USA. Fans will also learn another side of Springsteen, one punctuated with his clashes with

studio executives seeking a commercially viable, radio-friendly album, and his temporary disbanding of the E Street

Band to pursue projects like the eerie acoustic of Nebraska. Coinciding with the forteith anniversary of Springsteen’s

debut album, Greetings from Asbury Park, drawing on interviews and access to new recordings and shows, Heylin paints a

bold picture of The Boss.

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