But a compressed set zeroed in on the crucial choice awaiting our Promised Land in the forthcoming election - and on ghosts and goblins, too, but mostly in the form of thematic crossover, Bruce describing this episode as a "Halloween/Election Day monster mash." Volume 14: "Farewell to the Thief" was one of the shortest of his DJ sessions so far, at under an hour, put no less powerful for that - and it's remarkable that Bruce had time for his radio show at all, considering all the Letter to You activity. The message rings just as true today and in this election cycle, if not more so just over eight years later, Bruce was at it once again in the latest episode of From My Home to Yours. "Just vote, man! Our democracy depends on it."Įvery good Boss needs a couple key executives, and damn if Buell wasn't pristinely on message with his boss that day. As Buell went off to do his thing, I told him to toss Bruce the guitar and requested "Zero and Blind Terry." President Clinton "opened" for Bruce.īefore the show, I ran into longtime guitar tech Kevin Buell and front-of-house mixer John Cooper, both of whom wore a look of shock at being recognized, given the event and their out-of-the-public-eye roles in the E Street organization. Though just seven songs long, that remains one of my favorite concert memories of all time. Vote."Įight years ago, I traveled to Parma, Ohio to watch Bruce Springsteen perform in support of the reelection bid of President Barack Obama, on assignment for Backstreets. RECAP: VOLUME 14, "FAREWELL TO THE THIEF" Read: "Bruce Springsteen talks Letter to You, E Street Band and more: The transcript It was the first cut we did for Letter to You, and after that I said maybe there's a few others that would take the same sort of treatment.…" "hen when I went behind the board and heard it, I said we can't give this away, this is part of an album. Once again, Springsteen referenced work on a much-anticipated follow-up to the Tracks box set, noting that he originally recorded Letter to You's version of "Janey Needs a Shooter" as a potential Record Store Day release. So it's been very sad, and I suppose it is something that gets addressed in our record and maybe some folks will find it comforting. That's a voice that's been missing, and the voice of the value of life is missing from our daily political discourse. Then do your best to solve the thing as well as you can. Let them know the nation is weeping for them and that the nation cares about them from the top down. Let them know those who died are irreplaceable.
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Comfort your citizens, comfort your neighbors, comfort your friends. It's a very sad state of affairs because, really, your job is to comfort those people. It's a true disgrace, and it's very insulting to all those who have gotten sick and who have passed away. The recklessness and carelessness that you see from the current administration toward life itself is a disgrace. Jordan considers Letter to You "an affirmation of life in a time, a very unsettling time, when life seems kind of cheap." In response, while stating that he "didn't set out to comment on" the times with Letter to You, Bruce takes the opportunity to do so here:
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We still have a roundup from across the pond to come in the meantime, here's one we missed last weekend: an interview down the Shore, with the Asbury Park Press's own Chris Jordan.įor the USA Today Network, Jordan spoke with the Local Hero via Zoom, covering subjects from E Street history to Bruce's recent "five-year cycle of self-reflection." A full transcript appears on APP. Given Bruce Springsteen's barrage of interviews and media appearances in support of Letter to You, our necks are on swivel to make sure we catch them all.
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