Today we headed to the Morven Museum and Garden to catch "Bruce Springsteen: A Photographic Journey." The exhibition closes on May 21.
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Showing posts with label Bruce Springsteen. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Bruce Springsteen. Show all posts
Friday, May 19, 2017
Tuesday, March 28, 2017
Born to Run Memoir Signed by Bruce Springsteen
A copy of the signed edition of Bruce Springsteen's autobiography Born to Run (2016) obtained last October at The New Yorker Festival was sold in January on eBay in just twenty-two minutes with the Buy It Now feature. You simply don't take chances when it comes to the Boss. The New Yorker's editor David Remnick got to interview Mr. Springsteen at the Festival and he knows how very popular it was. In fact, he now boasts publicly that the event sold out in just six seconds, but how on earth is this something the magazine should be proud of? It suggests that the tickets went to scalpers and their sophisticated bots rather than to long-time readers and fans. Has The New Yorker Festival, at least with its most popular event, stumbled into the same ticket distribution nightmare that the producers of "Hamilton" face?
Note: Would you like to hear David Remnick's conversation with Bruce Springsteen last year at The New Yorker Festival? Tune in to "The New Yorker Radio Hour" Episode 58: Bruce Springsteen Talks with David Remnick. By the way, with whom would you rather have a beer?
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| The signed edition of Born to Run (2016) by Bruce Springsteen with a general admission ticket to The New Yorker Festival, October 7, 2016 |
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| Bruce Springsteen eBay Listing Ended December 15, 2016 |
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| eBay Bid History A five-day auction ends in fewer than twenty-two minutes with the Buy It Now Feature |
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| The signed edition of Born to Run (2016) by Bruce Springsteen with a general admission ticket to The New Yorker Festival, October 7, 2016 |
Note: Would you like to hear David Remnick's conversation with Bruce Springsteen last year at The New Yorker Festival? Tune in to "The New Yorker Radio Hour" Episode 58: Bruce Springsteen Talks with David Remnick. By the way, with whom would you rather have a beer?
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Will you walk with me out on the wire?
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Monday, August 22, 2011
Album Review: We Shall Overcome: The Seeger Sessions (2006) by Bruce Springsteen
We Shall Overcome: The Seeger Sessions (2006)
Bruce Springsteen
So the Boss is a fan of Pete Seeger. Who knew? Pete Seeger has recorded scores of memorable folk songs and it must have been quite a task for Bruce Springsteen to make selections for this tribute album. Right off the bat, the album hits you with a rollicking rendition of "Old Dan Tucker" and--surprise!--Springsteen is totally in his element. Not only that, the musicians are just great. Many of Seeger's recordings seem spare to me, with just a guitar or a banjo to accompany Seeger's great voice. This album is beautifully produced with an absolutely splendid band.
Ultimately, though, Pete Seeger seems quite absent from this disc. Seeger has a sonorous voice and he clearly articulates every phrase. Springsteen's voice isn't as versatile or as clear. Often he sounds hoarse or nasal. Sometimes he has a bit of a drawl or twang. Sometimes the singing just seems forced ("John Henry"). But that band Springsteen assembled always sounds amazing!
Bruce Springsteen-- Old Dan Tucker
Bruce Springsteen & The Seeger Sessions Band -
Live @ LSO St. Lukes
John Henry, Oh Mary Don't You Weep, How Can A Poor Man Stand Such Times
And Live?, Mrs. McGrath, My Oklahoma Home, Jacob's Ladder, We Shall
Overcome, Pay Me My Money Down
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