Bruce

He we go:

Trying to get tickets for the asbury park show to kick this tour off

Went to Segger and solo but nothing like the estreet band I will be reviewing ever show on the tour

So stay tuned

New album is great hey dont steal it The Boss will get Pissed!  !!!!!!!!!!!

Just Remeber Tramps like Us

Baby we were born to run

Dave

Bruce & the E Street Band live on Today, Sept. 28
In 2002, to celebrate the release of The Rising, NBC’s Today show pulled up their tent stakes and traveled to Asbury Park. This time, Bruce and the E Street Band make the trip. Their Rockefeller Plaza performance on the morning of September 28, the Friday before the album’s release, will be broadcast live on Today. According to today’s press release, “In their live concert on the Plaza, Springsteen and the E Street Band will perform songs from their October 2 Columbia Records release Magic as well as classic hits.” More details as we have them.

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From Bruce Great arcitle on his long tine friend Terry

I first met Terry in 1972. I’d just returned from California after an unsuccessful attempt to live as a musician in the Bay Area. Steve’s band, the Sundance Blues Band, were booked at the Captain’s Garter in Neptune, New Jersey. I sat in with Steve and we played to a packed and cheering crowd. This was a job we needed, bad. I was broke. After the show, sweaty and triumphant, Steve and I went back to meet the manager of the place, figuring we were this guy’s dream come true. There behind the desk, windbreaker on, stood a large and not very friendly light-haired man. He explained slowly and carefully, that yes, while the crowd was large and loud, that no one was drinking. They were too busy listening to the music, and if we hadn’t noticed this was a bar, therefore, our services in the future would not be necessary. This was my first introduction to the clear, hard headed thinking of Terry Magovern. He fired me! It was the beginning of a long and beautiful relationship.

Terry stood as a strange New Jersey version of “the catcher in the rye,” out on the edge of some windswept cliff keeping children from rushing over the edge. He was always busy saving something or somebody. It was his blessing and his tragedy. It’s no wonder some savvy commander spotted this in him and chose him for the Mercury Program, a frogman to pull astronauts out of the water after their lonely trip through space. It’s no wonder that Terry’s occupation of choice here on the Jersey Shore was lifeguard. His theme song should have been “You Gotta Serve Somebody.” For “T” this idea seemed to include most of the human race with the exception of one…Terry Magovern. That was one rescue mission he was always underprepared for.

Terry and my 23 years together were marked by the quiet, slow, methodical rituals of two men comfortably alone together, doing a job. Over time that methodicalness evolved into something deeply personal. The small things: Terry’s door open next to mine in every hotel of the past two decades, Terry in his best Ed McMahon voice as I stepped into the van at the end of each show saying “you have conquered another city, Oh Great One”, me answering, “yes, we have” then silence for the rest of the ride home, the emptying of everything from my pockets into Terry’s hands as I was about to go onstage, these are the things I’m going to miss.

Out of all of Terry’s unusual qualities the one that was least noticed but most deeply felt was his permanence. Everything about Terry spoke of permanence. This is why his death is so difficult to fathom. His size, his face, his gait, the tempo at which he met the world, all spoke of mastery over time, control of space, and permanence. I never saw Terry rush, though I’m sure I gave him occasion to. I never saw Terry panic, though one night we were in a very small plane in a very big wind and for 30 or 40 long seconds it appeared like the pilots were really not going to keep us in the air. My agent Barry Bell was there and I watched as he renewed his faith in Judaism. A New York Times reporter was with us his eyes rolled back into his head as if imagining tomorrow’s headlines: “Bruce Springsteen and others…” Whatever I was doing, I’m sure it wasn’t pretty. I turned to Terry and he was sitting extremely still, the mask of Irish fatalism fixed firmly to his face. We survived.

Encountering Terry was like coming across a huge rock formation in the desert: you could go around it, ignore it, climb over it, though that would be ill-advised, but you had to deal with its presence, its permanence. One evening I was concerned about a security issue. Terry assured me he was “the baddest man on the planet…for sixty seconds”. Over the last few years watching Terry battle cancer, heart problems, the death of his fiancée Joan Dancy, you couldn’t help but observe that those seconds had wound down to probably a very vicious “10.” Then they ran out.

Some people when they die take whole worlds with them. That’s Terry Magovern. Terry was the last great symbol of the raging honky tonk Jersey Shore scene of the 60’s and 70’s. Bar manager, bouncer, lifeguard, father, grandfather, loyal friend, faithful working companion, Terry covered it all. From Asbury Park to Timbuktu there are people weeping and wondering… “HOW AM I GONNA GET IN?!!!”

So here on E Street we say goodbye to our good friend, our New Jersey “catcher in the rye”, and to the rest of you we say don’t go rushing too hard towards the edge of that cliff. There’s going to be two strong arms that aren’t going to be there to catch you. Terry, when they built you, brother, they broke the mold.

Bruce Springsteen
August 20, 2007

There are currently 31 dates scheduled for Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band, touring North America and Europe in 2007.
All times are local times for each city.

was trying to find my way home

But all I heard was a drone

Bouncing off a satellite

Crushing the last lone American night

(Chorus:) 

This is Radio Nowhere

Is there anybody alive out there

This is Radio Nowhere

Is there anybody alive out there

Is there anybody alive out there

I was sitting around a dead dial

Just another lost memory to file

Dancing down a dark hole

Just a-searching for a world with some soul

(Chorus)

I just wanna hear some rhythm

I just wanna hear some rhythm

I just wanna hear some rhythm

I just wanna hear some rhythm

I want a thousand guitars

I want pounding drums

I want a million different voices

Speaking in tongues

(Chorus)

I was driving through the misty rain

Just a-searching for a mystery train

Bopping to the wild moon

Trying to make a connection with you

(Chorus)

I just wanna hear some rhythm

I just wanna hear some rhythm

I just wanna hear your rhythm

I just wanna hear your rhythm

(repeat until end)

Another week pasess and still no official announcement on Bruce Springsteen’s new album and tour.
Fan Internet sites have been filled with all kinds of rumors and specualtion about the album release date (Oct. 2. seems to be the consensus), tour schedule (see below) and even if Bruce will use the U2-style system of having a computer determine who gets to be closes to the stage, if the floor will be general-admission standing.
The following tour dates for Bruce and the E Street Band have been rumored. Remember, none of this is official:
Oct. 2-3: Hartford
Oct. 5-6: Philadelphia
Oct. 9-10: East Rutherford, NJ
Oct. 14-15: Madison Square Garden
Oct. 21: Chicago
Oct. 22: St Paul, Minn.
Oct. 26: Oakland
Oct. 28-29: Los Angeles
Nov. 4: Cleveland
Nov. 5: Detroit
Nov. 11-12: Washington DC
Nov. 18-19: Boston

To read this blog go here

By Stan Goldstein

http://blog.nj.com/springsteen/2007/08/the_rumors_continue_to_fly.htm

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‘Magic,’ Bruce Springsteen’s new studio recording and his first with the E Street Band in five years, is set for release by Columbia Records on October 2, 2007. Produced and mixed by Brendan O’Brien, the album features eleven new Springsteen songs and was recorded at Southern Tracks Recording Studio in Atlanta, GA.

‘Magic’ Song Titles:

1. Radio Nowhere
2. You’ll Be Comin’ Down
3. Livin’ in the Future
4. Your Own Worst Enemy
5. Gypsy Biker
6. Girls in Their Summer Clothes
7. I’ll Work for Your Love
8. Magic
9. Last to Die
10. Long Walk Home
11. Devil’s Arcade

‘Magic’ is the first new studio album by Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band since 2002’s GRAMMY Award-winning, multi-platinum, number one album ‘The Rising’ (Columbia Records), which was also produced by O’Brien.

Bruce Springsteen’s longtime manager Jon Landau said, “‘Magic’ is a high energy rock CD. It’s light on its feet, incredibly well played by Bruce and the members of the E Street Band, and, as always, has plenty to say. It’s also immensely entertaining. ‘Magic’ is the third collaboration between Bruce and Brendan O’Brien and is a culmination of their very productive creative relationship.”

From http://www.brucespringsteen.net/

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Lyrics Below

Hey, little dolly with the blue jeans on I wanna ramrod with you honey, till half-past dawn Let your hair down sugar and pick up this beat Come on and meet me tonight down on Bluebird Street I’ve been working all week, I’m up to my neck in hock Come Saturday night I let my ramrod rock She’s a hot stepping hemi with a four on the floor She’s a roadrunner engine in a ‘32 Ford Late at night when I’m dead on the line I swear I think of your pretty face when I let her unwind Well look over yonder see them city lights Come on little dolly ‘n’ go ramroddin’ tonight Come on, come on, come on little baby Come on, come on let’s shake it tonight Come on, come, come on little sugar Dance with your daddy and we’ll go ramroddin’ tonight Hey, little dolly won’t you say you will Meet me tonight up on top of the hill Well just a few miles cross the county line There’s a cute little chapel nestled down in the pines Say you’ll be mine little girl I’ll put my foot to the floor Give me the word now sugar, we’ll go ramroddin’ forever more

Lyrics Below

Madman drummers bummers and Indians in the summer with a teenage diplomat
In the dumps with the mumps as the adolescent pumps his way into his hat
With a boulder on my shoulder, feelin’ kinda older I tripped the merry-go-round
With this very unpleasing sneezing and wheezing the calliope crashed to the ground
Some all-hot half-shot was headin’ for the hot spot snappin’ his fingers clappin’ his hands,
And some fleshpot mascot was tied into a lover’s knot with a whatnot in her hand
And now young Scott with a slingshot finally found a tender spot and throws his lover in the sand
And some bloodshot forget-me-not whispers daddy’s within earshot save the buckshot turn up the band

And she was blinded by the light
Cut loose like a deuce another runner in the night
Blinded by the light
She got down but she never got tight, but she’ll make it alright

Some brimstone baritone anti-cyclone rolling stone preacher from the east
He says, “Dethrone the dictaphone, hit it in its funny bone, that’s where they expect it least.”
And some new-mown chaperone was standin’ in the corner all alone watchin’ the young girls dance
And some fresh-sown moonstone was messin’ with his frozen zone to remind him of the feeling of romance

Yeah he was blinded by the light
Cut loose like a deuce another runner in the night
Blinded by the light
He got down but he never got tight, but he’s gonna make it tonight

Some silicone sister with her manager’s mister told me I got what it takes
She said I’ll turn you on sonny, to something strong if you play that song with the funky break,
And go-cart Mozart was checkin’ out the weather chart to see if it was safe to go outside
And little Early-Pearly came in by her curly-wurly and asked me if I needed a ride.
Oh, some hazard from Harvard was skunked on beer playin’ backyard bombardier
Yes and Scotland Yard was trying hard, they sent a dude with a calling card, he said, Do what you like, but don’t do it here.
Well, I jumped up, turned around, spit in the air, fell on the ground
Asked him which was the way back home
He said take a right at the light, keep goin’ straight until night, and then, boy, you’re on your own.

And now in Zanzibar a shootin’ star was ridin’ in a side car hummin’ a lunar tune
Yes, and the avatar said blow the bar but first remove the cookie jar we’re gonna teach those boys to laugh too soon.

And some kidnapped handicap was complainin’ that he caught the clap from some mousetrap he bought last night,

Well I unsnapped his skull cap and between his ears I saw
a gap but figured he’d be all right

He was just blinded by the light
Cut loose like a deuce another runner in the night
Blinded by the light
Mama always told me not to look into the sights of the sun
Oh but mama that’s where the fun is

Looks Like Patty is holding off her tour to travel with Bruce.Stay tuned.

Patti Scialfa admits the prospect of releasing her third solo album just in front of husband Bruce Springsteen’s next project is “challenging.”

“It’s just the way it worked out,” Scialfa, who releases “Play It As It Lays” on Sept. 4, tells Billboard.com. “When we came off ‘The Seeger Sessions,’ I had already started this record and had three or four things cut. I was dying to get back to work and I stared working and (Springsteen) started working … and then we knew we were coming close together and he wanted me to be able to put mine out before his. When I was younger I would probably have wanted more room to myself, but at this point it doesn’t matter.”

What it has meant, Scialfa says, is that “it’s been an exciting time at home because we’re both pretty busy. It feels like a great, creative time. It just feels very positive.”

As part of the E Street Band, of course, Scialfa appears on Springsteen’s album, which is expected out in October, while Springsteen plays guitar and organ on four “Play It As It Lays” tracks, including the first single, “Town Called Heartbreak.”

Scialfa wrote all 10 songs on the album, her first since 2004’s “23rd Street Lullaby,” and co-produced it with Steve Jordan and Ron Aiella. Besides Springsteen, players include E Streeters Nils Lofgren and Soozie Tyrell, as well as Jordan, bassist Willie Weeks and keyboardist Clifford Carter.

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Scialfa has a number of TV appearances set for the week of the album’s release, but she says her own concerts will have to wait until “maybe in the new year,” during a break from a Springsteen tour that’s expected to be announced shortly.

She said his new songs “are going to be a lot of fun to play live,” but she plans to carve out time to give her material a live airing, too.

“I went out with ‘23rd Street Lullaby,’ and I had so much fun,” she says. “It was a really liberating experience for me. It’s fun after working alone on a record to take it out there. I’d like to do that with this one, too.”

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