It'll be the start of a brand new decade. Happy new year! We close out a year in which Bruce Springsteen has gone from one high to another, beginning with a Super Bowl halftime performance viewed by It's also the close of a decade: one which began with the E Street Band newly reunited and on the road, and ended with them, despite the significant loss of Danny Federici, still making good on Springsteen's promise of Rededication ten years prior.
For Springsteen himself, the decade was the busiest touring-wise since the '70s: he was on the road in nine of these ten years, whether with the E Streeters, the Sessions Band, or solo. Arguably beginning with his Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction in '99, the oughts found Springsteen's visibility, viability, and reputation surging, cresting once again after the "lost decade" of the '90s; in terms of productivity, this period was unprecedented.
What might the next ten years bring? Well, tomorrow never knows I have all the tools I need: I could play by myself; I could play with the Sessions Band which I'd like to do again; and the E Street Band is in full power, and I certainly want us to go out and continue touring. I no longer have to work so hard to carve out my initial identity.
That's there now, so I can drift left and right and then come back to the center with the band if I want to I've got things going already. I'm not great at sitting still, I have to practice doing that. Thanks for riding the rails with us in , have a happy and safe new year! For more info and a sneak peek, including a bit of Jon Stewart's tribute, visit cbs. To celebrate the occasion, Dave Marsh wrote an illuminating piece about the man, the artist and his work for the Kennedy Center program; we reprint it here with Dave's kind permission:.
After Born in the U. This was a lie. After the tour, he was still my friend, and still sat on the couch. Other people may have thought he and the Big Man were characters out of an American fable but Bruce knew better. I've been writing about popular culture, as boy and journalist, for 40 years. In that time I've known or at least interviewed or met most of the classic rock stars.
