E Street Shuffle: The Glory Days of Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band

by Clinton Heylin Narrated by Dan Miller

Overview

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 fortieth 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.

Editorial Reviews

From the Publisher

"Narrator Dan John Miller handles the work admirably. Although there's nothing of New Jersey in his intonations, his cadence is laconically street-savvy, as one might imagine of the various club owners and record executives whom Springsteen encountered." ---AudioFile

From the Publisher - AUDIO COMMENTARY

"Narrator Dan John Miller handles the work admirably. Although there's nothing of New Jersey in his intonations, his cadence is laconically street-savvy, as one might imagine of the various club owners and record executives whom Springsteen encountered." —AudioFile

FEBRUARY 2013 - AudioFile

Bruce Springsteen is one of the most chronicled of all rock icons, for obvious reasons: from musical pioneer to staunch defender of social justice, the artist has touched a nerve like few others except perhaps Bob Dylan. Clinton Heylin—whose work also includes a Dylan bio—is a rock journalist who has captured some of the previously untouched dark areas of Springsteen’s legend in this exhaustive look at his life and times. Narrator Dan John Miller handles the work admirably. Although there’s nothing of New Jersey in his intonations, his cadence is laconically street-savvy, as one might imagine of the various club owners and record executives whom Springsteen encountered—and, according to this book, feuded with—during his long rise to the top. J.S.H. © AudioFile 2013, Portland, Maine

Product Details

BN ID:	2940170957842
Publisher:	Tantor Audio
Publication date:	01/14/2013
Edition description:	Unabridged

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