That guy is connected to important people, you know? But if Bruce was Sinatra, you were Dean Martin and Clarence Clemons was Sammy Davis Jr., who was playing the role of Peter Lawford ? I love the simile of the E Street Band as a kind of Rat Pack from rock’n’roll. Silvio (Steve Van Zandt) and Tony (James Gandolfini), in The Sopranos. You probably would have achieved 90% of the things you have achieved without that obsessive perfectionism, but you have always wanted to do everything exactly the way you think it should be done.
I do not know if it is necessary to reach the extremes of self-demand and dissatisfaction that he exhibits, but it is undeniable that this has given him a plus in his career. It is difficult to explain in a few words. “Bruce’s only addiction was making life miserable,” he writes. Somehow Bruce made that work and found a way to impose his vision.
What we were doing seemed a bit out of date, in the rock’n’roll and soul tradition of the 50s and 60s, without paying much attention to what was going on in the real world. Did they feel they were late for a party? In the mid-1970s, both the music you made with Southside Johnny & The Asbury Jukes and what Springsteen did on Born to Run seemed to be swimming against the tide.
I wish I hadn’t had to break away from my old life to have a new life, but that’s the way it is. And if I think about it, I see that everything I have achieved, I have achieved after leaving the band. It’s a strange wish, because deep down I’ve always known that the answer is no, that wouldn’t have worked. And I will always wish I could go back in time to find out if it was possible to make the two things compatible, my career and my membership in the E Street Band. I will always have that feeling that maybe I did not do the right thing. That decision allowed him to do a lot of things that he might not otherwise have tried, but at various points in the book he is remorseful. I understood that I had been giving him good advice for a long time and that he deserved a position on the management team. I became obsessed with politics, someone offered me a contract to go solo, and my relationship with Bruce deteriorated. Various things got mixed up and it was like a perfect storm. Did you ask him for some kind of recognition that he refused to give you? In the book, he relates that he had a strong argument with Bruce Springsteen, but he does not get to explain the reasons for the breakup. Bojangles,” and “New York, New York” are sung onstage with all the suave charm of the original Rat Pack.Bruce Springsteen and Steve Van Zandt, on tour in September 2002. You can’t help but tap your toes and hum along as smooth hits and legendary tunes like “My Way,” “That’s Amore,” “What Kind of Fool Am I,” “Luck Be a Lady,” “Mr.
Now in its 17th year, this award-winning show features accompaniment by the world-class Lon Bronson Orchestra. The stellar cast of performers-which includes David DeCosta, Drew Anthony, and Kyle Diamond-bring cool heartthrobs from another era to life onstage. Head to the Tuscany Suites, opting for a pre-show dinner of classic Italian fare if you’d like, and then settle into your seat as the curtain comes up on Vegas’ golden age of classic entertainment. Take a seat for The Rat Pack is Back to relive the decade when Vegas’ most beloved singers put this entertainment capital on the map.
Travel back to the slick and stylish era of crooners like Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, and Sammy Davis Jr.