In fact, Sancious played a key role in coming up with the band’s mythic moniker. Producer Mike Appel with Clarence Clemons and Bruce Springsteen on the final night of the “Working on a Dream” tour - a show dedicated to Appel - in 2009. The latter venue is where Springsteen connected with some “Greetings” players - keyboardist David Sancious, bassist Garry Tallent and drummer Vini “Mad Dog” Lopez - who would go on to become original E Street Band members. The LP’s title was inspired by the beach town where the Long Branch-born, Freehold-bred Springsteen got schooled in rock as a teenager playing in clubs such as the Student Prince, the Sunshine In and the Upstage Club. “That’s where you are at that stage, Bruce. Original E Street Band member David Sancious played keyboards with Bruce Springsteen on “Greetings from Asbury Park, N.J.” Taylor Hill/Getty Images Davidīut on “Greetings from Asbury Park, N.J.,” you hear the genesis of a young genius who is showing both his age and ambition on songs ranging from the youthful “Growin’ Up” to the yearning “For You.” “What’s great about it is, it’s not too much, it’s not too little,” said Appel. It launched a Rock & Roll Hall of Fame career that is still running strong 21 studio LPs later for the 73-year-old New Jersey native. “It’s Hard to Be a Saint in the City” would turn out to be a genuine godsend for Springsteen, who recorded the poetic tune for his debut album, “Greetings from Asbury Park, N.J.” - released 50 years ago on Jan. And I said, ‘You gotta sing this again, ’cause I wanna make sure you’re saying what you’re saying.’” It was love at first hearing because the words were so special. “The first one he plays is ‘It’s Hard to Be a Saint in the City,’” said Appel. Three months later, Springsteen returned to Appel’s Laurel Canyon Productions office in Midtown Manhattan strapped with his guitar and a bunch of new tunes. “I said, ‘Is that all you have?’ He says, ‘Well, that’s all I have at the moment.’ I said, ‘Well, if you’re gonna wanna do an album, you’re gonna have to have more songs - and they’re gonna have to be better than these.’” “He sang two songs at the piano … and they were two songs that were just blah, nothing,” Appel told The Post about Springsteen’s audition. When Mike Appel - Bruce Springsteen’s first producer and manager - initially heard the 22-year-old baby Boss in November 1971, he wasn’t impressed. Miley Cyrus’ fans are convinced she secretly leaked an album “Now, I know your mama, she don't like me, 'cause I play in a rock and roll band/And I know your daddy, he don't dig me, but he never did understand.” This song is the blueprint for the big E Street Band radio hit and it paved the way for ‘Born To Run.Gen Z is going crazy for cassette tapes as artists like Taylor Swift, Billie Eilish fuel boombox-era comebackĮd Sheeran’s copyright trial kept him from grandmother’s funeralĮd Sheeran on ‘horrible’ month: ‘Life hasn’t moved on for me yet’ So many classics on this record: ‘The E Street Shuffle,’ ‘4th Of July, Ashbury Park (Sandy)’ (such a great storyteller Springsteen song) and one of Springsteen’s career-best songs, ‘Rosalita (Come Out Tonight),’ a story of forbidden love between the storyteller and Rosalita, whose parents disapprove of his rock ‘n roll lifestyle. These three members really were the foundation of the E Street Band sound. This is a full band record and this incarnation of the band includes longstanding members Clarence Clemons, Danny Federici (both deceased), as well as Garry Tallent. If I’m not mistaken, it was also the first time that the E Street Band was mentioned by that name. His sophomore album, 'The Wild, the Innocent & the E Street Shuffle,' was released just 10 months later and it was this one that established the sound Bruce Springsteen would come to be known by. In 1973 Bruce Springsteen released his debut record, ‘Greetings from Asbury Park, N.J.’ At the time, the album was not a commercial success and it drew comparisons to mid-60s Rock Bob Dylan.
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