Bruce Springsteen
Subtitle: halfway to heaven & just a mile out of hell
By: June Skinner Sawyers
Publisher: Metro Books
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 207
ISBN-13: 9781435111875
Subjects: Rock musicians; Biography; Pictorial works
Description: " ... June Skinner Sawyers traces Springsteen's development as a performer, from his days as a New Jersey teenager gigging at clubs and coffeehouses with the musicians who form his now legendary E Street Band to his transformation into an international icon who sells out stadium-sized arenas for weeks at a stretch. In addition to in-depth analyses of each album he has cut, this celebratory volume features hundreds of photographs that take you back to the most memorable moments of Bruce Springsteen's career, from his pick-up gigs at Asbury Park's Stone Pony and the phenomenal Born in the USA world tour to his campaign concerts for Barack Obama in 2008 and his stellar halftime performance at Super Bowl XLIII in 2009."
Notes: Includes discography (p. 200-201), bibliographical references (p. 205) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Along the Jersey shore: greetings and the e street shuffle (1969-1974); title: On the brink: born to run (1974-1977); title: Darkness descending (1978-1982); title: Superstardom (1984-1986); title: Trouble at home (1987-1995); title: Rock-and-roll troubadour (1995-1999); title: Rebirth (1999-2003); title: Voice of the people (2004-2006); title: Dream weaver (2007-2009); title: Discography; title: The annotated Springsteen; title: Index.