Rolling Stone interview series Unknown Legends features long-form conversations between senior writer Andy Greene and veteran musicians who have toured and recorded alongside icons for years, if not decades. All are renowned in the business, but some are less well-known to the general public. Here, these artists tell their complete stories, giving an up-close look at life on music’s A list. This edition features saxophonist Eddie Manion.
If you say say “Bruce Springsteen’s saxophonist” to most rock fans, their minds understandably go to Clarence Clemons or his nephew,...
If you say say “Bruce Springsteen’s saxophonist” to most rock fans, their minds understandably go to Clarence Clemons or his nephew,...
- 3/27/2023
- by Andy Greene
- Rollingstone.com
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Bruce Springsteen received a royal welcome to Texas on Thursday night, as George Strait — the beloved “king” of country music — joined him and the E Street Band onstage at Austin’s Moody Center.
One by one the band filed out to their spots onstage, with Springsteen coming at the tail end. Only he wasn’t alone, but accompanied by a familiar, cowboy-hatted silhouette. It took a second for...
Bruce Springsteen received a royal welcome to Texas on Thursday night, as George Strait — the beloved “king” of country music — joined him and the E Street Band onstage at Austin’s Moody Center.
One by one the band filed out to their spots onstage, with Springsteen coming at the tail end. Only he wasn’t alone, but accompanied by a familiar, cowboy-hatted silhouette. It took a second for...
- 2/17/2023
- by Jon Freeman
- Rollingstone.com
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Decades from now, when historians and epidemiologists look back at the Covid era, they’ll probably have a hard time pinpointing the exact moment the pandemic came to an end in America and normal life resumed. Some will probably point to the day in August 2021 when the vaccination rate hit 70 percent, while others will spotlight April 2022, when airlines dropped their mask mandate, or even Joe Biden’s 60 Minutes...
Decades from now, when historians and epidemiologists look back at the Covid era, they’ll probably have a hard time pinpointing the exact moment the pandemic came to an end in America and normal life resumed. Some will probably point to the day in August 2021 when the vaccination rate hit 70 percent, while others will spotlight April 2022, when airlines dropped their mask mandate, or even Joe Biden’s 60 Minutes...
- 2/2/2023
- by Andy Greene
- Rollingstone.com
Bruce Springsteen kicked off his week-long tenure as lead guest on “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon” Monday night by celebrating the release of his new album of soul covers, “Only the Strong Survive,” and clearing up the ongoing debate over lyrics to his iconic song, “Thunder Road,” from the 1975 album, “Born to Run.”
Asked by Fallon if Mary’s dress “sways,” or “waves,” Springsteen said he knew the question was coming, so he came prepared with a vinyl album.
“This record is almost 50 years old. Now, 50 years ago, I was a sociopath. So, I was insane about every single detail that had anything to do with music — my album, my album cover, my lyrics. I went over everything with a fine-toothed comb, so everything would be perfect and completely accurate. The lyrics to ‘Thunder Road’ are in this album. The correct lyrics.”
Putting on a pair of reading glasses,...
Asked by Fallon if Mary’s dress “sways,” or “waves,” Springsteen said he knew the question was coming, so he came prepared with a vinyl album.
“This record is almost 50 years old. Now, 50 years ago, I was a sociopath. So, I was insane about every single detail that had anything to do with music — my album, my album cover, my lyrics. I went over everything with a fine-toothed comb, so everything would be perfect and completely accurate. The lyrics to ‘Thunder Road’ are in this album. The correct lyrics.”
Putting on a pair of reading glasses,...
- 11/15/2022
- by Michele Amabile Angermiller
- Variety Film + TV
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