It Was 40 Years Ago Today...

Born To Run, released this day:

August 25, 1975

And the world saw the future of Rock & Roll, and his name was Bruce Springsteen.

courant08-26-2015 5:00am

tomcy6 Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 2,532 posts 08-31-2015 at 11:24pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete I had the good fortune of seeing Bruce twice in his prime, at a a bar named Fat City in NJ in Sept. 73 and in Columbus OH in April 76. The young Boss was killer, a man born to rock. He started losing me when he became a serious man and I was gone when he became the socially conscious muscleman. Who needs that?
tomcy6 Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 2,532 posts 09-01-2015 at 08:07pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete Look to Springsteen for rock music, seek moral and political direction elsewhere.
tomcy6 Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 2,532 posts 09-13-2015 at 01:21pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete Well, I guess John Hammond (John Hammond at Columbia Records was responsible for discovering Benny Goodman, Count Basie, Billie Holiday, Robert Johnson, Bessie Smith, Bob Dylan, Aretha Franklin, Pete Seeger, and Bruce Springsteen, among others.) doesn't know much about good music then, does he?