Name: Born to Run.
Brand: Bruce Springsteen

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9781501141522

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Paperback

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Paperback.

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2018-02-07

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Simon­ & Sc­huste­r

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Sales:8.875

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Bruce Springsteen

Genre US

60s & 70s

Label US

Simon & Schuster

Bruce Springsteen, also known as "The Boss", is an American singer-songwriter and rock musician. Born on September 23, 1949 in Long Branch, New Jersey, he is widely recognized for his poetic lyrics, distinctive voice, and energetic stage performances. With his roots in the Jersey Shore music scene, Springsteen released his first album in 1973. He is accompanied by the talented backing group called The E-Street Band. In 1999, he was honored with inductions into both the Rock And Roll Hall of Fame (Performer) and Songwriters Hall of Fame.

Springsteen's personal life includes being the older brother of Pamela Springsteen. He married Patti Scialfa on June 8, 1991. Together they have a son named Evan James Springsteen who was born on July 25, 1990.

Discover Bruce Springsteen's iconic music and experience his captivating live performances that have made him a legendary figure in rock music history.

Bruce Springsteen's book Born to Run. Available here on Hardcover and Paperback.

"Writing about yourself is a funny business...But in a project like this, the writer has made one promise, to show the reader his mind. In these pages, I've tried to do this." —Bruce Springsteen, from the pages of Born to Run.

In 2009, Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band performed at the Super Bowl's halftime show. The experience was so exhilarating that Bruce decided to write about it. That's how this extraordinary autobiography began.

Over the past seven years, Bruce Springsteen has privately devoted himself to writing the story of his life, bringing to these pages the same honesty, humor, and originality found in his songs.

He describes growing up Catholic in Freehold, New Jersey, amid the poetry, danger, and darkness that fueled his imagination, leading up to the moment he refers to as "The Big Bang": seeing Elvis Presley's debut onThe Ed Sullivan Show. He vividly recounts his relentless drive to become a musician, his early days as a bar band king in Asbury Park, and the rise of the E Street Band. With disarming candor, he also tells for the first time the story of the personal struggles that inspired his best work, and shows us why the song "Born to Run" reveals more than we previously realized.

Born to Run will be revelatory for anyone who has ever enjoyed Bruce Springsteen, but this book is much more than a legendary rock star's memoir. This is a book for workers and dreamers, parents and children, lovers and loners, artists, freaks, or anyone who has ever wanted to be baptized in the holy river of rock and roll.

Rarely has a performer told his own story with such force and sweep. Like many of his songs ("Thunder Road," "Badlands," "Darkness on the Edge of Town," "The River," "Born in the U.S.A.," "The Rising," and "The Ghost of Tom Joad," to name just a few), Bruce Springsteen's autobiography is written with the lyricism of a singular songwriter and the wisdom of a man who has thought deeply about his experiences.