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There is so much out there about Bruce Springsteen right now, it’s nearly impossible to keep up and do the other things you need to do in your life, like work and eat. But gosh darn it if we won’t try!
If you just pick one Springsteen story to read this week, though, it should be this one, about a paralyzed man who sent Springsteen’s people a fateful email. An excerpt:
A few moments after the show ended and the house lights came on, a member of the Event Staff arrived at our seats and asked if I was Scott Fedor. Once he was convinced, he had us follow him out of the arena and into the hallway where he led us into a large service elevator. I looked at Damian and whispered, “Could this really be happening?” to which he softly replied, “I just keep praying to the Holy Spirit.” Seconds later the large metal doors clanged open and the back side of the stage was a few yards in front of us. We were then led over to an area and asked to wait …
This was a moment that was 28 years in the making, ever since I heard my first Springsteen song! There would be no handshakes, though. Instead, he walked right up to me and placed his hand around my neck and kissed the side of my head. “God bless,” were the first words one of the greatest rockers of all time said to me.
Definitely worth reading in full. Thank you for sharing, Scott!
Have some more free time? All these are worth your while:
· A thoughtful look at Springsteen’s forays into the political in The Nation.
· “A DJ has never saved my life, but a rock star has.”
· Springsteen Buffalo review: “That was a lesson in dignity, never mind music.”
· Friend of Blogness Josh Wolk has another great piece for Vulture: “Bruce Springsteen, Life-Giver to the Middle Aged”
· Colin Gawel offers one of the more thoughtful ruminations on Wrecking Ball, the album and tour: “In His Passing, Clarence Has Given Bruce the Gift of Musical Life Everlasting”
· It’s Springsteen and Fallon — the album!
· Finally, whatever you do, DON’T WATCH THIS.
Springsteen fans can follow along as our Blogness on the Edge of Town bloggers — Pete Chianca, Deb Filcman, Leann Pomaville, Anne Haines, Susan McDonald, Rocco Coviello and Sarah Wexler — offer up pithy commentary, breaking news, audio and videos, along with links galore to interesting articles, news items and discussions, all about “The Boss,” Bruce Springsteen, and other relevant rock music topics.
