What a fantastic speech that was; very much entertaining as it was educational. I was actually hoping Springsteen talked about the state of the music industry; he mainly talked about his influences, covering doo-wop, Elvis Presley, Roy Orbison, The Animals, The Beatles, Hank Williams, Woody Guthrie, James Brown, Bob Dylan, Sex Pistols, Phil Spector, in a beautiful, poetic way only a songwriter like him could. He's got an excellent command of the English language when it comes to public speaking. He had some advice to give for struggling, young musicians, which was humorous, but ironically true. And he cursed a hell of a lot too! The high point was when he played and sang The Animals' We Gotta Get Out Of This Place on the acoustic guitar, with pure conviction, after which he mentioned "That's every song I've ever written." Listening to the whole speech, one finds it hard not to come back with a fresh, new perspective on rock & roll music.
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Bruce and the E Street Band also played a special show at SXSW, their second 'warm-up' gig before the tour kicks off in Atlanta this Sunday. This time, fellow musicians, Alejandro Escovedo, Joe Ely, Tom Morello, Arcade Fire, Jimmy Cliff and even Eric Burdon dropped by for the party. Head over to Backstreets [link] for the full review and setlist, and be sure to bookmark it if you're following the tour over the next many months. For tickets, visit the official website [link].
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