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'''The E Street Band''' is a backing band that has toured and recorded with [[rock and roll|rock]] musician [[Bruce Springsteen]] since 1972.
They have also recorded with, both as individuals and as a band, a wide range of other artists including [[Bob Dylan]], [[Meat Loaf]], [[Bonnie Tyler]], [[Dire Straits]], [[David Bowie]], [[Peter Gabriel]], [[Sting]], [[Ian Hunter]], [[Ringo Starr]], [[Ronnie Spector]], [[Gary U.S. Bonds]], [[Darlene Love]], [[Southside Johnny]], [[Carlos Santana|Santana]], [[Lucinda Williams]], [[Steve Earle]], [[Emmylou Harris]], [[Tracy Chapman]] and [[Aretha Franklin]].
When not working with Springsteen, members of the band have recorded solo material and have had pursued successful careers as session musicians, producers, songwriters, actors and other roles in entertainment. The most well-known are [[Max Weinberg]], who has led the
[[Max Weinberg Seven]] on ''[[Late Night With Conan O'Brien]]'' since 1993, and [[Steven Van Zandt]], who stars as [[Silvio Dante]] in ''[[The Sopranos]]''.
==Members==
The [[E Street Band]] is considered to have started in [[October]] [[1972]], even though it wasn't officially billed and known as such until [[September]] [[1974]]. [http://www.brucespringsteen.it/e_street.htm]
The original lineup included [[Clarence Clemons]] (saxophone), [[Danny Federici]] (keyboards, accordion), [[Vinnie Lopez|Vini "Mad Dog" Lopez]] (drums), [[David Sancious]] (keyboards) and [[Garry Tallent]] (bass). According to a legend, the band took its name from the street where Sancious' mother lived. She allowed the band to rehearse in her home.
In February 1974 Lopez was asked to resign, and was briefly replaced by [[Ernest Carter|Ernest "Boom" Carter]]. A few months later in August 1974 Sancious and Carter left to form their own band, [[Tone (band)|Tone]]. They were replaced in September 1974 by [[Roy Bittan]] (keyboards), [[Max Weinberg]] (drums), and [[Suki Lahav]] (violin).
Lahav left in March 1975 when she moved to [[Israel]]. [[Steven Van Zandt]] (guitar, vocals), who had long been associated with Springsteen and had played in previous bands with him, officially joined the band in July 1975.
This lineup remained stable until the early 1980s when Van Zandt left to pursue his own career, a move that was announced in 1984. He would later rejoin the band in 1995. In June 1984 [[Nils Lofgren]] (guitar, vocals) was added to replace Van Zandt; Springsteen's future wife, [[Patti Scialfa]] (vocals, later guitar) was also added to the lineup.
By 2002 the band also included [[Soozie Tyrell]] (violin, vocals). On occasions the lineup has been augmented by a horn section, sometimes referred to as [[The Miami Horns]]. Its most prominent members include [[Richie "La Bamba" Rosenberg]] (trombone) and [[Mark Pender]] (trumpet).
==Greetings From Asbury Park==
In the late 1960s and the early 1970s there was a vibrant music scene in and around the township of [[Asbury Park]] on the [[Jersey Shore]]. Prominent in this scene were Bruce Springsteen and Southside Johnny as well as the early members of The E Street Band. Clemons, Federici, Lopez, Sancious, Tallent and Van Zandt honed their skills in numerous bands, both with and without Springsteen. These included Little Melvin & The Invaders, The Downtown Tangiers Band, The Jaywalkers, Moment Of Truth, Glory Road, Child, Steel Mill, Dr.Zoom & The Sonic Boom, The Sundance Blues Band, and The Bruce Springsteen Band. In 1972 when Springsteen gained a recording contract with [[CBS Records]] he cherry picked the best of the Jersey Shore musicians to record and tour in support of his debut album, ''[[Greetings from Asbury Park, N.J.]]''. By 1973 they had recorded a second album with Springsteen, ''[[The Wild, the Innocent and the E Street Shuffle]]''.
==Glory Days==
The E Street Band's reputation as studio musicians was established in the 1970s and the 1980s with their significant contribution to the Springsteen albums ''[[Born to Run]]'', ''[[Darkness on the Edge of Town]]'', ''[[The River (album)|The River]]'', and ''[[Born in the U.S.A.]]''. However, unlike other backing bands such as [[Bob Seger|The Silver Bullet Band]] or [[Tom Petty|The Heartbreakers]] the band was never given a full credit on any Springteen studio album. Only individual band members are credited. Even though the band did all or almost all of the playing on these albums, they were released under the name Bruce Springsteen. Indeed, the E Street Band is not even mentioned as such in any of the literature for these albums until an inside liner note for ''The River'', and then a cover "Performed by:" credit on ''Born in the U.S.A.''. Later albums such as , ''Tunnel Of Love'' and ''[[Greatest Hits (Bruce Springsteen)|Greatest Hits]]'', do however, name the band and list the members.
In concert was a different story. There, the act performing was almost always billed as Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band, and Springsteen took great effort to build up this brand. One song during each show would be elongated to contain a lengthy introduction of each member of the band, introducing nicknames or describing characteristics of the player, eventually whipping the audience into a frenzy for the final, over-the-top introduction of "The Big Man", Clarence Clemons. More substantially, Springsteen split concert revenues equally with the band members, a practice almost unheard of for backing bands in the music industry.
Thus in 1979 when Springsteen and the band featured on the ''No Nukes'' album and film, the live performance was credited to both. The band recieved their first full credit on a Springsteen album with the release of ''[[Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band Live/1975-85]]''. All subsequent live recordings and concert DVDs have also been credited to both.
==Southside Johnny, Ronnie Spector and Gary U.S. Bonds==
Meanwhile Van Zandt also began to establish himself a reputation as a producer/songwriter. Apart from helping out with production on Springsteen albums, he also worked with his "other band", [[Southside Johnny|Southside Johnny & The Asbury Jukes]], as well as [[Ronnie Spector]] and [[Gary U.S. Bonds]] before he launched his own solo career as [[Little Steven]]. The E Street Band and Springsteen regularly helped out on all these projects. In [[1977]] they recorded a single with Ronnie Spector featuring a cover of the [[Billy Joel]] song, "Say Goodbye To Hollywood" and a Van Zandt original "Baby Please Don't Go". This is actually the first time the band are given a full credit. In [[1978]], Weinberg and Tallent became "honourary Jukes" when they recorded ''Hearts Of Stone'' with [[Southside Johnny]].
In the early 1980s The E Street Band helped relaunch the career of [[Gary U.S. Bonds]], providing backup on two albums ''Dedication'' and ''On The Line''. Both were produced by Van Zandt with Springsteen and featured songs by Springsteen and Van Zandt and a cover of the [[Cajun]] classic "Jole Blon". The moderate success of these albums earned Van Zandt a solo recording contract with EMI. Initially without a band of his own he simply borrowed Clemons, Federici, Tallent and Weinberg and an assortment of Jukes, including Rosenberg and Pender, to record his [[1982]] debut ''Men Without Women''. This was released under the name of [[Little Steven|Little Steven & The Disciples Of Soul]].
==Courtesy of The E Street Band==
Other artists had also begun to recognize their talents and the band members were never out of work. Producer/songwriter [[Jim Steinman]] used Bittan and Weinberg on Meat Loaf's ''[[Bat Out Of Hell]]'' and ''[[Dead Ringer]]'', on his own ''[[Bad for Good|Bad For Good]]'' and on Bonnie Tyler's ''[[Faster Than the Speed of Night|Faster Than The Speed Of Light]]'' and ''[[Secret Dreams and Forbidden Fire]]''. Bittan, Weinberg and Tallent, along with [[Mick Ronson]], recorded a hidden gem with [[Ian Hunter]], wonderfully titled ''You're Never Alone With A Schizophrenic''. Bittan and Federici also provided keyboards for [[Garland Jeffreys]] on his ''Escape Artist'' while the former would make notable contributions to albums by [[David Bowie]], [[Dire Straits]], [[Bob Seger]] and [[Stevie Nicks]]. Several of these albums acknowledged their contributions with a credit such as "courtesy of The E Street Band".
Throughout the [[1980s]] members of the band were involved with various other projects. In [[1985]] Bittan and Van Zandt recorded sessions with [[Bob Dylan]] for his ''Empire Burlesque'' album. Although not used at the time, the recordings later surfaced on Dylan's ''The Bootleg Series''. In [[1985]] Van Zandt spearheaded [[Artists United Against Apartheid]]. An album and single featured Springsteen and Clemons, among others. Tallent also produced a single with [[Jersey Artists For Mankind]] which featured Springsteen, Lofgren, Clemons, and Weinberg as well as Carter and Rosenberg. Clemons teamed up with Sancious both on his solo album ''Hero'' and on albums with [[Zucchero Fornaciari]]. Clemons and Lofgren also went on tour with [[Ringo Starr#All-Starr Band editions|Ringo Starr and his All-Starr Band]] in [[1989]].
==The Split==
In 1989 Springsteen informed The E Street Band members that he would not be using their services for the forseeable future. He had already recorded one completely solo album, ''[[Nebraska (album)|Nebraska]]'', and ''Tunnel Of Love'', although featuring The E Street Band in parts, never saw the band reach full swing.
The complete truth behind the split has yet to come out. There was likely some initial confusion and disbelief, as a steady, reliable source of income and professional satisfaction and acclaim had suddenly disappeared. However, Springsteen was reported to have paid them generous severances.
Band members started to go their separate ways and onto separate projects — Tallent to Nashville to work on record production, Federici to California, Clemons to Florida, Lofgren to Maryland to resume his long-time solo activities. Weinberg, besides an abortive try at [[law school]], was putting together the band Killer Joe and recording an album. ''Scene Of The Crime'' included a guest appearance from Little Steven, playing guitar on the Springsteen written instrumental "Summer On Signal Hill". In 1992 The E-Street Band and The Miami Horns backed [[Darlene Love]] on the single ''All Alone At Christmas'', written by Little Steven and featured on the soundtrack for ''Home Alone 2''.
Springsteen made guest appearances on solo albums by both Nils Lofgren and Clarence Clemons and he joined Max Weinberg, Garry Tallent and Little Steven when they reprised their role as "honourary Jukes" on Southside Johnny's ''Better Days'' in 1992.
Springsteen also continued to use assorted members of the band on his forthcoming albums and projects. Roy Bittan would be retained for both ''[[Human Touch]]'' and ''[[Lucky Town]]''. The former included a guest appearance from David Sancious while the latter introduced Soozie Tyrell. Patti Scialfa also provided backing vocals on both. Little Steven produced and played guitar on a remix of the single
"57 Channels". However the majority of musicians used on these albums were session musicians. The E Street Band was not used on the subsequent Springsteen tour either, although Bittan was again retained and Scialfa occasionally added backing vocals; both were consequently featured on ''[[In Concert/MTV Plugged]]''. ''[[The Ghost of Tom Joad]]'' saw Danny Federici, Garry Tallent, Tyrell and Scialfa provide backing on some tracks while Federici, Tyrell and Scialfa all turn up sporadically on ''[[Devils & Dust]]''.
Altough individual members of the band played on ''Human Touch'' , ''Lucky Town'', ''In Concert/MTV Plugged'', ''The Ghost Of Tom Joad'' and ''Devils & Dust'', none of these albums are regarded as E Street Band albums. ''Tunnel Of Love'' falls into a grey area and its status is open to debate.
==The Reunion==
In 1995 Springsteen released ''[[Greatest Hits (Bruce Springsteen)|Greatest Hits]]'' and The E Street Band was temporarily reunited to record four new songs. In 1998 he released ''[[Tracks (album)|Tracks]]'', a box set collection of unreleased recordings dating back to 1972.
Finally, in 1999 Springsteen and The E Street Band reunited on a more substantial basis, eleven years after he had dismissed them. They staged an extremely successful reunion tour, culminating in an [[HBO]] special and the collection ''[[Bruce Springsteen|Live In New York City]]''. There seemed to have been no long-term animosity from the split, although with the exception of Weinberg and Van Zandt the band members had not found any career paths that could match the E Street Band for fortune and fame and thus were unlikely to carry any grudges forward.
In 2002 the reunion was continued with the release of new studio album ''[[The Rising (album)|The Rising]]'' and another long, successful tour. Another important release from this era was ''[[The Essential Bruce Springsteen]]'', another greatest hits package combined with more archive material.
==Discography==
===Albums and singles featuring The E Street Band===
====With Bruce Springsteen - ''Part 1''====
*Greetings From Asbury Park, NJ (1973)
*The Wild, The Innocent & The E Street Shuffle (1973)
*Born To Run (1975)
*Darkness On The Edge Of Town (1978)
*The River (1980)
*Born In The USA (1984)
*Live 1975-85 (1986)
*Tunnel Of Love (1987)
*Greatest Hits (1995)
*Tracks (1998)
*18 Tracks (1998)
*Live In New York City (2001)
*The Rising (2002)
*The Essential Bruce Springsteen (2003)
====With Gary U.S. Bonds====
*Dedication (1981)
*On The Line (1982)
====Other albums/singles====
*Ronnie Spector & The E Street Band: "Say Goodbye To Hollywood" / "Baby Please Don't Go" (1977)
*Muscians United for Safe Energy: No Nukes (1979)
*Various artists: In Harmony 2 (1981)
*Various artists: A Very Special Christmas (1987)
*Various artists: Folkways - A Vision Shared (1988)
*Darlene Love: ''All Alone At Christmas'' (1992)
*Various artists: The Concert for the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame (1996)
*Varius artists: Enjoy Every Sandwich - The Songs Of Warren Zevon
===Albums and singles featuring two or more individual band members only===
====With Bruce Springsteen - ''Part 2''====
*Human Touch (1992)
*Lucky Town (1992)
*In Concert: MTV Plugged (1992)
*The Ghost Of Tom Joad (1995)
*Devils & Dust (2005)
====With Meat Loaf====
*Bat Out Of Hell (1977)
*Dead Ringer (1981)
====With Southside Johnny & The Asbury Jukes====
*Hearts Of Stone (1978)
*Better Days (1992)
====With Bonnie Tyler====
*Faster Than The Speed Of Light (1983)
*Secret Dreams and Forbidden Fire (1985)
====Other artists====
*Ian Hunter: ''You're Never Alone With A Schizophrenic'' (1979)
*Garland Jeffreys: ''Escape Artist'' (1980)
*Jim Steinman: ''Bad For Good'' (1981)
*Little Steven & The Disciples Of Soul: ''Men Without Women'' (1982)
*Clarence Clemons: ''Hero'' (1985)
*Artists United Against Apartheid: ''Sun City'' (1985)
*Jersey Artists For Mankind: "We Got The Love" / "Save Love, Save Life" (1986)
*Ringo Starr: ''Ringo Starr And His All-Starr Band'' (1990)
*Nils Lofgren: ''Silver Lining'' (1990)
*Killer Joe: ''Scene Of The Crime'' (1991)
*Bob Dylan: ''The Bootleg Series Vol. III'' (1991)
*Patti Scialfa: ''Rumble Doll'' (1993)
*Soozie Tyrell: ''White Lies'' (2003)
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