Springsteen and Tony Soprano's consigliere speaks as Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band arrives in South Philadelphia for two shows at Citizens Bank Park.
Bruce Springsteen performs with Steven Van Zandt and drummer Max Weinberg during the Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band 2023 tour stop at the Wells Fargo Center in Phila., Pa. on Thurs., March 16, 2023. Van Zandt with be back in Philly with Springsteen and the rest of the E Street Band when they play Citizens Bank Park on Wednesday and Friday.
Van Zandt — born Steven Lento, raised by his mother and her second husband William Van Zandt, a barbershop quartet enthusiast — was playing with his band the Shadows. Springsteen was in the Castiles, led by George Theiss, the singer whose 2018 death is at the core of Springsteen’s 2020 albumThe two became fast friends.
“What a horrible, horrible thing. I remember saying to Bruce, ‘So I guess we’re going to cancel the show?’ And he said, ‘No. This is when people need you the most.’” Looking back, as he worked on his memoir, lifted that burden. “If I stayed, yeah, I would have been significantly wealthier,” he said. “But basically everything I’ve accomplished in life happened after that., the Netflix show in which he played a mob boss in witness protection in Norway. “So that was a relief. I thought I was messing around with destiny. But probably, I was fulfilling it.”in 1999, Springsteen reunited the E Street Band.
Now, Van Zandt, who at 73 is a year younger than his Boss, is hopeful for the future. For years he’s been urging Springsteen to tour more frequently while the band still can.
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