Everyone's making a big deal out of today being the 30-year anniversary of the release of
Nebraska, but I mean, what the hell can you say about it at this point? Does a book come out every day analyzing the record?
(answer: yes.)
Meanwhile,
I stumbled upon this. Yeesh. Now that's olden times.
Perhaps the most obscure show played by
the E Street Band took place April 18, 1973 on a high school stage in
Lincroft, NJ. There’s no known setlist, published review, or bootleg
tape. Some performance chronologies don’t even list the venue.
What there is is Pegasus 1973,
the yearbook of Christian Brothers Academy, a Catholic high school 13
miles northeast of Freehold. Carl Beams, a founding member of The
Friends of the Bruce Springsteen Special Collection, had seen Springsteen
early on with the Castiles and Steel Mill, but the 1973 Christian
Brothers Academy was his first E Street Band show. For years, he
searched for the yearbook, and finally found it recently at the
Collingswood Auction and Flea Market in Farmingdale. For $5.00. Only to
see another copy offered days later on eBay for $1,500.
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