Bruce Springsteen by Peter Cunningham

Then the Bottom Line gigs, first the one in '74 and then the one that broke Bruce's career in '75, when he was simultaneously on the covers of Time and...

Then the Bottom Line gigs, first the one in '74 and then the one that broke Bruce's career in '75, when he was simultaneously on the covers of Time and Newsweek.  The shows those two years were substantially the same, different material but the same Bruce, the public difference was that the business management had changed, the world opened its doors to another overnight sensation.   People really loved those performances; there was joy in the air.   I was the staff photographer at The Bottom Line, I had all access for those ten shows and I shot through eight of them, once cutting a hole in the sound booth fabric above the stage to get an unusual angle. And the matured kid from New Jersey had become some kind of intellectual behind my back he could handle all comers at all the different levels, and still his manner was relaxed and open.  Now performers were coming backstage to him and most everyone was beginning to admit he was a pretty damn good guitar player. <<

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