GRAND Magazine - Winter 2023 - 23
cover story
I saw rock n' roll's future...
BY CHARLES V. BAGLI
I
t was a typical bitter-cold Boston night on Jan. 8,
1973, when I settled into my seat at a table at Paul's
Mall, a tiny music club on Boylston Street in Boston.
I was there to see David Bromberg, a funny, masterful
guitarist who'd released his first album a year
earlier. But the opening act, fronted by a skinny,
long-haired guy from New Jersey, knocked me out
in a way that no performer or band ever has. It was
the beginning of what would become a lifelong ride
through college, adulthood, fatherhood, and now
grandfatherhood.
Although I'd grown up in New Jersey and spent
a lot of time at the shore, I'd never heard of Bruce
Springsteen. His first album-Greetings from Asbury
Park NJ- had been released only three days earlier
and this was his first time in Boston, where I was a
sophomore at Boston University. His music got me
moving in my seat; the lyrics spoke to me. I found
myself joining in on the call-and-response in songs
like " Spirit in the Night. " " All Night, " we shouted back.
He was a poet, the bard of the boardwalk, whose
music was infused with rock and soul. And that first
album conjured up images that made me feel like I
was walking down the boardwalk in Asbury Park, looking
left and right, trying to take it all in.
Most of all, I loved the camaraderie between Bruce
and the band members. I felt as if I might've known
these guys forever and now they were inviting me
to join them on a joyful, rocking adventure into the
night.
I wouldn't see David Bromberg again for 50 years,
but I saw Bruce and the E Street band many, many
times in the coming decades.
His first album, Greetings from Asbury Park, N.J.
was released on Jan. 5, 1973.
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It took a lot to stand out in Boston, where there
was a heady smorgasbord of live music. J Geils,
Aerosmith and the James Montgomery Blues Band,
and Roomful of Blues played in the dorms. Bonnie
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"
A performer of unquestioned
integrity, who gave voice to workingclass
people, called out police
shootings of African Americans, and
provided succor after Sept. 11, Bruce
has been a constant in my life.
Raitt was the house band at a place in Cambridge.
The then-unknown Jackson Browne opened for Joni
Mitchell during her tour behind the " Blue " album. BB
King played on the Boston Common and John Lee
Hooker at the Unicorn Coffee House.
"
BUY
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