Born to Run

Bruce Springsteen, Bruce Springsteen

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Simon & Schuster
01 December 2016

Rock & Pop music; Individual composers & musicians, bands & groups; Autobiography: arts & entertainment; Audiobooks - Non-fiction

"Writing about yourself is a funny business... but in a project like this, the writer has made one promise, to show the reader his mind. In these pages, I've tried to do this." - Bruce Springsteen, from Born to Run

In 2009, Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band performed at the Super Bowl's halftime show. The experience was so exhilarating that Bruce decided to write about it. That's how this extraordinary autobiography began.

Over the past seven years, Springsteen has devoted himself to writing the story of his life, bringing to these pages the same honesty, humour and originality found in his songs. He describes growing up Catholic in Freehold, New Jersey, amidst the poetry, danger and darkness that fuelled his imagination, leading up to the moment he refers to as 'The Big Bang': seeing Elvis Presley's debut on The Ed Sullivan Show.

He vividly recounts his relentless drive to become a musician, his early days as a bar band king in Asbury Park and the rise of the E Street Band.

With disarming candour, he also tells for the first time the story of the personal struggles that inspired his best work and shows us why the song 'Born to Run' reveals more than we previously realised.

This book will be revelatory for anyone who has ever enjoyed Bruce Springsteen, but it is much more than a legendary rock star's memoir. This is a book for workers and dreamers, parents and children, lovers and loners, artists, freaks or anyone who has ever wanted to be baptised in the holy river of rock n roll.

Rarely has a performer told his own story with such force and sweep. Like many of his songs - Thunder Road, Badlands, Darkness on the Edge of Town, The River, Born in the USA, The Rising, and The Ghost of Tom Joad to name just a few - Springsteen's autobiography is written with the lyricism of a singular songwriter and the wisdom of a man who has thought deeply about his experiences.

By: Bruce Springsteen
Read by: Bruce Springsteen
Imprint: Simon & Schuster
Country of Publication: United States
Edition: Unabridged
Dimensions: Height: 146mm, Width: 130mm, Spine: 41mm
Weight: 431g
ISBN: 9781508224228
ISBN 10: 1508224226
Publication Date: 01 December 2016
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: CD-Audio
Publisher's Status: Active

Bruce Springsteen has been inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, the Songwriters Hall of Fame, and the New Jersey Hall of Fame. He is the recipient of twenty Grammy Awards, the Academy Award, and the Kennedy Center Honors. He lives in New Jersey with his family.