As they rose to mega-stardom in the ’80s, Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band’s four-hour concerts became a part of his own mythology. However, the concerts weren’t actually four hours long. In reality, they ran about three-and-a-half hours of music, with a 20-25 minute break in the middle.
The most difficult challenge for a musician when writing topical songs is making them resonate beyond their run in the news cycle. The opening riff of Neil Young‘s ‘Ohio’ still brings chills more than 40 years after the Kent State shootings because of its urgency, but when was the last time you listened to Sting‘s first couple of solo records?
If you like Van Halen (and have a moderate appreciation for Jack FM), then you have to go to Jack's Throwback Concert on August 11 at Sunset Bay Beach Club to see PANAMA re-create Van Halen. These guys are so authentic that their David Lee Roth even has a cod-piece.
Jack’s Throwback Concert is coming August 11 at Sunset Bay Beach Club! Van Halen, Bruce Springsteen, U2 and Tom Petty…will not be there. But some people who do pretty good impressions of them will be!
Even though the core of Bruce Springsteen‘s E Street Band is over 60, they are still able to play more than three hours every night with more energy than bands half – check that – one-third their age. Except, of course, when the ruffians get shut down by the police for being out too late. In a new interview, guitarist Nils Lofgren describes what it’s like at the end of those marathons.