Born to Last: The Iconic Springsteen-Clemons Saxophone Collaboration (Videos & Speech)

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Fifty years ago (August 25, 1975) Bruce Springsteen's breakthrough third album Born to Run was released.  Last weekend, it seemed like half of New Jersey showed up for a three-day conference celebrating the album.  Previews of upcoming movies, famous panels, a two-song concert by the E Street band, and . . . nerdy academic speeches.

But I didn't know about any of this until 3 months ago.  I was giving a speech in Memphis (on Rock and Roll  saxophone), and was asked to make a noon-time speech here.  Being a Springsteen/Clarence Clemons fanboy, I was on it.  

​Here's a travelogue of some famous Springsteen sites.

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Here's Why it's called "The E Street Band"

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The Famous 10th Avenue and E Street    (The STOP refers to my playing)

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Here's Where the Entire Born to Run album was written

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Springsteen's High School home in Freehold, NJ (his family's third home)

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Here's Springsteen's Escape Vehicle so he can skip my speech

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Here's the poster that summarized my speech.

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Here's a Horrible Sound Quality Version . . .

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A Non-Born to Run Bonus

Springsteen's first album was called Greetings from Asbury Park. The name "Asbury Park" means nothing to 90% of all Americans who aren't from that general area.   It's like me saying "Greetings from Lake Okoboji, Iowa."  

When the album came out in 1973, I wondered what was so special about Asbury Park.  Hmmmm . . .

​What's so Special about Asbury Park?

Asbury Park is a town and boardwalk.  It's  1 mile long and connects with about another mile of New Jersey beaches to the south.   It's got all of the cool things Springsteen refers to on the song "Sandy," and the famous Stone Pony music bar and Wonderland are only a block away from it

​Here's a short video clip from the ocean side.

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