The Dark Nebraska of Bruce Springsteen

Bruce Springsteen was coming off his first number one album and
first top ten single when, in 1982, he retreated to a small New
Jersey bedroom to record something unexpected. What he made, the
album Nebraska, is darker, starker, simpler, and deeper than any
of his previous work and it reflected some of the more painful
components of Springsteen’s mental makeup. Warren Zanes, a
musician himself as well as an author and professor, interviewed
Springsteen about all that went into Nebraska, how childhood
trauma informs the mood of many of the songs, and why
Springsteen’s story compares neatly to that of Odysseus. The
result is Zanes’ new book, Deliver Me from Nowhere: The Making
of Bruce Springsteen's Nebraska.


Get your copy of Deliver Me from Nowhere: The Making of Bruce
Springsteen's Nebraska wherever books are sold. Learn more
about Warren Zanes and his work by visiting his website,
www.Warren-Zanes.com.


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