Exclusive Bruce Springsteen Interview Clip (1 of 8)
Chief Curator Jim Henke talks to Bruce Springsteen
This is the first in a series of eight interview audio clips with Springsteen that we will post over the next several weeks. Be sure to check back here weekly to listen to the newest clip.
In March, prior to the opening of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum’s new exhibit, From Asbury Park to the Promised Land: The Life and Music of Bruce Springsteen, I had the good fortune to go to New Jersey to interview Bruce. When I arrived at his house, Bruce was in a small studio room off the kitchen, wailing away on his guitar. His recording engineer, Toby Scott, was behind the board. Toby had played a major role in putting the exhibit together, serving as my main point person in the Springsteen camp to help me select the many artifacts for the exhibit. They finished laying down the track, and Bruce and I sat down in his living room to do the interview. He told me stories about several of the items in the exhibit. Everything went very smoothly, with one exception: Bruce’s rather large cat kept running into the room and jumping on my lap. Since I have a dog and a cat at home, it didn’t really bother me. But Bruce kept chasing the cat out of the room, shutting the door behind him. But the cat would push the door open and run back into the room. At one point, Bruce leaned down toward my microphone and said, “We have a fat-cat problem here!”
Click here to listen to a clip of this interview with Bruce Springsteen.
Check back for interview clip #2, where Springsteen talks about what it was like recording in New Jersey in 1965.
I have nothing but respect for Bruce, he is my very favorite musician ever. I have been listening to him since 1975 when my youngest daughter was born. She alway’s tells me she and Bruce grew up together because that’s the only music she ever heard. Bruce, I would listen to you even if it was on a CHEAP guitar. LUV YA BRUCE YOUR MOST FAITHFUL FAN, CORKIE MEEHAN By the way how come no concert’s on the west coast!!! I’M SOOOOOOO SAD!! I haven/t missed a one.