Deliver Me From Nowhere: The Making of Bruce Springsteen's Nebraska
by Warren Zanes
Buy on AmazonThe fascinating story behind the making of Bruce Springsteen’s most surprising album, Nebraska, revealing its pivotal role in Springsteen’s career—in development as a major motion picture starring Jeremy Allen White (The Bear) “Brilliant . . . For fans of American music, Deliver Me from Nowhere makes a great ghost story.”—The Boston Globe AN NPR BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR Without Nebraska, Bruce Springsteen might not be who he is today. The natural follow-up to Springsteen’s hugely successful album The River should have been the hit-packed Born in the U.S.A. But instead, in 1982, he came out with an album consisting of a series of dark songs he had recorded by himself, for himself.…
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"It’s been more than 40 years since Bruce Springsteen shocked the rock music world with Nebraska, his stripped-down, mostly acoustic, folk-inspired album featuring songs about troubled people often on the wrong side of the law. Springsteen’s fellow musician, Warren Zanes, considers the iconic album in his new book, which tells the story of its history and considers the effect it had on rock music as a whole. Extensively researched and beautifully written, this book is a must for anyone who cares about American popular music, not just fans of The Boss."
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