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Stevie Van Zandt on why the Strat became his go-to guitar for decades – after passing the Tele baton to Bruce Springsteen
Stevie Van Zandt knows a thing or two about the music industry – from being the guitar slinger in the E Street Band, side by side with Bruce Springsteen, to his Grammy-nominated HBO film ...
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Steven Van Zandt Only Took ‘Sopranos’ Role Because He Needed the Cash
Steven Van Zandt is an iconic musician, best known for playing guitar in Bruce Springsteen‘s E Street Band. Many also know him as Silvio Dante in the hit HBO series The Sopranos. The series ...
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“His Voice Was Like the Ghost of Hank Williams”: The Country Icon That Left a “Haunting” First Impression on Emmylou Harris
After opening for Townes Van Zandt in 1968, Emmylou Harris said she was "stunned" after seeing the legend perform for the ...
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The Bob Dylan Album That Made Townes Van Zandt Want To Be a Songwriter
Bob Dylan inadvertently fueled Townes Van Zandt's songwriting dreams with hope, inspiration, and an awfully fierce sense of ...
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Any conversation with Van Zandt has to include music. He first gained fame as Miami Steve, playing guitar with Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band. He eventually became music director of the ...
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Shane Fontayne on the unenviable task of filling the shoes of Stevie Van Zandt and Nils Lofgren in Bruce Springsteen's band
In a new interview with Guitar World, Fontayne recalled the audition ... fill the shoes of Springsteen's longtime six-string sidekicks, Stevie Van Zandt and Nils Lofgren. Though a tall order ...