Bruce Springsteen: From Asbury Park to Born To Run to Born In The USA

About this book

An unprecedented look at a very young Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band from the groups creation and early New Jersey days to their meteoric rise and seminal Born in the USA tour in photographs almost all not previously published. David Gahr (19222008) was tapped by Columbia Records designer John Berg to shoot cover art for Bruce Springsteens second album The Wild the Innocent and the E Street Shuffle. Gahrs earliest photographs of the musician showcase a youthful Springsteen not even aged twenty-three in Asbury Park New Jersey on the eve of a career breakthrough. Gahr befriended the rising star and over a span of approximately ten years he photographed Springsteen both on- and offstage. Rare captures include Springsteen recording music performing at the cramped venue Bottom Line weeks before the release of his seminal 1975 album Born to Run and playing to legions of fans during his Born in the USA tour. Bruce Springsteen 19731986 is an unprecedented look back at Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band on their path to becoming rock legends.