Was Bob Dylan the Previous Bruce Springsteen?
Steve Turner, NME, 6 October 1973
"RANDY NEWMAN is great but hes not touched. Joni Mitchell is great but shes not touched. Bruce is touched... hes a genius!" Manager Mike Appel is talking in the dressing rooms of the Spectrum stadium in Philadelphia. His artist Bruce Springsteen has just finished a 40-minute opening set and Chicago are tuning up in the room next door.
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