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Was Bob Dylan the Previous Bruce Springsteen?

Steve Turner, New Musical Express, 6 October 1973

"RANDY NEWMAN is great but he’s not touched. Joni Mitchell is great but she’s not touched. Bruce is touched... he’s 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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