In his Profile of Bruce Springsteen in this week’s issue, David Remnick describes the Asbury Park rocker’s 1972 audition with John Hammond and his early career with Columbia Records:
Columbia signed Springsteen to a record contract and tried to promote him as “the new Dylan.” He was not the only one. John Prine, Elliot Murphy, Loudon Wainwright III, and other singer-songwriter sensitivos were also getting the “new Dylan” label. (“The old Dylan was only thirty, so I don’t even know why they needed a fucking new Dylan,” Springsteen says.)Two years later, The New Yorker’s rock critic, Ellen Willis, went to see Springsteen perform at Avery Fisher Hall. Here’s a look back at her thoughtful and decidedly mixed review of the up-and-coming rock star (which we’ve unlocked in our archive this week): http://nyr.kr/Oksnj4
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