Unrequited infatuations : odyssey of a rock and roll consigliere : (a cautionary tale) / Stevie Van Zandt ; edited by Ben Greenman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Van Zandt, Steve, author.

Contributor:

Greenman, Ben, book editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Van Zandt, Steve.

Rock musicians--United States--Biography.

Rock musicians.

United States.

Genre:

Biographies.

Autobiographies.

Physical Description:

x, 403 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Hachette Books, [2021]

Summary:

Uncover never-before-told stories in this epic tale of self-discovery by a Rock n Roll disciple and member of the E Street Band. What story begins in a bedroom in suburban New Jersey in the early '60s, unfolds on some of the country's largest stages, and then ranges across the globe, demonstrating over and over again how Rock and Roll has the power to change the world for the better? This story. The first true heartbeat of Unrequited Infatuations is the moment when Stevie Van Zandt trades in his devotion to the Baptist religion for an obsession with Rock and Roll. Groups like the Beatles and the Rolling Stones created new ideas of community, creative risk, and principled rebellion. They changed him forever. While still a teenager, he met Bruce Springsteen, a like-minded outcast/true believer who became one of his most important friends and bandmates. As Miami Steve, Van Zandt anchored the E Street Band as they conquered the Rock and Roll world. And then, in the early '80s, Van Zandt stepped away from E Street to embark on his own odyssey. He refashioned himself as Little Steven, a political songwriter and performer, fell in love with Maureen Santoro who greatly expanded his artistic palette, and visited the world's hot spots as an artist/journalist to not just better understand them, but to help change them. Most famously, he masterminded the recording of "Sun City," an anti-apartheid anthem that sped the demise of South Africa's institutionalized racism and helped get Nelson Mandela out of prison. By the '90s, Van Zandt had lived at least two lives--one as a mainstream rocker, one as a hardcore activist. It was time for a third. David Chase invited Van Zandt to be a part of his new television show, the Sopranos--as Silvio Dante, he was the unconditionally loyal consiglieri who sat at the right hand of Tony Soprano (a relationship that oddly mirrored his real-life relationship with Bruce Springsteen). Underlying all of Van Zandt's various incarnations was a devotion to preserving the centrality of the arts, especially the endangered species of Rock. In the twenty-first century, Van Zandt founded a groundbreaking radio show (Little Steven's Underground Garage), created the first two 24/7 branded music channels on SiriusXM (Underground Garage and Outlaw Country), started a fiercely independent record label (Wicked Cool), and developed a curriculum to teach students of all ages through the medium of music history. He also rejoined the E Street Band for what has now been a twenty-year victory lap. ​Unrequited Infatuations chronicles the twists and turns of Stevie Van Zandt's always surprising life. It is more than just the testimony of a globe-trotting nomad, more than the story of a groundbreaking activist, more than the odyssey of a spiritual seeker, and more than a master class in rock and roll (not to mention a dozen other crafts). It's the best book of its kind because it's the only book of its kind.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: 1. Epiphany (1950s

-1960s)

2. The Source (1965

1967)

3. Upstage (1968

1970)

4. Southside Johnny and the Kid (1971)

5. The Business (1972)

6. Vegas! (1973)

7. Asbury Park

-Doubling Down! (1974

1975)

8. The Boss of All Bosses (1974

9. I Don't Want to Go Home (1975)

10. LA A-GO-GO (1975

1976)

11. This Time It's for Real (1977)

12. The Punk Meets the Godfather (1978)

13. Baptism (1979

1980)

14. Checkpoint Charlie (1980)

15. Hemingway Appropriately (1980

1982)

16. Voice of America (1982

1983)

17. The Killing Floor (1983

1984)

18. The Breathless Projectionist (1984)

19. Revolution (1985)

20. Ain't Gonna Play Sun City! (1986)

21. Freedom

-No Compromise (1987

1989)

22. The Hero with a Thousand Faces (1990)

23. Seven Years in the Desert (1991

1997)

24. A Night at the Opera (1998)

25. Cross Road Blues (1999

2001)

26. Gangster Days / Garage Nights (2002

2004)

27. A Wicked Cool Super Bowl (2005

2009)

28. Lilyhammer (2010

2013)

29. Once upon a Dream (2013

2014)

30. The Golden Nymphs (2014

2015)

31. Ambassador to the Court of Ronald McDonald (2016

2017)

32. Soulfire (2017

2018)

33. Summer of Sorcery (2019

2020)

33. Epilogue.

Notes:

Includes index.

ISBN:

9780306925429

0306925427

OCLC:

1243261615