Classic Rock

The Soundtrack Of My Life

Steven Van Zandt co-founded Southside Johnny & The Asbury Jukes and leads his own band Little Steven & The Disciples of Soul. He also starred in The Sopranos and Lilyhammer, but is most familiar for his decades-long tenure in Bruce Springsteen’s E Street Band. “Being in a band is an extremely vivid, emotional connection,” says Van Zandt, who has just published an enthralling memoir, Unrequited Infatuations. “It’s friendship, it’s family, the posse, the gang, the team and ultimately community. That’s what’s always appealed to me.”

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