{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"GARAGE TO STADIUMS Music History Podcast","title":"Garage Classics: The Story of Bruce Springsteen ","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":3348,"description":"It's the summer of 2025 & Bruce Springsteen has just released 7 - yes, seven - new albums containing 83 unreleased songs! And he's on a global tour.  Learn his incredible backstory from our classic episode from our archives. Experience his hardscrabble New Jersey childhood to becoming what Bono of U2 called the \"John Steinbeck\" of music with his lyrics on life in working class towns and the hopes, dreams and struggles of everyday people.  Our guest was Peter Ames Carlin, author of the New York Times bestselling book Bruce and the upcoming book Jungleland, the story of the making of the classic Bruce album Born to Run.  In this episode, you'll hear:  How Bruce grew up poor in a dysfunctional family with significant mental health issuesThe proto-metal music that he played in a previous bandHow his record label threatened to cut him unless he delivered a hit - resulting in one the top albums of the 1970'sHow a Rolling Stone writer not only changed his destiny but became his managerHow the characters in his town infused his many poignant songsHow he played a vital role in both AIDs awareness and New York's 9/11 recovery Guest Bio:Peter Ames Carlin is a journalist, critic and author of the New York Times best-seller called Bruce and is working on an upcoming book on the 50th anniversary of Bruce Springsteen's Born to Run album. His work has been published in the New York Times Magazine, the Los Angeles Times Magazine, and the Times in the UK. Follow Garage to Stadiums (GTS) on social channels  Share this episode with this linkFollow GTS on Apple or Spotify podcastsFollow GTS on Instagram Follow GTS on LinkedIn Sign up for the Garage to Stadiums e-newsletter to get more bonus contentBonus Content:Download the Official Garage to Stadiums Bruce Springsteen playlist on Apple Music or SpotifyVisit GaragetoStadiums.com for bonus content on Bruce Springsteen, including concert footage, transcripts and other interesting facts.Written from the everyday person's perspective,...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/FgvFTiBMhkoSi1MY6ej1YYMZe9exU7_LHrUvsA2gcas/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9zaG93/LzQ2NjU1LzE2OTky/ODgzMzktYXJ0d29y/ay5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}