The 1973 song that secured Bruce Springsteen a record deal

The 1973 song that secured Bruce Springsteen a record deal

There are plenty of reasons why Bruce Springsteen makes the perfect label signee: Handsome, dependable, witty, with a fierce pen and a fiercer stage presence. We know that now, but in the late 1960s and early 1970s, it took nine years for anybody to pay any mind to the budding musician. When it came to live performances, before he was signed, Springsteen wasn’t picky: He’d play every fireman’s fair, every Dazed and Confused kind of bowling alley…