http://1037theloon.com Wed, 19 Jun 2013 13:47:42 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 http://1037theloon.com/bruce-springsteen-auditioned-for-columbia-records-40-years-ago-this-month/ http://1037theloon.com/bruce-springsteen-auditioned-for-columbia-records-40-years-ago-this-month/#comments Tue, 08 May 2012 11:28:55 +0000 Dave Lifton http://ultimateclassicrock.com/?p=61861 Given that, at 62, he still has the energy of musicians half his age, sometimes it’s hard to believe that Bruce Springsteen has been a recording artist for nearly 40 years. But it was this month in 1972 that a scrawny kid from New Jersey walked into Columbia Records’ office in New York with an acoustic guitar and sang a few songs in front of legendary talent scout John Hammond.

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