Day Tripping: September 23

The Boss is…72?

Bruce Frederick Joseph Springsteen was born in 1949 of Dutch-Irish-Italian descent and raised in Freehold, New Jersey. As a Catholic, Bruce was at constant odds with his school and upbringing.

“Blind faith in your leaders, or in anything, will get you killed.”

Bruce grew up listening first to Frank Sinatra on radio and then he saw Elvis Presley on the Ed Sullivan Show. By the time he saw the Beatles’ performance on the same program in 1964, he was hooked on a musical career. He bought his first guitar that same year.

It took Springsteen a while to gain a name in the music industry. After four years of critical acclaim but no commercial success, Bruce and the E Street Band spent 14 months in the recording studio.

The Born To Run album was released in August 1975 to coincide with a 10-night show in New York. The rest is rock and roll history.

Today is:

Chocolate Day — You’re welcome, Claire and Lucy.

Key Lime Pie Day — There’s nothing like the one they serve in Key West, frozen on a stick and dipped in dark chocolate.

Musical Ride

A six-and-a-half-minute version of Get Up, Stand Up was Bob Marley’s last song at his final concert in 1980 at Pittsburgh’s Stanley Theater. Suffering from cancer, Marley collapsed after the show which forced the remainder of the tour to be canceled. Bob Marley died the following May.

Interesting Notes

James Dean met Alec Guinness for the first time in 1955 and asked the elder actor to look at his new Porsche Spyder. Guinness looked at the roadster and said, “If you get in that car, you will be found dead in it by this time next week.” Seven days later, James Dean was killed in his car.

Gone But Not Forgotten

Robert Bloch was best known for his novel, Psycho which became the film by Alfred Hitchcock. He wrote 30 novels in all, received a Hugo Award, and created several hundred short stories. Robert Bloch died in 1994 at age 77.

Notable Births

1920 — Mickey Rooney, said “I don’t regret anything I’ve ever done. I only wish I could have done more.”

1959 — Jason Alexander, “It specifically says in the Torah that you can eat shrimp and bacon in a Chinese restaurant.”

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