britwrit said:
Wow. This sounds awesome. Thanks.
It's interesting how time changes things. It looks like Bruce has patched up things with Mike Appel, his original manger whose sacking led to the three-year legally enforced hiatus between Born to Run and Darkness. Or at least things were patched up in November of last year...
http://www.mikeappel.net/buffalo.html
August 2010 Springsteen interview with Mojo magazine (a UK music magazine, figure the August issue came out in July in the UK, so the interview has to be from May or June of this year) as the interview is promoting the Hype Park DVD
Q- One consequence of suing your first manager, Mike Appel, in 1976-77 was that you were prevented from recording your next album until the case was settled. Was this the period when the E Street Band really solidified as a live unit?
A- Well we always practiced really good, I think. But during those years we had to make a living strictly playing. That was the only place any money came from. And the money would be contested, often on a nightly basis! You had attorneys showing up at the theater to get it! Now fortunately, there was a law saying you can't prevent someone from making a living. And Mike and I today are quite friendly. I have deep feelings toward Mike Appel to this day - we had lunch three weeks ago. But at the time, needless to say, it was
on (laughs). So we had to play. It kept us alive for those years in-between whatever we made from
Born to Run . At some point, I think I had to stop paying people, and everybody was just down in the trenches doing what they had to do. You had to have guys that were willing to do that. Yeah, it was a touch moment and we all stuck together and went through it.
Q - If you and Mike Appel are buddies again, time really can heal anything.
A - I'm only going to walk through the door and see John Hammond [CBS A&R man who signed both Springsteen and Bob Dylan] on the other side one time. And there was only one other guy with me. However ruinous the rought sides of your relationship, not only was he my manager, but we were very good friends. (
Brando/Corleone again). He was highly enjoyable company: very funny, very cynical, always very sustaining. And time passed and he's still very similar, but we knew that happened once. (
Shrugs ) It's nice to sit down with the guy that happened once with for an hour or two in the afternoon and say "Hey! How's it going?" We do that every once in a while.
