40 Years of 'Born in the U.S.A.' — Max Weinberg and Roy Bittan Look Back at Bruce Springsteen's Biggest Moment

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🗓️ 5 June 2024

⏱️ 73 minutes

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E Street Band legends Max Weinberg and Roy Bittan look back at the making of Bruce Springsteen's Born in the U.S.A. on its 40th anniversary in exclusive new interviews with host Brian Hiatt Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:30.4	I'm Brian Hyatt. This is Rolling Stone Music Now. Have a very special episode for you today.
0:36.0	Tuesday, June 4th is the 40th anniversary of Bruce Springsteen's Born in the USA,
0:42.0	one of the biggest albums of all time.
0:43.7	To celebrate that anniversary, I have with me two musicians who played on that album.
0:48.6	From the East Street Band, keyboardist Roy Bitten and drummer Max Weinberg.
0:53.5	One thing you probably really need to know going into these interviews is something you may already know,
0:58.8	which is that Bruce's 1982 solo album, Nebraska is deeply tied into Born USA, which came out two years later.
1:07.3	The Born USA sessions began in 1982 with efforts to make full band versions of the Nebraska songs.
1:14.0	Let's start out with my conversation with Roy Bitten,
1:17.0	and then we'll hear from Max Weinberg.
1:19.0	Because it comes up a couple times in these interviews,
1:21.0	a reminder that I do have a book called Bruce Springsteen
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