Steven Van Zandt Knows the Right Moves

Here's The Thing with Alec Baldwin

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Tv & Film, Music, Music Interviews, Arts, Performing Arts, Film Interviews

4.4 • 8.4K Ratings

🗓️ 22 March 2022

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Singer, songwriter, producer, and actor Steven Van Zandt aka Little Steven is perhaps best known as a member of Bruce Springsteen's E Street Band. But the talented musician also co-founded the band Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes, as well as his solo act, Little Steven & The Disciples of Soul. He later found success in an entirely different career, playing the inimitable role of Tony Soprano’s consigliere Silvio Dante in The Sopranos and Frank Tagliano in Lilyhammer. The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame member recently released his autobiography, “Unrequited Infatuations,” which chronicles the many twists and turns that make up his remarkable life. Steven tells Alec why Bruce Springsteen was originally not allowed in his band, why he decided to walk away from the music business, and how he became a part of television history - twice.

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1:25.9	I'm Alec Baldwin and you're listening to Here's the Thing from iHeartRadio.
1:39.3	Few performers cross over from one artistic medium to another and achieve great success in both.
1:46.4	My guest today, Stephen Vansant, known as Little Stephen to some, is one such performer.
1:52.4	Singer, songwriter and producer, Vansant first found fame as a member of the East Street band with Bruce Springsteen.
2:00.4	But this prolific musician also founded New Jersey's own Southside Johnny in the Asbury Jooks,
2:06.4	along with his solo project, Little Stephen and the Disciples of Soul.
2:12.4	In a surprising second act, Vansant starred as the inimitable Silvio Dante in the sopranos for nine years
2:20.4	with no prior acting experience.
2:24.4	It was a role that certainly made its mark on me.
2:28.4	There was a period of my life, about three or four years, where I was divorced, I had my daughter.
2:34.4	I needed stability in my life.
2:37.4	Sunday night, I watched 60 minutes, nine o'clock I watched you, ten o'clock I watched big love, and then I went to bed.
2:45.4	And any show you watch, it gets in your skin.
2:50.4	And my friend and I, we would say this line all the time.
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