Stevie Van Zandt’s Excellent Adventures On & Off E Street

Impolitic with John Heilemann

Audacy | Puck

News, Politics

4.8 • 4.2K Ratings

🗓️ 25 June 2024

⏱️ 71 minutes

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John is joined by the legendary guitarist, singer, songwriter, producer, arranger, and all around rock-and-roll legend Steve Van Zandt, equally famous for his roles as Bruce Springsteen’s longtime sidekick and as Silvio Dante in The Sopranos. In their freewheeling conversation, Stevie reflects on how his remarkable, up-and-down, 60-year career as a musician, actor, and activist has, time and again, placed him at or near the center of modern culture — and how his proudest achievement to this day is the unlikely, ultimately heroic part he played in freeing Nelson Mandela. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:57.7	conversations with the people who shape our culture in politics, business,
1:01.3	tech, sports, media, and entertainment.
1:04.0	And on today's show, we have a legend from that final category,
1:08.0	the one and only, Stevie Van Zann.
1:10.0	In the course of the past 60, count him 60 years since Stevie formed his first band,
1:16.0	The Whirlwins in Middletown, New Jersey at the age of 13.
1:20.0	The guitarist, vocalist, songwriter, arranger, and producer who rock and roll fans would come
1:24.6	to know and love first as Miami Steve Van Zandt has been, among other entries, on a genuinely
1:30.5	mind-boggling musical resume, a co-leader of Southside Johnny of the
1:35.2	Asbury Jukes, founder of the Miami horns, early, then lapsed, then recovered
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