Even When He’s With Music’s Biggest Legends, Little Steven Always Keeps It Real

I have always loved the music world of Miami Steve van Zandt. The childhood friend of Bruce Springsteen, orginal member and the soul of the best rock’n roll band of all times – The E Street Band.

His solo album from 1982 with his band, The Disciples of Soul, ’Men without women’ is in my mind one of the best albums of all times.

Here is an article from Distractify about the legendary wing man of The Boss, Bruce Spingsteen

Fresh off of the unveiling of his new line Underground Apothecary at the Hard Rock Hotel in New York City, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame musician Steven Van Zandt, aka Little Steven, considers himself to be “the luckiest guy in the luckiest generation,” and he has the experience to back that claim up.

“My life has been a bunch of happy accidents,” he tells us.

In an exclusive interview with Distractify, Steven opens up about his early days as a musician, how things just seemed to fall into place in his career, and the goals that he’s working toward today. There are decades of music history to unpack here, so let’s get right to it.

It goes without saying that Steven has come quite a long way from his roots performing with the likes of the Shadows and Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes. However, the guitarist explains that he never intended for fame to come his way, as he was simply happy making a modest living playing live music on the New Jersey shore.

”Little Steven never intended to get famous with his music: “Residency at the Stone Pony was a level of success that you could sustain.”

“I never look past trying to make a living playing rock and roll,” he tells us. “That was a big enough challenge. That was a huge challenge.”

Steven reflects that his modest “residency at the Stone Pony” — a historic venue in Asbury Park, N.J. — “was a level of success that you could sustain. You know, that was success right there. We ended up playing three nights a week. The place was packed; that’s all we needed.”

Then came the fateful evening in 1965 when a young Bruce Springsteen went to the Hullabaloo club in Middletown and saw Steven perform.

After performing at a couple of gigs together, Steven officially joined the E-Street Band on July 20, 1975. “I ended up joining up with him for the Born to Run tour and then things started to turn around,” he explains of that pivotal time.

Source: Distractify