Alterman, Eric. It Ain't No Sin To Be Glad You're Alive: The Promise of Bruce Springsteen.
New York: Little, Brown & Co., 1999.
Alterman leaves no doubt whatsover that he is a fan. It's a Bruce biography, complete with social commentary on the impact of
Springsteen's music on his audience and the American psyche.
Carman, Bryan K. A Race of Singers: Whitman's Working Class Heroes From Guthrie to Springsteen.
Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2000.
Carman examines the working world of America, and its search for social justice. He examines Whitman and Guthrie and ends with
Springsteen. It's a world of the white-male working class though, there's not much diversity in our working class icons.
Cavicchi, Daniel. Tramps Like Us: Music and Meaning Among Springsteen Fans. New York:
Oxford University Press, 1998.
Cavicchi studies Springsteen fans, both in person and by interview, to determine why his music has the influence on their lives that it does.
Though he's a fan, Cavicchi succeeds in presenting a non-partisan review of Springsteen's impact.
Coles, Robert. Bruce Springsteen's America: The People Listening, a Poet Singing.
New York: Random House, 2003.
A collection of oral interviews concerning Springsteen's songs and their impacts on the lives of "average" Americans. Not much
new here.
Cullen, James. Born in the USA: Bruce Springsteen and the American Tradition.
New York: Perennial, 1998.
An interesting read. Cullen portrays Springteen as a social conservative, heralding the concepts of hard work, love and family; a sort of
troubador for American values.
Duffy, John. Bruce Springsteen: In His Own Words. London: Omnibus Press, 1993.
Duffy presents Springsteen quotes in the context of certain aspects of his career. He talks about his music, his concerts,
his childhood, New Jersey and his fans.
Eliot, Mark. Down Thunder Road: The Making of Bruce Springsteen.
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1992.
Goodman, Fred. The Mansion on the Hill: Dylan, Young, Geffen, Springsteen and the Head-on
Collision of Rock and Commerce. New York: Times Books. 1997.
Horn, Jeff. Hungry Heart: The Music of Bruce Springsteen. New York: 1st Books Library, 2000.
An in-depth, song by song analysis of Springsteen's music catalog.
Humphries, Patrick. Bruce Springsteen. London: Omnibus, 1998.
Humphries examines each album release, on a song-by-song basis, with analysis and background, in the context
of his career.
Marsh, Dave. Born to Run: The Bruce Springsteen Story. New York: Pantheon Books, 1981.
A biographical analysis of Springsteen's career in the 1970's. Marsh follows Springsteen's career, both in the studio and on tour,
with background events and stories related to particular aspects of his music.
Marsh, Dave. Glory Days: Bruce Springsteen in the 1980's. New York: Pantheon Books, 1987.
Same as above, but concentrating on the 1980's.
Miller, James. Flowers in the Dustbin: The Rise of Rock and Roll, 1947-1977.
New York: Fireside Publishers, 2000.
Miller chronicles events and personalities that led to the rise of rock and roll up until the 1970's. He examines events
in a pop-culture context and measures the influence of rock on the American listening audience.
Petracca, Michael and Madeleine Sorapure, ed. Common Culture: Reading and Writing About American Popular
Culture. Upper Saddle River: Pearson Education, Inc., 2001.
Primeaux, Patrick. The Moral Passion of Bruce Springteen.
San Francisco: International Scholars Publications, 1996.
Rolling Stone, ed. Bruce Springsteen: The Rolling Stone Files.
New York: Hyperion, 1996.
A collection of everything written about Springsteen in Rolling Stone Magazine, from the 70's through
the 90's. Includes interviews, bios, music analysis and feature articles.
Sanford, Christopher. Springsteen: Point Blank. New York: DaCapa Books, 1999.
Springsteen, Bruce. Songs. New York: Harper Entertainment, 2003.
Smith, Larry David. Bob Dylan, Bruce Springsteen and American Song.
Westport: Praeger Publishers, 2002.
An in-depth analysis of the music and careers of Dylan and Springsteen. Both performers are analyzed
relative to the impact of their music on their audiences and on the genre in general.
Stefanko, Frank. Days of Hope and Dreams: An Intimate Portrait of Bruce Springsteen. New York: Billboard Books, 2003.
Szatmary, David P. Rockin' in Time: A Social History of Rock-and-Roll.
New York: Prentice Hall, 1990.
Wicke, Peter. Rock Music: Culture, Aesthetics and Sociology.
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1990.
Interviews
Flanagan, Bill.
Musician Magazine. Ambition, Lies & the Beautiful Reward: Bruce Springsteen's Family Values. November 1992.
Percy, Will. DoubleTake Magazine. Rock and Read: Will Percy Interviews Bruce Springsteen. Spring 1998.
Journal Articles
Magazine Articles
Binelli, Mark. Rolling Stone, The Gospel According to Bruce. August 22, 2002.
Cocks, Jay. Time, Rock's New Sensation: The Backstreet Phantom of Rock. October 27, 1975.
Girard, Jim. Cleveland Scene Magazine, Thank You "Boss." August 23, 1978.
Orth, Maureen; Huck, Janet and Peter S. Greenberg. Newsweek, Making of a Rock Star. October 27, 1975.
Pareles, Jon. New York Times Magazine, Bruce Springsteen: His Kind of Heroes His Kind of Songs. July 14, 2002.
Petersen, James R. Playboy Magazine, The Ascension of Bruce Springsteen: From Zero to Sixty in Five Weeks
Flat by Rock's Newest Superstar. March 1976.
Schruers, Fred. Rolling Stone, Bruce Springsteen and the Secret of the World. February 5, 1981.
Newspaper Articles
Landau, Jon.
The Real Paper. Growing Young With Rock and Roll. May 22, 1974.
Sweeney, Joey. The Philadelphia Weekly. The Ghost of Bruce Springsteen:
My Parents Got Divorced, I Was High on Mushrooms
My Country Was Attacked, Bruce Was There.
August 31, 2002.
Websites
Asbury Park Library. Bruce Springsteen Collection.
available from: http://www.asburypark.lib.nj.us/bruce.htm
Breton, Rich. Bruce Springsteen CD Brucelegs.
available from: http://www.mv.com/ipusers/richbreton/main.htm
Brucebase & On the Tracks. available from: http://www.springsteen.org.uk/
McLean, Flynn. TheBoots.Net. The Bruce Springsteen Web Connection. available from:
http://home.theboots.net/theboots
Orel, Matt and Lori Orel. The Bruce Springsteen Discography.
available from: http://bruce.orel.ws/discography.html
Sony Music. Bruce Springsteen. available from:
http://www.brucespringsteen.net/
