11 Oct
306: Jon Landau Sees The Future Of Rock And Roll
Opening for Bonnie Raitt at a show in Cambridge, Massachusetts on May 22, 1974, 25–year–old Bruce Springsteen was bursting with new material and severely in need of some kind of big break. He got it when Jon Landau, reviewing the show for The Real Paper, wrote:
“I saw my rock-and-roll past flash before my eyes. And I saw something else: I saw rock-and-roll’s future and its name is Bruce Springsteen. And on a night when I needed to feel young, he made me feel like I was hearing music for the very first time.”
Since that review, Landau has been Bruce’s manager. Born to Run which came out in 1975 got him onto the covers of both Time and Newsweek, and the Boss never had to open for anyone else again.