Set Lusting Bruce: The Bruce Springsteen Fan Podcast

A few fans call in sharing their quick thoughts about stops during this leg of the E Street Band world wide tour!  Let your voice be heard,  call - 469-249-2442  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A GRAMMY Award-winning music historian, producer, and educator, Santelli was the Founding Executive Director of the Grammy Museum in Los Angeles and the author of more than a dozen books on American music, including the New York Times best-seller, Greetings from Asbury Park: The Story of Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band.  In our countdown to our 1,000 episode, here is Jesse's discussion wit...

 If death awaits all adventurers, then the salvation of resurrection is always the hope. But what about the waiting period? Stuck in the afterlife awaiting a cleric's blessing to return you from a critical failure–how do you bide your time? The composer of the soundtrack of a new Table Top Game - The Black Ballad, Drake Mefestta joins me for a great conversation about music, storytelling and gamin...

Russ Burlingame @russburlingame returns to the podcast to talk about the latest Springsteen tour and his plans to attend at least one show. We talk about the set list and his expectations. We also talk about his new Kickstarter. He is writing a new Book - Time to Be Heroes: A Totally Unofficial Oral History of DC Legends of Tomorrow.  Legends of Tomorrow is one of the best CW Super-Hero shows and...

Stephanie Myers & Stephanie Pena host the wonderful Stephanie & Stephanie Talk Tunes podcast part of the Pantheon Family of Podcasts. Stephanie and Stephanie met in college and bonded over velvet pants and a love of music. They share stories about Austin, New York and podcasting. https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/stephanie-stephanie-talk-tunes/id1561009536 Learn more about your ad choices. Vis...

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Amy Scruggs @amyscruggssd is a nationally known country music artist, a successful sales and media coach, the mother of 4 and a former TV host. She joins Jesse to talk about her passions, her latest album and green M&M's. Find out more about her music here - https://www.amyscruggsmusic.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Zack Morrison @zackmorrison18 is a comedy writer and filmmaker from New Jersey, currently living in Los Angeles. He is the writer and director of Everything's Fine: A Panic Attack in D Major, a 2019 Television Academy student Emmy winner. He joins Jesse to talk about his film making and his Springsteen fandom. Check out his work at https://www.zackmorrison.com/  Learn more about your ad choices. V...

A few voice mails from fans talking about the first few shows of the current Springsteen tour. Let you voice be heard - call 469-249-2442   Photo by Alec Solomita Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mike @mikecagley is a fellow DFW resident and in today's episode we get very Sportsy. We do talk a little music but we spend a great deal talking about covering Sports, his podcast and radio show and heaven help us the Dallas Cowboys.  https://illiniguys.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We wrap up February and talk about the podcast plans for March.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Erik Lin @MusingsForest joins Jesse on the podcast to discuss their thoughts on Bruce’s music and Springsteen’s influence on his creativity.  They thinks that Bruce’s relationship with nonwhite audiences is a nuanced, tricky and important topic.   As a child of Taiwanese parents and a native New Jersians ,Erik had diverse influences growing up.        Please check out Erik’s You Tube Page https://...

Steve Mahony @MahoneyReturns has played in a few bands, in Mahoney & The Moment with my wife who is from New York and we play Folk: https://open.spotify.com/artist/3CYHwXYkHNSY2yn9IMjLDG… and The Milkshakes a very E Street style band that play Rock & Roll: https://open.spotify.com/artist/0CcMVf1ffagHQkNabCAbh8… He also does a monthly comedy podcast interviewing other grass roots artists called A B...

Josh Mensch has a long and successful career as a TV Documentarian. His newest career is writing best selling histories that read like novels with his fellow writer Brad Meltzer. Their last book is The Nazi Conspiracy: The Secret Plot to Kill Roosevelt, Stalin, And Churchill. We discuss their writing styles and get into his love of music including Bruce's early albums.  The book can be fournd here...

A self proclaimed "Old School" Springsteen fan takes over the Set Lusting Bruce Channel and shares his thoughts on the Austin Set List. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex Markham @byAlexmarkham joins me from Valencia Spain to tak about his writing and his Springsteen fandom. Check out his writing at https://byalexmarkham.medium.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Stefan Stevenson @StefanVersusTex Is a Former reporter at the Fort Worth Star-Telegram for 25 years and he continues to Freelance. He covered the Dallas stop of the new tour, here https://www.star-telegram.com/entertainment/article272399133.html?taid=63e79159be05cf00017811d2&utm_campaign=trueanthem&utm_medium=social&utm_source= We have a great talk about a wide variety of subjects. We recorded thi...

Bruce Springsteen and a short handed E Street Band played the American Airline's Center in Dallas Texas on Feb 10, 2023. They were missing Steve, Soozie and Patti. The band worked extra hard knowing that they were a little light in the line up. Here is my thoughts.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Randy Andrews loves to make people laugh. He uses his skills to motivate, entertain and to inspire. He has a new podcast where he uses music to explore his guest's life. Find it here  https://open.spotify.com/show/17FAGWMxBPLKRdNK5biKry?si=e0539bd6033245ae  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jen had reached out to the Spring-Nuts group sharing the story behind the Say Hi to Max book, after talking to Max's family, I knew I needed to hear Jen's story as well. She shares her long time Springsteen fandom and stories from shows and her favorite songs. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A few voices mails from fans sharing their thoughts on the opening night of the 2023 tour.  You can leave your thoughts by calling ‪(469) 249-2442‬  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We all wanted to be where the Bands were last night.  It sounds like the fans in Tampa were treated to a great show (duh!).  Here is my thoughts on the set list.  If you want to be spoiler free of what might get played during upcoming stops on the tour, please skip this one. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Luis Viera @CouncilmanViera is the Tampa City Councilman for District 7. He wrote a guest editorial in the local Tampa paper talking about why Bruce Springsteen matters and who him touring again is a big deal. The Councilman joins me to talk about his love Bruce's music and how Born in the USA speaks to him as a Cuban American. https://www.cltampa.com/music/ahead-of-bruce-springsteens-tour-launch-...

Aron @aronkozin returns to the podcast after too long of an absence. We catch up on his youtube channel, discuss our plans for the 2023 tour and make plans to do a Springsteen Heardle Live! https://www.youtube.com/live/TcqlBuIVwhs?feature=share Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Eden Levin joins me from Germany via Israel.  She is an entrepreneur, Female entrepreneurs meetup organizer and the lead singer for the Swing Metal Band Shoo Bee Doom.  She joins me to talk about her musical journey, how she misses the food from her home in Jerusalem and we discuss the inspiration of their new single Old School Medicine.  Find more about the band here = https://linktr.ee/shoobeedo...