Dec 6, 2021
Today, filmmaker and longtime Bruce Springsteen
collaborator (Letter to You, Western Stars) Thom
Zimny joins me to unpack the spark of his lifelong journey
on E Street, the classic live bootleg ‘Live in the Promised Land’,
recorded in San Fransisco on the 1978 tour behind ‘Darkness on the
Edge of Town’.
We talk about how Thom discovered the record as a teenager, the
joys and charms of the bootleg experience and how it made Thom feel
like part of a secret subculture, how the design and flaws of the
quality and packaging influenced his later documentary work with
Bruce, the power and legend of the classic E Street
Band, Bruce’s on stage monologues, the story of how Thom
established his working relationship with Bruce and Jon
Landau on the Live in New York City concert film and
whether there are any plans to document the final E Street Band
tour.