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Down Thunder Road : The Making of Bruce Springsteen

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Down Thunder Road is presented on the back cover as somehow contreversial and anti-Springsteen. Well, as a Springsteen fan, I did not found this book outrageous at all, but on the contrary fascinating. It is an amazing journey in the development of a new artist that will eventually become a popular music icon. Down Thunder Road is not only the recount of an adventure, it is also a music business case, full with a copy of the contracts, record company memos and court orders. Fascinating !

The famous split between Appell and Springsteen, who opted to have Jon Landau at his side.

The book is well balanced and, of course, it has Appel's version of events. But it's not, by any meands, biased. The writer gives a balanced narrative of the vents that culminated ina a long legal battle that almost put Bruce's career to a ignominious halt.

A good and fast read (if you do not spend time reading the tons of legal papaers printed in the last part of the book!)

Read the Library Journal review above. They've got it right. This is junk, pure and simple - a hack job designed to let Mike Appel, one of the vilest men in the music business, whine about Bruce. There is no substance here, no real thought, certainly no real biography. I wish I could give it zero stars - even that is more than it deserves.