{"id":30658,"date":"2024-10-21T15:02:27","date_gmt":"2024-10-21T15:02:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/101gold\/bruce-springsteen-shares-e-street-band-revelation-i-pay-them-a-tremendous-amount-of-money\/"},"modified":"2024-10-21T15:02:27","modified_gmt":"2024-10-21T15:02:27","slug":"bruce-springsteen-shares-e-street-band-revelation-i-pay-them-a-tremendous-amount-of-money","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/101gold\/bruce-springsteen-shares-e-street-band-revelation-i-pay-them-a-tremendous-amount-of-money\/","title":{"rendered":"Bruce Springsteen shares E Street Band revelation: \u201cI pay them a tremendous amount of money\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/syndication.abcaudio.com\/files\/2024-10-21\/M_BruceSpringsteenBandPerformanceRoadDiaries_102124.jpg\" alt><figcaption>Courtesy of Disney<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><strong>Bruce Springsteen<\/strong> asks a lot of his <strong>E Street Band<\/strong> members, but it turns out they&#8217;re very well compensated for their hard work.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">At a London screening of his new documentary, <\/span><em><span class=\"s1\">Road Diary: Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band<\/span><\/em><span class=\"s1\"> on Oct. 18, The Boss opened up about one of the secrets to his success with his band: cold, hard cash.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cI pay them a tremendous amount of money. That greases the wheels pretty good,&#8221; the 75-year-old rocker said, according to <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/bruce-springsteen-career-longevity-billionaire-pays-treats-band-well-2024-10\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span class=\"s1\">Business Insider<\/span><\/a><span class=\"s1\">. &#8220;And then, I&#8217;m a pretty nice boss. The truth is, you need to cast your band well.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">He added, &#8220;If you get the art right, the music right, and the band right, you go out and play every night like it&#8217;s your last night on Earth. That was the serial philosophy of the band, and we&#8217;re sticking to it.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">But according to E Street Band guitarist <strong>Stevie\u00a0Van Zandt<\/strong>, money isn\u2019t the reason why they got into the music business in the first place.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">&#8220;It was never a commercial enterprise,&#8221; Van Zandt said. &#8220;This has been an artistic adventure from the beginning.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">He added, \u201cSo anyone joining knew that was what they were getting into. Now, luckily, we found some commercial calling ground along the way, which was great.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><em><span class=\"s1\">Road Diary: Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band<\/span><\/em><span class=\"s1\"> debuts Friday on Hulu and Disney+.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Copyright \u00a9 2024, ABC Audio. 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