{"id":30917,"date":"2024-11-22T18:02:26","date_gmt":"2024-11-22T18:02:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/101gold\/on-this-day-nov-22-1950-e-street-band-guitarist-steven-van-zandt-was-born\/"},"modified":"2024-11-22T18:02:26","modified_gmt":"2024-11-22T18:02:26","slug":"on-this-day-nov-22-1950-e-street-band-guitarist-steven-van-zandt-was-born","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/101gold\/on-this-day-nov-22-1950-e-street-band-guitarist-steven-van-zandt-was-born\/","title":{"rendered":"On This Day, Nov. 22, 1950: E Street Band guitarist Steven Van Zandt was born"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/syndication.abcaudio.com\/files\/2024-11-22\/ABCAudio_ThisDayInHistory_v03_ag.jpg\" alt><\/figure>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">On This Day, Nov. 22, 1950 &#8230;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><strong>E Street Band<\/strong> guitarist <strong>Steven Van Zandt<\/strong>\u00a0was born in Winthrop, Massachusetts.\u00a0Born <strong>Steven Lento<\/strong>, he took the name Van Zandt after his mother remarried. The family then moved to New Jersey, where his musical career began.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">While performing with his bands on the Jersey Shore he met <strong>Bruce Springsteen<\/strong>, which would lead to a musical partnership that continues to this day.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Prior to joining the E Street band, Van Zandt, who&#8217;s gone by the nicknames Little Steven and Miami Steve, co-founded <strong>Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes<\/strong>. He also produced Southside Johnny\u2019s first three records.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Although he\u2019d worked with Springsteen for years, Van Zandt officially joined the E Street Band on guitar in 1975 and remained with the group until 1984, when he left to pursue\u00a0a solo career. He rejoined the band in 1995,\u00a0has been with them ever since and was inducted into the Rock &amp; Roll Hall of Fame with the group in 2014.<\/span>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">A solo artist and songwriter in his own right, Van Zandt wrote the all-star anti-apartheid song \u201cSun City.&#8221; He also penned the track \u201cI Am A Patriot,\u201d which has been covered by\u00a0<strong>Jackson Brown<\/strong>, <strong>Pearl Jam<\/strong> and more.<\/span>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">In 1999 Van Zandt\u00a0launched an acting career, starring as Silvio Dante in HBO\u2019s <\/span><em><span class=\"s1\">The Sopranos<\/span><\/em><span class=\"s1\">, and then in 2011 starred in <\/span><em><span class=\"s1\">Lilyhammer<\/span><\/em><span class=\"s1\">, Netflix\u2019s first original series.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Van Zandt\u00a0was recently the subject of an HBO documentary, <\/span><em><span class=\"s1\">Stevie Van Zandt: Disciple<\/span><\/em><span class=\"s1\">, which just earned a Grammy nomination.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Copyright \u00a9 2024, ABC Audio. 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