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Why Bruce Springsteen's depression revelation matters

  • Written by Alex Lubet, Morse Alumni Distinguished Teaching Professor of Music, University of Minnesota

E Street lead guitarist Steve Van Zandt once said Bruce Springsteen never took drugs because he was afraid he might reprise his father’s depression. It turns out that Springsteen was suffering from mental illness all along.

Much of the buzz surrounding Bruce Springsteen’s new memoir “Born to Run” has been about the rock...

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