80’S TUESDAY: Cover Me by Bruce Springsteen - I tagged along one summer with a family friend to this barbecue/party on the NJ shore. Still being in college, I was expecting wild times. Well the “party” was pretty sedate and the crowd was definitely a generation or two removed. I made small talk and plotted my exit when someone introduced me to this drummer dude. We ended up chatting about music and bands and about a half an hour later he excused himself to leave. The person who introduced me came up later and asked what I thought of Max. He had a lot of great advice and encouraged me to pursue my music, but I forgot to ask what he was doing now. Apparently he was heading up a band for some late night show I never watched. I didn’t put it all together until much, much later.
Born in the USA may not be my favorite Springsteen album, but it is still a great album with seven hit singles and selling over fifteen million records. My favorite track is Cover Me, an all out rocker with some sweet guitar solos. I am glad Bruce decided to keep this one instead of going with his original plan to give it to Donna Summer. When I think about the music of New Jersey, this is one of the songs that comes to mind.
And Max, if you are reading this, thanks for the conversation and inspiration. I may not have pursued music as a career, but it is still very much a part of me.
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