{"id":40802247948,"date":"2020-07-07T14:15:37","date_gmt":"2020-07-07T18:15:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/news\/?p=40802247948"},"modified":"2021-02-22T09:17:22","modified_gmt":"2021-02-22T14:17:22","slug":"springsteen-archives-checks-in-with-roy-bittan-during-whats-up-on-e-street","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/news\/springsteen-archives-checks-in-with-roy-bittan-during-whats-up-on-e-street\/","title":{"rendered":"Springsteen Archives Checks in With Roy Bittan During ‘What\u2019s Up on E Street?’"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Roy Bittan<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

E Street Band keyboardist Roy Bittan will be the featured guest on the second episode of “What\u2019s Up on E Street?,” a new online series presented by the Bruce Springsteen Archives and Center for American Music at Monmouth University.<\/p>\n

The new series highlights the individual members of the band and how they are dealing with the global COVID-19 pandemic. Topics covered include how they are spending their days, and how the pandemic is impacting their creativity.<\/p>\n

The episode goes live on Tuesday, July 14 at 10 a.m., and can be accessed on the Bruce Springsteen Archives & Center for American Music website<\/a>\u00a0or via the\u00a0Springsteen Archives\u2019 Facebook page<\/a>.<\/p>\n

“I think it\u2019s important to capture the impact of COVID while it\u2019s actually happening,” said music historian Bob Santelli, who created the series. “Getting impressions and feelings about what\u2019s going on in America these days, especially from members of the E Street Band, will serve a valuable purpose years from now.”<\/p>\n

“COVID has touched most every part of the music business,” said Bittan from his home in southern California. “Tours and recording sessions have been cancelled. The whole music scene is on hold. But musicians like me get to play for ourselves and for loved ones. So, I\u2019m keeping busy, but long for the day when things get back to normal.”<\/p>\n

Bittan is the longtime keyboards player in the E Street Band. Joining with Springsteen in 1974, Bittan has provided the memorable piano solos in Springsteen\u2019s vast catalogue of songs. “Born to Run,” a Springsteen album steeped in the piano, featured Bittan\u2019s keyboard work on such signature tracks as “Backstreets,” “Thunder Road,” and “Jungleland.” Nicknamed the “Professor” for his studied take on music and his college education, Bittan is also accomplished producer and session musician, having worked with David Bowie, Jackson Browne, Stevie Nicks, Bob Seger, and many others.<\/p>\n

About the Springsteen Archives: \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Bruce Springsteen Archives and Center for American Music at Monmouth University serves as the official archival repository for Bruce Springsteen\u2019s written works, photographs, periodicals, and artifacts.\u00a0 The Center preserves and promotes the legacy of Bruce Springsteen and his role in American music, while honoring and celebrating icons of American music like Woody Guthrie, Robert Johnson, Hank Williams, Frank Sinatra, and others.\u00a0 The Archives comprise nearly 35,000 items from 47 countries, ranging from books and concert memorabilia to articles and promotional materials. The collection serves the research and informational needs of music fan, scholars, authors, and others with a serious interest in the life and career of Bruce Springsteen. Access to the collection is available by appointment only. Contact Eileen Chapman at the Bruce Springsteen Archives and Center for American Music at 732-571-3512 or\u00a0echapman@monmouth.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

E Street Band keyboardist Roy Bittan will be the featured guest on the second episode of “What\u2019s Up on E Street?,” a new online series presented by the Bruce Springsteen Archives and Center for American Music at Monmouth University. The new series highlights the individual members of the band and how they are dealing with […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":443,"featured_media":40802247951,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[804,414],"tags":[],"person":[],"audience":[14,17,11,8,29],"school":[],"program":[],"class_list":["post-40802247948","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bruce-springsteen-archives-and-center-for-american-music","category-campus-life","audience-alumni","audience-community-member","audience-current-student","audience-faculty","audience-media"],"squareimage":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40802247948","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/443"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=40802247948"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40802247948\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":40802253112,"href":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40802247948\/revisions\/40802253112"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/40802247951"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40802247948"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40802247948"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40802247948"},{"taxonomy":"person","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/person?post=40802247948"},{"taxonomy":"audience","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/audience?post=40802247948"},{"taxonomy":"school","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/school?post=40802247948"},{"taxonomy":"program","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/program?post=40802247948"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}