Bruce Springsteen put Asbury Park on the map.
Growing up in Freehold, New Jersey and living in this house in Belmar as a young adult,
he sang about where he lived.
Belmar is slightly south of Asbury Park, where all the clubs and The Stone Pony were.
He lived on the corner of E Street and 10th Avenue...
He named his band the "E Street Band" and sang a song, "10th Avenue Freeze Out",
which he wrote while living in this house.
"Greetings From Asbury Park" was the name of his first album.
Across the street is the Library, with this Fender Guitar on display.
He started his singing career at the Stone Pony.
To this day, he will make surprise appearances here and sing for hours.
He also sang at and makes surprise appearances here at the Wonder Bar.
These 2 Bars are 2 blocks from each other.
This statue of Bruce is located right by the
Stone Pony
Asbury Park is trying to make a come back.
It is rich with tradition, music is a huge element...it has such a cool vibe.
It has awesome beaches, a beautiful boardwalk,
and both elegant and casual dining.
We live about 20 minutes away and visit often.
8 comments:
I always associated Bruce with New Jersey. I didn’t realize you live so close to where he grew up!
Great post sharing Asbury Park and Bruce's home. It would be nice to see the town make a come back. Take care, enjoy your day and have a great weekend.
Every interview I have seen with him he seems like just a wonderful down to earth person.
cathy
Interesting! I didn't know any of that, and how cool to live so close to see it in person.
As NJ natives, we have been to Asbury Park but only a handful of times. Nice to read that it is making a comeback in recent years.
As a young girl in the 1960's, my dad always took us to Asbury Park . I enjoy reading your posts because I grew up in NJ and am familiar with so many of the things you blog about. I taught at a boarding school in Pennington NJ and one of my students was Bruce Springsteen's neighbor. He sometimes went to Springsteen's concert with him on Springsteen's private jet.
Debbie - what a coincidence that you should write this post now! We just saw Bruce in Calgary on November 16 - we went with our son and six other friends that live nearby. He was as fabulous as ever! They even performed "Santa Claus is coming to town"!
neat to see the house Bruce grew up in , it was pretty big, didn't know all this time why he called the band E Street band, wish the town luck to bring it back!
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