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Boss w/ Danny Federici in concert
(Brucespringsteen.net.com)
Granted, it’s not a patriotic anthem of freedom or pride, and only nominally about Independence Day. "Sandy" was a composite of girls Springsteen knew growing up in New Jersey, and Asbury Park, a resort town that has gradually fallen into decay, is his "adopted" hometown where he hung out and played.
Here's the point: "Madam Marie" is dead, her great-granddaughter announced this week. Advertising herself as a psychic reader and adviser, Marie Castello had told fortunes on the Asbury Park Boardwalk since the Thirties. She became a figure of rock mythology thanks to Springsteen, when he paid tribute to her in "4th of July, Asbury Park (Sandy)." His lyric – "Well the cops finally busted Madame Marie for tellin' fortunes better than they do" – cemented her global celebrity.
The psychic was in her mid-90s when she died. Wonder if she saw this coming.
Also, Danny Federici, the longtime keyboard player for Springsteen's E Street Band who died of melanoma in April, played the accordion solo on "4th of July Asbury Park (Sandy)," one of his most noteworthy performances.
Worth investigating: The Hollies picked up on Springsteen's work as a songwriter earlier than a lot of other acts. Their beautiful rendition of "Sandy" turned the raw romanticism of Springsteen's original into lushly harmonized soft rock. It was the first song penned by Springsteen to chart, hitting #85 in 1975.
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