🎸 Author Peter Ames Carlin takes us behind the scenes of Born to Run - the madness and the magic 🎷 From obsessive perfectionism to Clarence’s epic 18-hour sax solo session, plus the story behind the iconic album cover 🎤🔥 episode artwork

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🎸 Author Peter Ames Carlin takes us behind the scenes of Born to Run - the madness and the magic 🎷 From obsessive perfectionism to Clarence’s epic 18-hour sax solo session, plus the story behind the iconic album cover 🎤🔥

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Born to Run was released in 1975 50 years later we're still playing it and talking about it.There's a new book is entitled “Tonight in Jungleland: The making of Born to Run"Author Peter Ames Carlin joined us  to talk:-Would a 9 minute song like Jungleland make it today -How his OCD and perfectionism almost drove him crazy making B2R-It took between 12 - 18 hours to nail down Clarence's Jungleland sax solo (we feel for the Big Man)-"...beyond the palace hemi-powered drones ..." what the heck does that mean???-How did they finally end up with (now iconic) B2R album cover...and so much more ...  To subscribe to The Pete McMurray Show Podcast just click here

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