Concord author works with Bruce Springsteen on new film

The new biopic “Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere” follows the rock star figuring out what kind of rock star he wants to be. High off major albums and concert tours, Springsteen retreated to New Jersey and made an introspective, and definitely not commercial, album called “Nebraska.”

The basis for the movie is a book by Warren Zanes, an author from Concord, New Hampshire, who interviewed Springsteen and other artists about the musician’s process. He spoke with NHPR’s Morning Edition host Rick Ganley about his experience writing the book and making the movie.

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Warren, you were part of a big band in the 1980s around the Boston area known as The Del Fuegos. You crossed paths with Springsteen. He literally walked backstage at a show, didn't he?

Yeah. It was actually two year