tHE E sTREEt BAnd

< Class of 2014

YEAR

2014

INDUCTED BY

Bruce Springsteen

Musical Excellence

Known for backing Bruce Springsteen in his storied performances, the E Street Band is a gang of musicians bursting with skill, soul and endurance.

The band’s abiding relationship gives them a trust, chemistry and improvisational skill that have thrilled audiences for more than forty years.

Clarence Clemons

Danny Federici

David Sancious

Garry Tallent

Max Weinberg

Nils Lofgren

Patti Scialfa

Roy Bittan

Steven Van Zandt

Vini Lopez

Bruce Springsteen Inducts the E Street Band

E Street Band Acceptance Speeches

"Kitty's Back"

"The E Street Shuffle"

"The River"

HALL OF FAME
ESSAY

By Dave Marsh

The E Street band has lasted more than forty years with an independent and highly individualized identity. The most essential albums of Bruce Springsteen’s career – Born to Run, Darkness on the Edge of Town, The River, Born in the USA., The Rising – are built around the group. Yet only four albums and an EP, all live except an anthology, bear the group’s name on the spine.

You could say that the ESB is the greatest instrument Springsteen plays. He recently said almost exactly that: “I write to live up to the band’s abilities and power onstage. That’s something that’s particularly significant. Even if these days, sometimes the guys are on the records, sometimes it’s someone else.