Rolling Stone - USA (2020-03)

38 | Rolling Stone | March 2020

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 (^) I’M ON FIRE
Bruce Springsteen admitted in his Broadway
show that he’s “never held an honest job in my
entire life!” Not the case for his son Sam, who
recently joined the Jersey City Fire Department.
Sam, 25, was sworn in to became a firefighter
after joining the department as a trainee over
the summer. “We’re very proud,” said Bruce,
who was on hand, mingling easily with Sam’s
new co-workers. Meanwhile, there are strong
indications that Springsteen is getting back to
work on his first LP with the E Street Band since
2009, recording a set of new songs at his home
studio in New Jersey and gearing up for a release
at some point in 2020. “I wrote almost an album’s
worth of material for the band,” he recently said.
“It just came out of almost nowhere.”
 (^) HIGH SEAS
Kris Kristofferson
hooked up with
reggae great Lee
Perry, who got
onboard at the
Jamaica stop of
the fifth annual
Outlaw Country
Cruise. On the trip,
Kristofferson sat in
on a songwriting
course taught by
Steve Earle, and
performed
alongside Earle,
Lucinda Williams,
and Shooter
Jennings at an
intimate concert.
TEAM TANYA
Amid her huge
comeback, Tanya
Tucker was honored
in Nashville by Margo
Price and others.