Episode 85: Stevie Van Zandt

He came of age when rock n’ roll was entering a Renaissance. Stevie Van Zandt was a teenager in New Jersey when the Beatles made an appearance on the Ed Sullivan show. After that life was never the same. Stevie was a teenager when he met another music freak named Bruce Springsteen. He joined the E Street band. He quit the E Street band. Leaving, he said, was the worst decision he ever made. But Stevie recovered, becoming a political activist and an actor, landing the role of Silvio, Tony Soprano’s right hand man in The Sopranos. Now, Stevie has written a memoir called Unrequited Infatuations. We laugh a lot talking about music, the glory years and what to do when you realize you’ve screwed up your life.