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Springsteen’s version of Thompson’s story

by Lindsay Barnes
published 10:37am Friday Apr 25, 2008
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As he recounted in this week’s cover story, Richmond songwriter Robbin Thompson’s first gig with Bruce Springsteen in the band Steel Mill was an eventful one, ending in a riot with New Jersey police after the band played past curfew. This week, Springsteen told his version of that story while eulogizing fellow Steel Miller and longtime E Street Band organ player Danny Federici, who died last week at age 58 after a long battle with melanoma. #

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