This story originally appeared in the Asbury Park Press on Feb 25, 2000. It's one of those perfect rock 'n' roll moments. His right hand strikes the opening chord on his weather-beaten old Telecaster.

Originally published Aug. 19, 1985 in the Bergen Record. They came to celebrate America and New Jersey and to welcome home ...

Bruce Springsteen and the Asbury Park Press go back a long way. Seven decades ago, APP, part of the USA TODAY Network, first wrote about Springsteen's music when his teenage band, the Castiles, played ...