JerseyGirl
Senior Member
A friend and I thought this would be a fun thread for all of us. Let's pick an artist (your favorite or just any artist) and post what they did before they hit it big...whether it be a crazy job they had or their humble beginnings in the music industry. I'll start with an artist close to my heart...Bruce Springsteen. He actually didn't have a job, but went right into music.
Springsteen had been inspired to take up music at the age of seven after seeing Elvis Presley on The Ed Sullivan Show. At 13, his mother bought him his first guitar for $18; later, she took out a loan to buy the 16-year-old Springsteen a $60 Kent guitar, as he later memorialized in his song "The Wish".
In 1965, he went to the house of Tex and Marion Vinyard, who sponsored young bands in town. They helped him become lead guitarist and subsequently the lead singer of The Castiles. The Castiles recorded two original songs at a public recording studio in Brick Township and played a variety of venues, including Cafe Wha? in Greenwich Village. Marion Vinyard said that she believed the young Springsteen when he promised he would make it big.
The Castile's
I had the pleasure of meeting Tex and Marion Vinyard on a few occasions. Extremely nice people. I was at their home one time and Tex was showing me and my friends his scrap books of Bruce. I looked at one picture and there was Bruce sitting on the exact spot on the couch I was. I was a very happy girl lol! Bruce was very close to Tex until the day he passed away. He is still very close to Marion.
Springsteen had been inspired to take up music at the age of seven after seeing Elvis Presley on The Ed Sullivan Show. At 13, his mother bought him his first guitar for $18; later, she took out a loan to buy the 16-year-old Springsteen a $60 Kent guitar, as he later memorialized in his song "The Wish".
In 1965, he went to the house of Tex and Marion Vinyard, who sponsored young bands in town. They helped him become lead guitarist and subsequently the lead singer of The Castiles. The Castiles recorded two original songs at a public recording studio in Brick Township and played a variety of venues, including Cafe Wha? in Greenwich Village. Marion Vinyard said that she believed the young Springsteen when he promised he would make it big.
The Castile's
I had the pleasure of meeting Tex and Marion Vinyard on a few occasions. Extremely nice people. I was at their home one time and Tex was showing me and my friends his scrap books of Bruce. I looked at one picture and there was Bruce sitting on the exact spot on the couch I was. I was a very happy girl lol! Bruce was very close to Tex until the day he passed away. He is still very close to Marion.
