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Larry Campbell He still remembers the voice message he received earlier this spring, from a family voice: “Here is the Bruce Springsteen. You know, I’m the husband of PATTI SIALFA. ”

Campbell knew that Springsteen I was talking in a joke. The veteran guitarist’s curriculum includes a seven -year period in the Bob Dylan from 1997 and studio sessions with Dylan, Paul Simon, Levon Helm, ROSANNE CASH And virtually all the legends of American music of the last half century. (He also toured and recorded with his wife, the singer Teresa Williams.) Their connections with the house of Springsteen and SCIALFA They are also old. In the eighty years, Campbell he knew SCIALFA When the two sang and played together in bands at the New York Club scene, he met Springsteen at a bassist’s birthday party And street band, Garry Tallentand participated in one of the albums of SCIALFA. He was briefly the boss chief: in 2003, Springsteen played guitar in an album that Campbell Coproduced to their friend, Soozie Tyrell.

Even with this history, Campbell was surprised when he returned the call from Springsteen And he heard what was coming.Springsteen: Save me from the unknownthe film about the period of crisis that led to the creation of the minimalist Nebraska In 1982, he was in the midst of filming. In the last four decades, Springsteen included all 10 songs on the album on their setlists, either on solo or with the And street band. But, until that connection to Campbellhe had never touched the entire album from beginning to end with the same minimalist accompaniment. And with the movie on the way, it seemed to be the right time. “He said the songs had never been performed the way they were recorded, and that he needed a second guitarist, and asked if I would be interested and would have time to do that.”remember Campbell. “I said, ‘Wow, let me think about it… Yes.’”

Campbell It remembered well the release of Nebraska and how he stood out from the catalog of Springsteen and the music scene of the time. “I’m an old fan of heart folk”he says. “And a guy with a guitar telling a story, if done well, wins me on the spot. I was showing one side of the Bruce That I certainly didn’t know it existed, and I really respected what he was doing when that album was released. ”

After accepting the invitation and knowing that the keyboardist of the And street band, Charlie Giordanowould be the only other musician in the project, Campbell started your preparation listening again Nebraska and focusing on the subtle overdubs that Springsteen He added to his voice and guitar base. “I had heard that album many times, but I didn’t pay attention to what was happening instrumentally, because there was not much happening instrumentally”he says. “Bruce He asked me to hear the tracks and be faithful to the parts of the second guitar that were there. This required a lot of attention to what was happening. His engineer even sent me some of those separate guitar parts, because in the mix they are not very distinguishable. ”

With the recording scheduled for just a few weeks later, Campbell started playing with the disc, trying to match the rhythmic footprint of “Open All Night”, “Johnny 99” and “State Trooper”and the delicate folk cadences in “My Father’s House” and in the title track of the album. “It was impossible to take note by note everything that was touched, but I wanted to absorb the vibe and the chord inversions“He says. “As soon as I thought I felt and got the way, I moved to the next song.”

In what Campbell flame of “One of those moments of pinching yourself to see if it’s real”he is Giordanowho would contribute with synthesizer and celestial to replicate the subtle parts of Glockenspiel, met in the home studio of Springsteen In New Jersey, rehearsing the material for the first time as a trio. To recreate the mandolin of Springsteen in songs like “Atlantic City”, Campbell brought his own instrument and borrowed one of the 12 string guitars Springsteen for other songs.

After just a few days of warming, the musicians, the team and the director Thom Zimnywho worked in five films of Springsteen (Including the done from the shows Springsteen On Broadway), met at Count Basie Center for the Arts in neighboring Red Bank without the presence of the audience. Upon arriving at the place, Campbell realized how secret everything was; There were no fans circulating there. “I wasn’t thinking about it or aware of it”he says. “Any intrigue was just superfluous for what we were doing. Everything was very discreet.”

While the musicians got ready on stage, facing the row of empty seats, Campbell It began to understand the logic behind that scenario, even if it was not fully explained to it. “This may be a projection of mine, but that feeling of emptiness contributed to the vibe of everything,” He says. “I was watching Thom Filming, and the austerity of all that, to me, was the proper illustration of the stories of that album. It really captured the landscape of this work. I felt Thom I wanted to record the performance of Bruce in a movie in a way that really highlighting that darkness. ”

In the following hours, the musicians started working, recording various takes of each song from the Nebraska. Campbell recalls that the musicians moved efficiently from one song to another, with what he calls a “huge amount” of guitars behind him and Springsteen. “It was like: ‘Let’s do it as if we were in a recording studio, make this song and then the next’”he says. “It was work. As the filming advanced, Campbell watched Springsteen and Zimny gather after each take: “Thom said, ‘Okay, that’s great,’ and if the Bruce We agreed, we went ahead. ” Second Campbellthe trio did not try to play any songs that were not on the album, but, as some versions of each song played, that means that now there is an alternative live version of Nebraska in the files.

When recording and filming were completed, the project ended almost quickly as it began. “Bruce It was very courteous and thought that everything went very well, and then each one went their way ”it says Campbell. He hasn’t seen the full movie of the Zimnywhich will be included in the box Nebraska ’82: Expanded Editionto be released on October 17. But even with the short period of the project, Campbell He believes he got a deeper understanding of the album. “That landscape he created with that record was a really interesting and emotionally moving place to be for a few days,” He says. “I am very anxious for the next collaboration, if it will happen.”

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