Stations of The Boss, 4: Bruce Meets His Mother

“Mama…”

In 1977, Ronnie Spector, the spiritual mother of Bruce, recorded a single produced by His guitarist and bandleader, Miami Steve, and backed by His E Street Band. The involvement of The Boss had to be kept secret for fear of retaliation by former manager Mike Appel, with whom He was already involved in career-threatening litigation, litigation that His fans feared would threaten His mission.

However, the lawsuits brought forth by Appel could not contain His ability to put forth His message directly, on stage in His customary 7-hour concerts. Along with His E Street disciples and the support of Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes, The Boss continued to preach, and on a May night in Red Bank, New Jersey, at the Monmouth Arts Center, he experienced the fateful meeting with his “mother,” Ronnie Spector, that our artist for Station 4 of The Boss, Holly Niagra, of Windsor Locks, Connecticut, has interpreted after the jump…

“Bruce Meets His Mother,” by Holly Niagra

“It’s pretty straightforward,” explains Niagra, “Ronnie, as Bruce’s mother, has made her way on stage. All these years He had held her music close to Him, her voice nurtured, loved, and raised him, in a sense. At this moment she knew she had to face the end of His time with her. He is standing alongside her, trembling under the weight of the mic, but Mike Appel and his team of bloodsucking lawyers, represented by the centurian, is lurking in the wings, ready to tear them apart.”

The artist wiped a solitary tear while relating this to your reporter, but quickly composed herself and carried on. “The lawyers could stop them from recording together but they could not break the ties that bound them that night on stage in Red Bank.”

Holly Niagra