Set Lusting Bruce: The Springsteen Podcast

In our official 100th episode, Jesse is proud to present an interview with Vini “Mad Dog” Lopez, founding member of the E Street Band and member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Vini & Jesse spend time talking about Vini’s musical journey, his love of singing and his side gig as a Caddy! Jesse’s Twitter @jessejacksonDFW Vini’s Facebook page = https://www.facebook.com/groups/1448056495431832/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Episode 100 Part 2 - Interview with Rob Southgate   As 100 episode week continues, Jesse is interviewed by Rob Southgate and they discuss the journey the podcast has been on and some of the things Jesse has learned about Springsteen Fandom and himself. Jesse’s Twitter @jessejacksonDFW   Jesse’s Twitter @jessejacksonDFW Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Episode 100 Part 1 Intro   It’s 100 episode week here at Set Lusting Bruce.  To start out the week we have a short episode talking about some of the behind the scenes stories of the podcast.   Jesse’s Twitter @jessejacksonDFW Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today in a special cross over episode, Jesse is joined by Junior and Bob (his fellow cohosts from the "How Many" podcast) to discuss and debate Bruce's two most pop friendly songs Dancing in the Dark and Glory Days. Hope you enjoy our discussion and we would love to hear which song you would have picked. Also if you like our banter, please check out our How Many podcast. Junior's Twitter @Mexican_Junior Bob's Twitter @lukewarmtallboy Jesse's Twitter @JesseJacksonDFW Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Episode 99 Michael Capehart - Set Lusting Bruce On this week’s episode of the podcast, Jesse is joined by Michael Capehart a self confessed Springsteen neophyte and they discuss Michael’s musical background and his thoughts on a selected number of Springsteen songs.  Hope you enjoy the discussion and please remember to go to iTunes to rate & review the podcast.  It is a great way to show your support for  the show.  Next week is the show’s big 100 episode week.  So be sure and subscribe to the podcast so you don’t miss an episode! Jesse’s Twitter @jessejacksonDFW Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Episode 98 Jeff and Dale - Set Lusting Bruce   As we continue to count down to episode 100, today we have two previous guests Dale and Jeff who join us to talk their Bruce friendship and share some “from the road” stories.  Jesse’s Twitter @jessejacksonDFW Dale’s Twitter @dhosack821 Jeff’s Twitter @JeffCalaway Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In our 4th Jackson Cage Match episode Jesse is joined by Andre Prevost to debate Darkness on the Edge of Town and Long Walk Home.  Two great songs, one a classic and the other from a Modern classic Magic.  Please let us know if we get it right.     The 100th episode of Set Lusting Bruce is happening soon.  I would love for you to send a voice mail congratulating the podcast and/or some comments about the podcast on my skype voice mail.  Call 214-736-3121 or email me an mp3 file.   Thanks   Andre Twitter @theandreprevost Jesse Jackson @JesseJacksonDFW Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

There was a party happening in the Wonderbar on Sunday 5/21 where over 200 hundred Spring-Nuts got together from across the world to share some laughter, some tears, a lot of music and many, many hugs.  Here is an episode with Amy, Howie and Julie sharing some of their special moments of the weekend. Next year, I will be there!   https://www.facebook.com/groups/SpringNuts/permalink/1549276398455899/   The 100th episode of Set Lusting Bruce is happening soon.  I would love for you to send a voice mail congratulating the podcast and/or some comments about the podcast on my skype voice mail.  Call 214-736-3121 or email me an mp3 file.   Thanks Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On this week’s episode, Jesse shares his top live Bruce Springsteen moments and reads listeners lists as well.  Hope you enjoy our thoughts and hope they bring back happy memories of you seeing Bruce and the band live.   Please download and share with your friends.  If you could take a few minutes to go to iTunes or where ever you download the podcast and subscribe, plus leave the show a review, it would be greatly appreciated.  We would love for you to send in any feedback on favorite shows, stories, etc to setlustingbruce@gmail.com or call us at 214-736-3121   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

As we continue to celebrate Born to Run Album week with a 2nd Jackson Cage Match episode.  Today Jesse is joined by Dale Hosak and they go right to the top.  They skip the many weeks of matches and go straight to the mother of all questions – Thunder Road or Born to Run!  Talk about an impossible choice!  However they do their best to pick one.  Let us know if we got it right or if we messed up totally. Please download and share with your friends.  If you could take a few minutes to go to iTunes or where ever you download the podcast and subscribe, plus leave the show a review, it would be greatly appreciated.  We would love for you to send in any feedback on favorite shows, stories, etc to setlustingbruce@gmail.com or call us at 214-736-3121   Dale’s Twitter  @dhosack821 Jesse’s Twitter @JesseJacksonDFW Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week is the Born to Run Album Jackson Cage Match episodes.  In today’s episode Jesse is joined by John Kelly from the Facebook page BruceBook and they debate Backstreets and Jungleland.  They debate two sentimental favorites and come up with their pick of which of the two songs win, they read comments from fans and also talk about the upcoming Brucebook convention happening in September.   Let us know if we got it right or if we messed up totally. Please download and share with your friends.  If you could take a few minutes to go to iTunes or where ever you download the podcast and subscribe, plus leave the show a review, it would be greatly appreciated.  We would love for you to send in any feedback on favorite shows, stories, etc to setlustingbruce@gmail.com or call us at 214-736-3121   BruceBook’s Facebook link  https://www.facebook.com/groups/112987355386159/ John’s Twitter – @jjk007 Jesse’s Twitter – @JesseJacksonDFW Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On this week’s episode of Set Lusting Bruce, Jesse is joined by Josh Reinitz & Kris DeBlasio.  They talk their long time friendship, their Springsteen story and how Kris puts a little Bruce into his classroom!  Please download and share the episode. Out 100th episode is coming up.  Please send thoughts, feedback, cheers or jeers to SetLustingBruce@Gmail.com or leave a voice mail at 214-736-3121 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Two songs enter, one one song leaves, Bella joins Jesse in a special Seeger themed song cage off.  They discuss This Land is your Land and We shall Overcome.  We come to a consensus, did we get it right?  Let us know by leaving a voice mail at 214-736-3121 or send us an email at SetLustingBruce@gmail.com Bella’s Twitter – @Bellapori Jesse’s Twitter – @JesseJacksonDFW Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

As a small way to express his thanks for all the love and support given to Jesse when he was in the hospital and to celebrate a new month, we will be putting out a few episodes of Set Lusting Bruce this week.  First off we have Craig from South Africa who joins Jesse for a 2nd visit.  They discuss Craig’s thoughts on The River tour, Bruce’s book and Craig’s hope for the band returning to South Africa.   Our 100th episode is coming up so please send in your thoughts about the show for us to use in our celebration of hitting 100 episodes.  Leave a voice mail at 214-736-3121 or email at SetLustingBruce@gmail.com Craig’s Twitter @Biggestbossfan Jesse’s Twitter @JesseJacksonDFW Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In September there is a party going down in Asbury Park New Jersey and you do need a ticket but we want you to come on board!  John J. Kelly joins Jesse today to talk about the Official 2017 Brucebook Convention happing in Asbury Park – September 22-24th. https://www.facebook.com/groups/112987355386159/?ref=bookmarks    Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week on Set Lusting Bruce, Jesse is visited by a friend from the past.  Niki aka Sarah Johns went to High School with Jesse and they spend some time talking about AM and Top 40 radio back in the day.  Sarah is a radio host on Rock 101! KKGB-FM 101.3FM .  She talks about her musical journey and her favorite songs and some special memories meeting some of our classic rock heroes.   Also the 100th episode of Set Lusting Bruce is coming up and we would love for you to send in any feedback on favorite shows, stories, etc to setlustingbruce@gmail.com or call us at 214-736-3121   http://www.kkgb.com/  Jesse’s Twitter @JesseJacksonDFW Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

As Jesse is going through his chemo treatments, he’s finding more time to record Set Lusting Bruce episodes.  In this week’s episode he’s joined by Jeff Calaway who also lives in the DFW area.  They talk about growing up in a small town, listening to the local sports station, how Bruce and Merle Haggard’s music have many similarities and in a post credits discussion father and son bonding activities.   By the way, we are slowly reaching the 100 episode.  It’s not too early to send in your comments about the show to SetLustingBruce@gmail.com or leave a voice mail about the 100th show or really any of our episodes at 214-736-3121   Jeff’s Twitter @JeffCalaway Jesse’s Twitter @JesseJacksonDFW   To follow Jesse’s journey of healing, here is a link to his CaringBridge site https://www.caringbridge.org/visit/jessejbloodbrothers Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

With all that is going on, I thought we could use a good laugh.  Ross Murray wrote a great column giving Mary’s version of the song Thunder Road.  It made me laugh and I couldn’t resist mashing the song and his column together.  I asked Karen who was my cohost on Storming the Castle to read Mary’s part.  I hope I did the column and the song justice.  I know that Karen is great as Mary.   Hope you enjoy this and it helps to make you smile.    Here is the link to the column - https://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/mary-487-thunder-road-neptune-nj    Karen’s Twitter – @aleveria Jesse’s Twitter – @JesseJacksonDFW Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

One of Bruce’s passions is raising money for food banks across the country.   He’s also a big supporter of WhyHunger the charity 4 founded in 1975 by the late musician Harry Chapin and Radio DJ Bill Ayres on the fundamental belief that access to nutritious food is a human right and hunger is a solvable problem in a world of abundance https://whyhunger.org/    A group of fans have decided to collect recipes submitted by Springsteen fans across the world and publish a cookbook that will be sold to raise money for Whyhunger.  For more details go to their Facebook page.  Jesse is joined by Candy Dawson to talk about the project.   Please send in your favorite recipe and then buy the book once it’s published.  https://www.facebook.com/hungry.hearts.recipes.to.the.rescue/ recipesannettedam@gmail.com designscandydawson@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

After an unplanned hospital stay, Jesse is back talking Bruce Springsteen & all that implies.  In this week's episode he is joined by Peter Chianca from Blogness on the Edge of Town discussing the blog's recent reader poll about what are the most Springsteen type songs of Bruce's songs.   It is always great to visit with Peter and they discuss their own choices and the reader's choices.    Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices