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Steven Van Zandt

Steven Van Zandt (né Lento; born November 22, 1950), also known as Little Steven or Miami Steve, is an American musician and actor. He is a member of Bruce Springsteen's E Street Band, in which he plays guitar and mandolin. He has appeared in several television drama series, including as Silvio Dante in The Sopranos (1999–2007) and as Frank Tagliano in Lilyhammer (2012–2014). Van Zandt has his own solo band called Little Steven and the Disciples of Soul, intermittently active since the 1980s.

Steven Van Zandt
Van Zandt in June 2018
Background information
Birth nameSteven Lento
Also known as
  • Little Steven
  • Miami Steve
Born (1950-11-22) November 22, 1950 (age 73)
Watertown, Massachusetts, U.S.
OriginMiddletown Township, New Jersey, U.S.
Genres
Occupation(s)
  • Musician
  • singer
  • songwriter
  • producer
  • actor
Instrument(s)
  • Guitar
  • vocals
  • mandolin
Years active1968–present
Labels
Member ofE Street Band
Formerly ofSouthside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes
Websitelittlesteven.com

In 2014, Van Zandt was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of the E Street Band. Van Zandt has produced music, written songs, and had his own songs covered by Springsteen, Meat Loaf, Nancy Sinatra, Pearl Jam, Southside Johnny, Artists United Against Apartheid, and the Iron City Houserockers, among others.

Early life edit

Van Zandt was born Steven Lento on November 22, 1950, in Winthrop, Massachusetts, to Mary Henrietta Lento and Vince Borello, and raised in Watertown, Massachusetts.[1] He has Italian ancestry; one grandfather was from Calabria and one grandmother's parents were from Naples.[2]

His mother, Mary, remarried in 1957, and he took the last name of his stepfather, William Brewster Van Zandt. Actor Billy Van Zandt is Van Zandt's half-brother and actress Adrienne Barbeau is his ex-sister-in-law.[3] He also has a half-sister named Kathi, who is a writer.[4]

When he was seven, the family moved from Massachusetts to Middletown Township, New Jersey.[5][4]

Van Zandt found his love for music at an early age, when he learned how to play the guitar. He watched the performances of the Beatles on The Ed Sullivan Show and the Rolling Stones on Hollywood Palace in 1964, and referred to the former as "The Big Bang of Rock n' Roll".[6][7] He said that when he was 13, George Harrison was his favorite Beatle, and he later became friends with Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr.[8]

Around August 1964, he formed his first band, the Whirlwinds, which was short-lived. He later formed the Mates in 1965 and joined the Shadows in May 1966.[7] Van Zandt has cited British Invasion bands such as the Dave Clark Five, as well as Ravi Shankar and the culture of India, as early influences.[9][10]

Van Zandt attended Middletown High School in Middletown Township, New Jersey,[11] where he was expelled after refusing to cut his long hair. He later returned to school in 1968, largely to appease his mother.[12][13] As a teenager, he was involved in a car accident that caused him to smash his head through the windshield, leaving several scars on his head. To cover this up, he began wearing hats, and later, large bandanas, which has become his characteristic look.[14]

Career edit

 
Van Zandt and Bruce Springsteen during the Working on a Dream Tour in Valladolid, Spain, in August 2009

Van Zandt grew up in the Jersey Shore music scene, and was an early friend and pre-E Street Band colleague of Bruce Springsteen. The two first met when Springsteen was at the Hullabaloo club in Middletown, Vermont, and heard Van Zandt was performing "Happy Together" with the Shadows.[15] They performed together in bands such as Steel Mill and the Bruce Springsteen Band.[16]

During the early 1970s, Van Zandt worked in road construction for two years, before returning to show business.[17][18]

In 1973, he toured with The Dovells. The tour ended in Miami on December 31, 1974, with Dick Clark's Good Old Rock 'n' Roll Show at the Deauville Star Theater.[19]

After returning to New Jersey, Van Zandt continued wearing Hawaiian shirts because he did not particularly like winter, which was how he got the nickname "Miami Steve".[20][21]

Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes edit

He co-founded Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes, in addition to The Miami Horns,[22] who got their name from Van Zandt's nickname. Van Zandt helped establish the rhythm and blues oriented style of music that the band performed. He also produced Southside Johnny's first three albums. Overall, Van Zandt wrote a significant bulk of Southside Johnny's music which helped provide them with the success that they achieved.[23]

E Street Band edit

Van Zandt then started to switch between writing for Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes and touring with the E Street Band. He confirmed in an interview on The Howard Stern Show that he arranged the horns on "Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out" in 1975 when Springsteen was at a loss, earning him a spot in the E Street Band shortly thereafter.[17][24] In the Wings For Wheels documentary, Springsteen revealed that Van Zandt was partially responsible for the signature guitar line in "Born to Run," described as "Arguably Steve's greatest contribution to my music."[25] Ultimately, Van Zandt officially joined the E Street Band on July 20, 1975, during the first show of the Born to Run Tour.[16][24]

In those early years, Van Zandt supplied a great deal of the lead guitar work for the band in concert, as can be seen on the 1975 concert DVD within Born to Run 30th Anniversary Edition (later released as the CD Hammersmith Odeon London '75).[17] In 1984, Van Zandt left the E Street Band.[26] He originally joined to see Springsteen rise in success, and once the band rose to that success he left.[27][28] Despite leaving the band, he appeared as a special guest at some concerts on the Born in the U.S.A. Tour and appeared in a couple of videos, including "Glory Days".

Van Zandt later returned to the E Street Band when it was reformed (briefly in 1995, and on an ongoing basis since 1999) and remains a member. By this time, his guitar playing had mostly been reduced to a background rhythm role, due to Nils Lofgren's position in the band and his capability as a lead guitarist.[26] In addition, Springsteen had begun taking many more guitar solos as his music became more guitar-centered.[17] Van Zandt said on the Howard Stern Show that he is okay with being second in command, especially since he has been in charge before with his solo music and his role in Lilyhammer.[17][29]

Among E Street Band members, Van Zandt often had the second-most "face time" in concert after Clarence Clemons, frequently mugging and posing for the audience and sometimes delivering his unpolished, nasal backing vocals while sharing a microphone with Springsteen. His playing or singing is most prominently featured on the songs "Glory Days", "Two Hearts", "Long Walk Home", which featured a Van Zandt outro vocal solo during live performances[30] "Land of Hope and Dreams", "Badlands", "Ramrod", and "Murder Incorporated", among others like the live versions of "Rosalita". He often trades vocals with Springsteen in live versions of "Prove It All Night". He features prominently in the video for "Glory Days", sharing the spotlight with Springsteen during the choruses, while swapping lines with him during the (non)fade, and in live versions he does the same.[31] During the E Street Band's performance at the Super Bowl in 2009, Van Zandt was the most prominently featured member of the band, playing a guitar solo on the final number of the set, "Glory Days," as well as sharing lead vocals and exchanging humorous banter with Springsteen.[32][33][34]

Songwriter, arranger, producer edit

Van Zandt became a songwriter and producer for fellow Jersey shore act Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes in 1974, penning their signature song "I Don't Want to Go Home", co-writing other songs for them with Springsteen, and producing their most-acclaimed record, Hearts of Stone.[35] As such, Van Zandt became a key contributor to the Jersey Shore sound. He also produced two Gary U.S. Bonds albums.[36] Van Zandt then went on to share production credits on the classic Springsteen albums The River[35] and Born in the U.S.A.[36] The first Springsteen song he co-produced was "Hungry Heart."[17] In 1989, Jackson Browne covered the 1983 Van Zandt composition "I Am A Patriot" on his World in Motion album.[37] Van Zandt has produced a number of other records, including an uncredited effort on the Iron City Houserockers' Have A Good Time (But Get Out Alive).[38] Less successful was his work on Lone Justice's second album Shelter, which was a career-ending flop for the Los Angeles cowpunk band.[39]

In 1989, Van Zandt wrote "While You Were Looking at Me" for Michael Monroe's album Not Fakin' It and co-wrote video hits "Dead, Jail or Rock'n Roll" and "Smoke Screen". He was an arranger and backing vocalist for a few songs on the album.[40] In 1992, he produced Austin TX-based Arc Angels' debut album.[41] In 1991 Van Zandt produced a successful album, Spirit of Love, for Nigerian superstar and reggae icon, Majek Fashek.[42] In 1992, Van Zandt wrote and produced "All Alone on Christmas" for the soundtrack of the Chris Columbus film Home Alone 2: Lost in New York, which yielded singer Darlene Love her first hit since "A Fine, Fine Boy" from 1963, thirty-one years earlier.[43]

In 1994, Van Zandt produced the eponymous debut album of the punk rock band Demolition 23 which featured ex-Hanoi Rocks members Michael Monroe and Sami Yaffa. Van Zandt also co-wrote six songs for the album with Monroe and Jude Wilder.[44] In 1995, Van Zandt aided Meat Loaf with the song "Amnesty Is Granted" off of his Welcome to the Neighborhood album.[45] In 2004, he contributed the song "Baby Please Don't Go" to Nancy Sinatra's self-titled album.[46]

Solo artist edit

 
Van Zandt onstage during the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival in 2012

During the summer of 1981, EMI-America approached Van Zandt with a record deal due to his success with the E Street Band, Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes, and Gary U.S. Bonds. He began fronting an on-and-off group known as Little Steven and the Disciples of Soul, while Springsteen was working on Nebraska. The band included Dino Danelli on drums, Jean Beauvoir on bass, and the Miami Horns. They made their live debut at the Peppermint Lounge on July 18, 1982. In October 1982, Van Zandt's debut album, Men Without Women, was released. This album earned the most critical praise and Jay Cocks of TIME magazine dubbed it one of the ten best albums of the year.[47] Van Zandt released four more solo albums, and has written that these albums are each elements in a five-part political concept cycle: the individual, the family, the state, the economy, and religion.[48] These albums range from soul music to hard rock to world music. Van Zandt's second album, Voice of America, did the best on the U.S. albums chart, although none of his albums were much of a commercial success.

After touring with the E Street Band during The River Tour in 1980–81, he started to realize and understand the perceptions of Americans held by people in other countries. He started to become interested in politics and, with Voice of America, his music became explicitly political.[17] One of the album's leading singles, "Solidarity", is a general statement of international common ground.[49]

In April 1984, shortly before the release of Born in the U.S.A. and Voice of America, Van Zandt left the E Street Band, but rejoined in 1999.[50]

Continuing his involvement in issues of the day, in 1985 he created the music-industry activist group Artists United Against Apartheid as an action against the Sun City resort in South Africa. Forty-nine recording artists, including Springsteen, U2, Bob Dylan, Pete Townshend, Joey Ramone, Tom Petty, Afrika Bambaataa, and Run DMC, collaborated on a song called "Sun City" in which they pledged to never perform at the resort.[51] The song was modestly successful, and played a part in the broad international effort to bring attention to apartheid, which the South African government later ended.[52] Van Zandt also produced the award-winning documentary The Making of Sun City and oversaw the production of the book, Sun City by Artists United Against Apartheid, the Struggle for Freedom in South Africa: The Making of the Record, as well as the teaching guide.[36][53]

In 1987, he released the album Freedom - No Compromise, which continued the political messaging. Some U.S. appearances in that year as opening act for U2's arena-and-stadium Joshua Tree Tour continued in the same vein, but were not well received by some audiences.[54][55] Both the record and his concerts were popular in Europe.[56] He also performed at the "Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Tribute" concert at Wembley Stadium in 1988.[36]

His fourth album, 1989's Revolution, attracted little attention. Later in 1989, Van Zandt recorded another album, Nobody Loves and Leaves Alive with his garage band The Lost Boys.[57] Although the album remains unreleased, several tracks from it were heard on the Sopranos and Lilyhammer television shows: including "Nobody Loves and Leaves Alive", "Affection", and "Come for Me".[58][59][60] "Affection" appeared on The Sopranos: Peppers & Eggs (Music From the HBO Original Series).[61]

Due to a loss of recording contract, his next album, Born Again Savage, which was recorded in 1994, was not released until 1999.[50][62] In 1995, Van Zandt wrote, produced, and sang "The Time of Your Life" for the soundtrack to the film Nine Months. He also toured with Bon Jovi during the first European leg of their These Days Tour.[63][64][65]

Van Zandt's song "Under The Gun" was covered by Carla Olson & The Textones on their Detroit '85 Live & Unreleased album which was released in 2008.[66] Another of his songs, "All I Needed Was You", appeared on the 2013 Carla Olson album Have Harmony, Will Travel.[67]

On April 29, 2013, Van Zandt performed a cover of Frank Sinatra's "My Kind of Town" at a Springsteen concert in Oslo, Norway, during the Wrecking Ball Tour.[68] Although the song was featured in the Lilyhammer season one episode "My Kind of Town,"[69] it was not released as a single until September 23, 2014, when it was "the Coolest Song in the World" on Underground Garage to help promote the show.[70] It was released under the title "Frank Tagliano Sings! My Kind of Town" and the lyrics were changed to be about Lillehammer, Norway, instead of Chicago.[71] Van Zandt performed the song on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon on December 9, 2014, to help promote the series.[72] Van Zandt performed all the music for Lilyhammer from season 2 on[73] and released Lilyhammer: The Score on December 16, 2014.[74]

Van Zandt reformed his band, the Disciples of Soul, for the first time since 1990[75] to play their only European show of 2016 at the O2 Indigo Lounge in London for BluesFest on October 29, 2016.[76] The new Disciples included Richie Sambora and Marc Ribler on guitar, Eddie Manion on saxophone, Hook Herrara on harmonica, Leo Green on tenor sax, Richard Mecurio on drums, Jack Daley on bass, Andy Burton on B3 organ, Clifford Carter on piano, Danny Sadownick on percussion, Tommy Walsh and Matt Holland on trumpet, Neil Sidwell on trombone, George Millard on flute, and a women's section called the Divas of Soul (Julie Maguire, Sarah Carpenter and Jess Greenfield) on backing vocals. They played a series of Van Zandt's own solo songs, songs he wrote for Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes, a song he co-wrote for the Breakers, cover songs, and "Goodbye", a song that he performed with the Lost Boys.[77][78] His plans included a European tour during the summer of 2017 and a tour of the United States in the fall.[79][80] Van Zandt insists that he is not leaving the E Street Band and he is only touring because the band is not on the road.[81]

Van Zandt announced in November 2016 that he was in the process of remastering and reissuing his albums for a 2017 release,[82] including the unreleased Lost Boys album.[83][84] Additionally, Van Zandt has stated that he was planning on releasing a new cover album, including a cover of Etta James' "The Blues Is My Business",[85] as well as new recordings of songs Van Zandt wrote for others, including Southside Johnny, that he describes as "me covering me."[86][87] The album is a soul record, composed of a 15 piece band including 5 horns and 3 singers.[88] Van Zandt revealed that Richie Mercurio plays drums on the album.[89]

On February 9, 2017, Van Zandt released "Saint Valentine's Day," a cover of the song, "Saint Valentine's Day Massacre," that he originally wrote for the Cocktail Slippers, as a single.[90] The song was repeatedly played on the Underground Garage radio show.[91][92][93][94][95][96]

He debuted his new album at the annual Rock and Roll for Children event at the Fillmore Theater in Silver Spring, Maryland, on March 18, 2017.[97][98] Van Zandt debuted a doo-wop song called "The City Weeps Tonight," that was an outtake from Men Without Women. At the end of the show, he covered "Bye Bye Johnny" as a tribute to the late Chuck Berry. According to Backstreets, Van Zandt's new album was going to be called Soulfire, titled after the song he co-wrote for the Breakers.[99] The album was officially released on May 19, 2017.[100]

Van Zandt released his first official live album, Soulfire Live!, recorded with the Disciples of Soul during their 2017 tour of the same name, on April 27, 2018, via iTunes.[101] A 7 LP vinyl box set, CD, and two-disc Blu-ray video were released on February 15, 2019, via Wicked Cool Records/UMe.[102][103] Consisting of the best performances from their North American and European concerts, the collection feature Little Steven and his 15-strong band taking you on a musical history lesson as they blast through an arsenal of songs spanning rock, pop, soul, blues, funk, doo-wop, reggae and everything in between. Of note, is a performance of "I Saw Her Standing There" recorded at The Roundhouse in London with a special appearance by Paul McCartney.[104]

Little Steven and the Disciples of Soul recorded a cover of Elvis Presley's "Santa Claus Is Back in Town", featuring actor Kurt Russell on lead vocals, for the 2018 film The Christmas Chronicles.[105][106]

On March 8, 2019, Van Zandt announced the May 3, 2019, CD, digital and vinyl release of Summer of Sorcery via Wicked Cool/UME. It was written, arranged, and produced by him at his Renegade Studios in New York City and marks his first new album of original material in 20 years.[107] A tour for the album began in May 2019, but was cancelled in September 2019 due to illness.[108][109][110]

Van Zandt finally reissued his albums in the 7 LP and 4-CD box set, Rock N Roll Rebel: The Early Work, released on December 6, 2019. Limited to 1,000 copies, it includes the first United States pressing of 1989's Revolution, as well as the first vinyl release of Born Again Savage, originally released in 1999.[111] The box set also includes rare outtakes and live performances. The Lost Boys album, however, remains unreleased. Van Zandt stated that the album contains his favorite songs that he recorded and wants to wait until the album can be "properly promoted."[57][112]

Actor edit

Until 1999, Van Zandt had no professional acting experience. His main focus had been music, whether it was the multiple bands he participated in, groups he composed pieces for, or music he wrote on his own. Then, he was asked to play a part in The Sopranos, and from there on, acting became part of Van Zandt's career.

The Sopranos edit

In 1999, Van Zandt took one of the lead roles in The Sopranos, playing level-headed but deadly mob consigliere and strip club owner Silvio Dante. The casting choice was made by series creator David Chase, who invited Van Zandt to audition after seeing him induct The Rascals at the 1997 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and being impressed with his humorous appearance and presence.[113] Though Van Zandt had never acted before, he auditioned for the role of Tony Soprano. HBO felt that the role should go to an experienced actor, however, so Chase wrote a part especially for Van Zandt.[114][113] Van Zandt eventually agreed to star on the show as Silvio Dante, and his real-life spouse Maureen (née Santoro) was cast as his on-screen wife Gabriella.[115][116][117]

Tussles in Brussels edit

Van Zandt recorded the narration for The Hives biography on their concert DVD Tussles in Brussels (2004).

Hotel Cæsar edit

In 2010, Van Zandt appeared as himself in the Norwegian soap opera Hotel Cæsar, broadcast on Norway's biggest commercial channel TV2 Norway.[118] He also appeared on Scandinavia's largest talkshow Skavlan.

Lilyhammer edit

In 2011, he starred in, co-wrote, and was the executive producer for an English and Norwegian language series entitled Lilyhammer, the first original Netflix series that was produced in collaboration with Norwegian broadcaster NRK.[17] The name recalls the city of Lillehammer, which hosted the 1994 Winter Olympics.[119][120] On the show, Van Zandt portrays a Sopranos-like role of an ex-mafioso who enters the witness protection program and flees to Norway to escape a colleague against whom he testified.[17] The show premiered on NRK television on January 25, 2012, with an audience of 998,000 viewers (one fifth of Norway's population),[121][122] and ran for three seasons before being cancelled in 2015.[123][124]

The Irishman edit

Van Zandt appears in the Martin Scorsese-produced gangster epic The Irishman as singer Jerry Vale, lip-syncing Vale's Al Di La.[125]

Radio host and entrepreneur edit

Radio host edit

Since 2002, Van Zandt has hosted Little Steven's Underground Garage, a weekly syndicated radio show that celebrates garage rock and similar rock subgenres from the 1950s to the present day. As of December 2006, the show is heard on over 200 US radio stations and in some international markets. For example, in Spain it has beamed through Rock & Gol since 2007 and later on Rock FM Radio in Finland; Radio Helsinki started beaming Little Steven's Underground Garage in August 2008.[126]

On October 20, 2011, the program recorded its 500th show in front of a sold-out crowd at the Hard Rock Cafe in New York's Times Square. The guests included the band Green Day; Steve Buscemi, star of The Sopranos and Boardwalk Empire; Vincent Pastore, aka "Big Pussy Bonpensiero" from The Sopranos; actor and director Tim Robbins; and singer Debbie Harry of the group Blondie.[127]

Program director edit

Van Zandt is also the program director for two radio channels for the Sirius Satellite Radio network. The channels continuously broadcast on satellite radio in the US, and worldwide on Sirius Internet Radio. One channel, named Underground Garage, has the same philosophy and musical mandate as his own radio show. On-air hosts on the channel include original Rolling Stones manager/producer Andrew Loog Oldham, singer/guitarist Joan Jett, former record executive Kid Leo, punk rock singer Handsome Dick Manitoba and rock entrepreneur Kim Fowley. The second channel, named the Outlaw Country, presents the edgier side of country music, both roots and contemporary. On-air hosts for this channel include pop-culture satirist Mojo Nixon.[128]

Record label edit

In December 2004, Van Zandt launched his own record label, Wicked Cool Records.[129]

The first album released by Wicked Cool was Fuzz for the Holidays by Davie Allan and the Arrows, released on December 14, 2004.[129] The first set of records released by Wicked Cool also included new albums from Underground Garage favorites the Charms, the Chesterfield Kings and the Cocktail Slippers; and CBGB Forever, a tribute to the famous, now-defunct venue. The label continues to release new albums from the next generation of garage rockers including the Cocktail Slippers as well as volumes of Little Steven's Underground Garage presents The Coolest Songs in the World, a compilation of selected songs from the Underground Garage radio show's popular feature, the "Coolest Song in the World This Week". In 2007, the label signed The Launderettes.[130] The label's first Halloween and Christmas themed compilations were released in 2008. Lost Cathedral is a subsidiary label of Wicked Cool Records and home to the band Crown of Thorns.[131]

Rock and Roll Forever Foundation edit

 
Van Zandt at the dedication of the Alan Freed memorial, celebrating the legacy of Alan Freed, at Lake View Cemetery in Cleveland Heights, Ohio, in May 2016

In 2007, Van Zandt launched the non-profit Rock and Roll Forever Foundation and its TeachRock project, which creates K-12[clarification needed] national curriculum. TeachRock includes interdisciplinary, arts-driven materials. The initiative features lesson plans covering topics in social studies, general music, language arts and media studies.

Musical director edit

In September 2006, Van Zandt assembled and directed an all-star band to back Hank Williams Jr. on a new version of "All My Rowdy Friends Are Coming Over Tonight" for the season premiere (and formal ESPN debut) of Monday Night Football. The all-star lineup included Little Richard, Rick Nielsen (Cheap Trick), Joe Perry (Aerosmith), Questlove (The Roots), Charlie Daniels, Bootsy Collins, Chris Burney (Bowling for Soup), and Bernie Worrell.[132]

Since 2007, Van Zandt has been the director of a music selection committee for the video game Rock Band; he is in charge of selecting new music for the game.[133][134]

Activist career edit

After leaving the E Street Band in 1984, Van Zandt used his celebrity as a musician to fight issues surrounding apartheid in South Africa by creating a group called the Artists United Against Apartheid.

This activist group was created in 1985 by Van Zandt and record producer Arthur Baker. Van Zandt and Baker assembled over 54 different artists to record an album entitled Sun City in order to raise awareness about the apartheid policy in South Africa. The title referred to a resort in South Africa that catered to wealthy white tourists. The resort upheld racist apartheid policies, yet many famous entertainers chose to perform there. Artists that took part in the making of the album included Bruce Springsteen, Peter Gabriel, Miles Davis, Bob Dylan, Bono, and Lou Reed.

The Sun City project was originally meant to only be one song, but other musicians contributed their own pieces which transformed it into a full-length album. Sun City was one of the first musical collaborations among major recording stars to support a political cause rather than a social cause. The album raised over $1 million in support of anti-apartheid efforts. The primary goal of the album and foundation was to draw attention to South Africa's racist policy of apartheid and to support a cultural boycott of the country.[135]

Van Zandt was a part of the 1989 charity single, "Spirit of the Forest", dedicated to saving rain forests.[136]

Later in his career, Van Zandt worked to raise awareness about the U.S. military interference in governments of Central America and other issues.[137]

Author edit

Van Zandt's memoir Unrequited Infatuations was published September 28, 2021, by Hachette Books.[138]

Tours with Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band edit

Personal life edit

Van Zandt married actress Maureen Santoro in New York City on December 31, 1982. Later she portrayed his wife on The Sopranos. Bruce Springsteen was the best man at their wedding, Little Richard presided over it, and it featured Percy Sledge singing "When a Man Loves a Woman".[139]

Philanthropy edit

Van Zandt is an honorary board member of Little Kids Rock. He was awarded the fourth annual "Big Man of the Year" award at the organization's 2013 Right to Rock Benefit Event.[140]

He and his wife Maureen also serve on the Count Basie Theatre's Board of Directors, and were named as that organization's honorary capital campaign chairs in 2015.

Van Zandt hosts the annual "Policeman's Ball", donating the funds raised to the Detectives Endowment Association Widows and Children's Fund and NYPD With Arms Wide Open, a foundation that supports NYPD officers with children who have special needs.

Discography edit

Filmography edit

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steven, zandt, this, dutch, name, surname, zandt, zandt, lento, born, november, 1950, also, known, little, steven, miami, steve, american, musician, actor, member, bruce, springsteen, street, band, which, plays, guitar, mandolin, appeared, several, television,. In this Dutch name the surname is Van Zandt not Zandt Steven Van Zandt ne Lento born November 22 1950 also known as Little Steven or Miami Steve is an American musician and actor He is a member of Bruce Springsteen s E Street Band in which he plays guitar and mandolin He has appeared in several television drama series including as Silvio Dante in The Sopranos 1999 2007 and as Frank Tagliano in Lilyhammer 2012 2014 Van Zandt has his own solo band called Little Steven and the Disciples of Soul intermittently active since the 1980s Steven Van ZandtVan Zandt in June 2018Background informationBirth nameSteven LentoAlso known asLittle Steven Miami SteveBorn 1950 11 22 November 22 1950 age 73 Watertown Massachusetts U S OriginMiddletown Township New Jersey U S GenresRock heartland rockOccupation s Musician singer songwriter producer actorInstrument s Guitar vocals mandolinYears active1968 presentLabelsColumbia Epic EMI America BMG Manhattan RCA Rhino Renegade Nation Wicked CoolMember ofE Street BandFormerly ofSouthside Johnny and the Asbury JukesWebsitelittlesteven wbr com In 2014 Van Zandt was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of the E Street Band Van Zandt has produced music written songs and had his own songs covered by Springsteen Meat Loaf Nancy Sinatra Pearl Jam Southside Johnny Artists United Against Apartheid and the Iron City Houserockers among others Contents 1 Early life 2 Career 2 1 Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes 2 2 E Street Band 2 3 Songwriter arranger producer 2 4 Solo artist 2 5 Actor 2 5 1 The Sopranos 2 5 2 Tussles in Brussels 2 5 3 Hotel Caesar 2 5 4 Lilyhammer 2 5 5 The Irishman 2 6 Radio host and entrepreneur 2 6 1 Radio host 2 6 2 Program director 2 6 3 Record label 2 7 Rock and Roll Forever Foundation 2 8 Musical director 2 9 Activist career 2 10 Author 2 11 Tours with Bruce Springsteen amp The E Street Band 3 Personal life 4 Philanthropy 5 Discography 6 Filmography 7 References 8 External linksEarly life editVan Zandt was born Steven Lento on November 22 1950 in Winthrop Massachusetts to Mary Henrietta Lento and Vince Borello and raised in Watertown Massachusetts 1 He has Italian ancestry one grandfather was from Calabria and one grandmother s parents were from Naples 2 His mother Mary remarried in 1957 and he took the last name of his stepfather William Brewster Van Zandt Actor Billy Van Zandt is Van Zandt s half brother and actress Adrienne Barbeau is his ex sister in law 3 He also has a half sister named Kathi who is a writer 4 When he was seven the family moved from Massachusetts to Middletown Township New Jersey 5 4 Van Zandt found his love for music at an early age when he learned how to play the guitar He watched the performances of the Beatles on The Ed Sullivan Show and the Rolling Stones on Hollywood Palace in 1964 and referred to the former as The Big Bang of Rock n Roll 6 7 He said that when he was 13 George Harrison was his favorite Beatle and he later became friends with Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr 8 Around August 1964 he formed his first band the Whirlwinds which was short lived He later formed the Mates in 1965 and joined the Shadows in May 1966 7 Van Zandt has cited British Invasion bands such as the Dave Clark Five as well as Ravi Shankar and the culture of India as early influences 9 10 Van Zandt attended Middletown High School in Middletown Township New Jersey 11 where he was expelled after refusing to cut his long hair He later returned to school in 1968 largely to appease his mother 12 13 As a teenager he was involved in a car accident that caused him to smash his head through the windshield leaving several scars on his head To cover this up he began wearing hats and later large bandanas which has become his characteristic look 14 Career edit nbsp Van Zandt and Bruce Springsteen during the Working on a Dream Tour in Valladolid Spain in August 2009Van Zandt grew up in the Jersey Shore music scene and was an early friend and pre E Street Band colleague of Bruce Springsteen The two first met when Springsteen was at the Hullabaloo club in Middletown Vermont and heard Van Zandt was performing Happy Together with the Shadows 15 They performed together in bands such as Steel Mill and the Bruce Springsteen Band 16 During the early 1970s Van Zandt worked in road construction for two years before returning to show business 17 18 In 1973 he toured with The Dovells The tour ended in Miami on December 31 1974 with Dick Clark s Good Old Rock n Roll Show at the Deauville Star Theater 19 After returning to New Jersey Van Zandt continued wearing Hawaiian shirts because he did not particularly like winter which was how he got the nickname Miami Steve 20 21 Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes edit Further information Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes and The Miami Horns He co founded Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes in addition to The Miami Horns 22 who got their name from Van Zandt s nickname Van Zandt helped establish the rhythm and blues oriented style of music that the band performed He also produced Southside Johnny s first three albums Overall Van Zandt wrote a significant bulk of Southside Johnny s music which helped provide them with the success that they achieved 23 E Street Band edit Further information E Street Band Van Zandt then started to switch between writing for Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes and touring with the E Street Band He confirmed in an interview on The Howard Stern Show that he arranged the horns on Tenth Avenue Freeze Out in 1975 when Springsteen was at a loss earning him a spot in the E Street Band shortly thereafter 17 24 In the Wings For Wheels documentary Springsteen revealed that Van Zandt was partially responsible for the signature guitar line in Born to Run described as Arguably Steve s greatest contribution to my music 25 Ultimately Van Zandt officially joined the E Street Band on July 20 1975 during the first show of the Born to Run Tour 16 24 In those early years Van Zandt supplied a great deal of the lead guitar work for the band in concert as can be seen on the 1975 concert DVD within Born to Run 30th Anniversary Edition later released as the CD Hammersmith Odeon London 75 17 In 1984 Van Zandt left the E Street Band 26 He originally joined to see Springsteen rise in success and once the band rose to that success he left 27 28 Despite leaving the band he appeared as a special guest at some concerts on the Born in the U S A Tour and appeared in a couple of videos including Glory Days Van Zandt later returned to the E Street Band when it was reformed briefly in 1995 and on an ongoing basis since 1999 and remains a member By this time his guitar playing had mostly been reduced to a background rhythm role due to Nils Lofgren s position in the band and his capability as a lead guitarist 26 In addition Springsteen had begun taking many more guitar solos as his music became more guitar centered 17 Van Zandt said on the Howard Stern Show that he is okay with being second in command especially since he has been in charge before with his solo music and his role in Lilyhammer 17 29 Among E Street Band members Van Zandt often had the second most face time in concert after Clarence Clemons frequently mugging and posing for the audience and sometimes delivering his unpolished nasal backing vocals while sharing a microphone with Springsteen His playing or singing is most prominently featured on the songs Glory Days Two Hearts Long Walk Home which featured a Van Zandt outro vocal solo during live performances 30 Land of Hope and Dreams Badlands Ramrod and Murder Incorporated among others like the live versions of Rosalita He often trades vocals with Springsteen in live versions of Prove It All Night He features prominently in the video for Glory Days sharing the spotlight with Springsteen during the choruses while swapping lines with him during the non fade and in live versions he does the same 31 During the E Street Band s performance at the Super Bowl in 2009 Van Zandt was the most prominently featured member of the band playing a guitar solo on the final number of the set Glory Days as well as sharing lead vocals and exchanging humorous banter with Springsteen 32 33 34 Songwriter arranger producer edit Van Zandt became a songwriter and producer for fellow Jersey shore act Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes in 1974 penning their signature song I Don t Want to Go Home co writing other songs for them with Springsteen and producing their most acclaimed record Hearts of Stone 35 As such Van Zandt became a key contributor to the Jersey Shore sound He also produced two Gary U S Bonds albums 36 Van Zandt then went on to share production credits on the classic Springsteen albums The River 35 and Born in the U S A 36 The first Springsteen song he co produced was Hungry Heart 17 In 1989 Jackson Browne covered the 1983 Van Zandt composition I Am A Patriot on his World in Motion album 37 Van Zandt has produced a number of other records including an uncredited effort on the Iron City Houserockers Have A Good Time But Get Out Alive 38 Less successful was his work on Lone Justice s second album Shelter which was a career ending flop for the Los Angeles cowpunk band 39 In 1989 Van Zandt wrote While You Were Looking at Me for Michael Monroe s album Not Fakin It and co wrote video hits Dead Jail or Rock n Roll and Smoke Screen He was an arranger and backing vocalist for a few songs on the album 40 In 1992 he produced Austin TX based Arc Angels debut album 41 In 1991 Van Zandt produced a successful album Spirit of Love for Nigerian superstar and reggae icon Majek Fashek 42 In 1992 Van Zandt wrote and produced All Alone on Christmas for the soundtrack of the Chris Columbus film Home Alone 2 Lost in New York which yielded singer Darlene Love her first hit since A Fine Fine Boy from 1963 thirty one years earlier 43 In 1994 Van Zandt produced the eponymous debut album of the punk rock band Demolition 23 which featured ex Hanoi Rocks members Michael Monroe and Sami Yaffa Van Zandt also co wrote six songs for the album with Monroe and Jude Wilder 44 In 1995 Van Zandt aided Meat Loaf with the song Amnesty Is Granted off of his Welcome to the Neighborhood album 45 In 2004 he contributed the song Baby Please Don t Go to Nancy Sinatra s self titled album 46 Solo artist edit nbsp Van Zandt onstage during the New Orleans Jazz amp Heritage Festival in 2012During the summer of 1981 EMI America approached Van Zandt with a record deal due to his success with the E Street Band Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes and Gary U S Bonds He began fronting an on and off group known as Little Steven and the Disciples of Soul while Springsteen was working on Nebraska The band included Dino Danelli on drums Jean Beauvoir on bass and the Miami Horns They made their live debut at the Peppermint Lounge on July 18 1982 In October 1982 Van Zandt s debut album Men Without Women was released This album earned the most critical praise and Jay Cocks of TIME magazine dubbed it one of the ten best albums of the year 47 Van Zandt released four more solo albums and has written that these albums are each elements in a five part political concept cycle the individual the family the state the economy and religion 48 These albums range from soul music to hard rock to world music Van Zandt s second album Voice of America did the best on the U S albums chart although none of his albums were much of a commercial success After touring with the E Street Band during The River Tour in 1980 81 he started to realize and understand the perceptions of Americans held by people in other countries He started to become interested in politics and with Voice of America his music became explicitly political 17 One of the album s leading singles Solidarity is a general statement of international common ground 49 In April 1984 shortly before the release of Born in the U S A and Voice of America Van Zandt left the E Street Band but rejoined in 1999 50 Continuing his involvement in issues of the day in 1985 he created the music industry activist group Artists United Against Apartheid as an action against the Sun City resort in South Africa Forty nine recording artists including Springsteen U2 Bob Dylan Pete Townshend Joey Ramone Tom Petty Afrika Bambaataa and Run DMC collaborated on a song called Sun City in which they pledged to never perform at the resort 51 The song was modestly successful and played a part in the broad international effort to bring attention to apartheid which the South African government later ended 52 Van Zandt also produced the award winning documentary The Making of Sun City and oversaw the production of the book Sun City by Artists United Against Apartheid the Struggle for Freedom in South Africa The Making of the Record as well as the teaching guide 36 53 In 1987 he released the album Freedom No Compromise which continued the political messaging Some U S appearances in that year as opening act for U2 s arena and stadium Joshua Tree Tour continued in the same vein but were not well received by some audiences 54 55 Both the record and his concerts were popular in Europe 56 He also performed at the Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Tribute concert at Wembley Stadium in 1988 36 His fourth album 1989 s Revolution attracted little attention Later in 1989 Van Zandt recorded another album Nobody Loves and Leaves Alive with his garage band The Lost Boys 57 Although the album remains unreleased several tracks from it were heard on the Sopranos and Lilyhammer television shows including Nobody Loves and Leaves Alive Affection and Come for Me 58 59 60 Affection appeared on The Sopranos Peppers amp Eggs Music From the HBO Original Series 61 Due to a loss of recording contract his next album Born Again Savage which was recorded in 1994 was not released until 1999 50 62 In 1995 Van Zandt wrote produced and sang The Time of Your Life for the soundtrack to the film Nine Months He also toured with Bon Jovi during the first European leg of their These Days Tour 63 64 65 Van Zandt s song Under The Gun was covered by Carla Olson amp The Textones on their Detroit 85 Live amp Unreleased album which was released in 2008 66 Another of his songs All I Needed Was You appeared on the 2013 Carla Olson album Have Harmony Will Travel 67 On April 29 2013 Van Zandt performed a cover of Frank Sinatra s My Kind of Town at a Springsteen concert in Oslo Norway during the Wrecking Ball Tour 68 Although the song was featured in the Lilyhammer season one episode My Kind of Town 69 it was not released as a single until September 23 2014 when it was the Coolest Song in the World on Underground Garage to help promote the show 70 It was released under the title Frank Tagliano Sings My Kind of Town and the lyrics were changed to be about Lillehammer Norway instead of Chicago 71 Van Zandt performed the song on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon on December 9 2014 to help promote the series 72 Van Zandt performed all the music for Lilyhammer from season 2 on 73 and released Lilyhammer The Score on December 16 2014 74 Van Zandt reformed his band the Disciples of Soul for the first time since 1990 75 to play their only European show of 2016 at the O2 Indigo Lounge in London for BluesFest on October 29 2016 76 The new Disciples included Richie Sambora and Marc Ribler on guitar Eddie Manion on saxophone Hook Herrara on harmonica Leo Green on tenor sax Richard Mecurio on drums Jack Daley on bass Andy Burton on B3 organ Clifford Carter on piano Danny Sadownick on percussion Tommy Walsh and Matt Holland on trumpet Neil Sidwell on trombone George Millard on flute and a women s section called the Divas of Soul Julie Maguire Sarah Carpenter and Jess Greenfield on backing vocals They played a series of Van Zandt s own solo songs songs he wrote for Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes a song he co wrote for the Breakers cover songs and Goodbye a song that he performed with the Lost Boys 77 78 His plans included a European tour during the summer of 2017 and a tour of the United States in the fall 79 80 Van Zandt insists that he is not leaving the E Street Band and he is only touring because the band is not on the road 81 Van Zandt announced in November 2016 that he was in the process of remastering and reissuing his albums for a 2017 release 82 including the unreleased Lost Boys album 83 84 Additionally Van Zandt has stated that he was planning on releasing a new cover album including a cover of Etta James The Blues Is My Business 85 as well as new recordings of songs Van Zandt wrote for others including Southside Johnny that he describes as me covering me 86 87 The album is a soul record composed of a 15 piece band including 5 horns and 3 singers 88 Van Zandt revealed that Richie Mercurio plays drums on the album 89 On February 9 2017 Van Zandt released Saint Valentine s Day a cover of the song Saint Valentine s Day Massacre that he originally wrote for the Cocktail Slippers as a single 90 The song was repeatedly played on the Underground Garage radio show 91 92 93 94 95 96 He debuted his new album at the annual Rock and Roll for Children event at the Fillmore Theater in Silver Spring Maryland on March 18 2017 97 98 Van Zandt debuted a doo wop song called The City Weeps Tonight that was an outtake from Men Without Women At the end of the show he covered Bye Bye Johnny as a tribute to the late Chuck Berry According to Backstreets Van Zandt s new album was going to be called Soulfire titled after the song he co wrote for the Breakers 99 The album was officially released on May 19 2017 100 Van Zandt released his first official live album Soulfire Live recorded with the Disciples of Soul during their 2017 tour of the same name on April 27 2018 via iTunes 101 A 7 LP vinyl box set CD and two disc Blu ray video were released on February 15 2019 via Wicked Cool Records UMe 102 103 Consisting of the best performances from their North American and European concerts the collection feature Little Steven and his 15 strong band taking you on a musical history lesson as they blast through an arsenal of songs spanning rock pop soul blues funk doo wop reggae and everything in between Of note is a performance of I Saw Her Standing There recorded at The Roundhouse in London with a special appearance by Paul McCartney 104 Little Steven and the Disciples of Soul recorded a cover of Elvis Presley s Santa Claus Is Back in Town featuring actor Kurt Russell on lead vocals for the 2018 film The Christmas Chronicles 105 106 On March 8 2019 Van Zandt announced the May 3 2019 CD digital and vinyl release of Summer of Sorcery via Wicked Cool UME It was written arranged and produced by him at his Renegade Studios in New York City and marks his first new album of original material in 20 years 107 A tour for the album began in May 2019 but was cancelled in September 2019 due to illness 108 109 110 Van Zandt finally reissued his albums in the 7 LP and 4 CD box set Rock N Roll Rebel The Early Work released on December 6 2019 Limited to 1 000 copies it includes the first United States pressing of 1989 s Revolution as well as the first vinyl release of Born Again Savage originally released in 1999 111 The box set also includes rare outtakes and live performances The Lost Boys album however remains unreleased Van Zandt stated that the album contains his favorite songs that he recorded and wants to wait until the album can be properly promoted 57 112 Actor edit Until 1999 Van Zandt had no professional acting experience His main focus had been music whether it was the multiple bands he participated in groups he composed pieces for or music he wrote on his own Then he was asked to play a part in The Sopranos and from there on acting became part of Van Zandt s career The Sopranos edit Further information The Sopranos In 1999 Van Zandt took one of the lead roles in The Sopranos playing level headed but deadly mob consigliere and strip club owner Silvio Dante The casting choice was made by series creator David Chase who invited Van Zandt to audition after seeing him induct The Rascals at the 1997 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and being impressed with his humorous appearance and presence 113 Though Van Zandt had never acted before he auditioned for the role of Tony Soprano HBO felt that the role should go to an experienced actor however so Chase wrote a part especially for Van Zandt 114 113 Van Zandt eventually agreed to star on the show as Silvio Dante and his real life spouse Maureen nee Santoro was cast as his on screen wife Gabriella 115 116 117 Tussles in Brussels edit Van Zandt recorded the narration for The Hives biography on their concert DVD Tussles in Brussels 2004 Hotel Caesar edit Further information Hotel Caesar In 2010 Van Zandt appeared as himself in the Norwegian soap opera Hotel Caesar broadcast on Norway s biggest commercial channel TV2 Norway 118 He also appeared on Scandinavia s largest talkshow Skavlan Lilyhammer edit In 2011 he starred in co wrote and was the executive producer for an English and Norwegian language series entitled Lilyhammer the first original Netflix series that was produced in collaboration with Norwegian broadcaster NRK 17 The name recalls the city of Lillehammer which hosted the 1994 Winter Olympics 119 120 On the show Van Zandt portrays a Sopranos like role of an ex mafioso who enters the witness protection program and flees to Norway to escape a colleague against whom he testified 17 The show premiered on NRK television on January 25 2012 with an audience of 998 000 viewers one fifth of Norway s population 121 122 and ran for three seasons before being cancelled in 2015 123 124 The Irishman edit Van Zandt appears in the Martin Scorsese produced gangster epic The Irishman as singer Jerry Vale lip syncing Vale s Al Di La 125 Radio host and entrepreneur edit Radio host edit Since 2002 Van Zandt has hosted Little Steven s Underground Garage a weekly syndicated radio show that celebrates garage rock and similar rock subgenres from the 1950s to the present day As of December 2006 the show is heard on over 200 US radio stations and in some international markets For example in Spain it has beamed through Rock amp Gol since 2007 and later on Rock FM Radio in Finland Radio Helsinki started beaming Little Steven s Underground Garage in August 2008 126 On October 20 2011 the program recorded its 500th show in front of a sold out crowd at the Hard Rock Cafe in New York s Times Square The guests included the band Green Day Steve Buscemi star of The Sopranos and Boardwalk Empire Vincent Pastore aka Big Pussy Bonpensiero from The Sopranos actor and director Tim Robbins and singer Debbie Harry of the group Blondie 127 Program director edit Van Zandt is also the program director for two radio channels for the Sirius Satellite Radio network The channels continuously broadcast on satellite radio in the US and worldwide on Sirius Internet Radio One channel named Underground Garage has the same philosophy and musical mandate as his own radio show On air hosts on the channel include original Rolling Stones manager producer Andrew Loog Oldham singer guitarist Joan Jett former record executive Kid Leo punk rock singer Handsome Dick Manitoba and rock entrepreneur Kim Fowley The second channel named the Outlaw Country presents the edgier side of country music both roots and contemporary On air hosts for this channel include pop culture satirist Mojo Nixon 128 Record label edit In December 2004 Van Zandt launched his own record label Wicked Cool Records 129 The first album released by Wicked Cool was Fuzz for the Holidays by Davie Allan and the Arrows released on December 14 2004 129 The first set of records released by Wicked Cool also included new albums from Underground Garage favorites the Charms the Chesterfield Kings and the Cocktail Slippers and CBGB Forever a tribute to the famous now defunct venue The label continues to release new albums from the next generation of garage rockers including the Cocktail Slippers as well as volumes of Little Steven s Underground Garage presents The Coolest Songs in the World a compilation of selected songs from the Underground Garage radio show s popular feature the Coolest Song in the World This Week In 2007 the label signed The Launderettes 130 The label s first Halloween and Christmas themed compilations were released in 2008 Lost Cathedral is a subsidiary label of Wicked Cool Records and home to the band Crown of Thorns 131 Rock and Roll Forever Foundation edit Main article TeachRock nbsp Van Zandt at the dedication of the Alan Freed memorial celebrating the legacy of Alan Freed at Lake View Cemetery in Cleveland Heights Ohio in May 2016In 2007 Van Zandt launched the non profit Rock and Roll Forever Foundation and its TeachRock project which creates K 12 clarification needed national curriculum TeachRock includes interdisciplinary arts driven materials The initiative features lesson plans covering topics in social studies general music language arts and media studies Musical director edit In September 2006 Van Zandt assembled and directed an all star band to back Hank Williams Jr on a new version of All My Rowdy Friends Are Coming Over Tonight for the season premiere and formal ESPN debut of Monday Night Football The all star lineup included Little Richard Rick Nielsen Cheap Trick Joe Perry Aerosmith Questlove The Roots Charlie Daniels Bootsy Collins Chris Burney Bowling for Soup and Bernie Worrell 132 Since 2007 Van Zandt has been the director of a music selection committee for the video game Rock Band he is in charge of selecting new music for the game 133 134 Activist career edit After leaving the E Street Band in 1984 Van Zandt used his celebrity as a musician to fight issues surrounding apartheid in South Africa by creating a group called the Artists United Against Apartheid This activist group was created in 1985 by Van Zandt and record producer Arthur Baker Van Zandt and Baker assembled over 54 different artists to record an album entitled Sun City in order to raise awareness about the apartheid policy in South Africa The title referred to a resort in South Africa that catered to wealthy white tourists The resort upheld racist apartheid policies yet many famous entertainers chose to perform there Artists that took part in the making of the album included Bruce Springsteen Peter Gabriel Miles Davis Bob Dylan Bono and Lou Reed The Sun City project was originally meant to only be one song but other musicians contributed their own pieces which transformed it into a full length album Sun City was one of the first musical collaborations among major recording stars to support a political cause rather than a social cause The album raised over 1 million in support of anti apartheid efforts The primary goal of the album and foundation was to draw attention to South Africa s racist policy of apartheid and to support a cultural boycott of the country 135 Van Zandt was a part of the 1989 charity single Spirit of the Forest dedicated to saving rain forests 136 Later in his career Van Zandt worked to raise awareness about the U S military interference in governments of Central America and other issues 137 Author edit Van Zandt s memoir Unrequited Infatuations was published September 28 2021 by Hachette Books 138 Tours with Bruce Springsteen amp The E Street Band edit Born to Run tours 1975 1977 Darkness Tour 1978 1979 The River Tour 1980 1981 Reunion Tour 1999 2000 The Rising Tour 2002 2003 Vote for Change Tour 2004 Magic Tour 2007 2008 Working on a Dream Tour 2009 Wrecking Ball Tour 2012 2013 High Hopes Tour 2014 River Tour 2016 Oceania 17 2016 2017 Springsteen and E Street Band 2023 Tour 2023Personal life editVan Zandt married actress Maureen Santoro in New York City on December 31 1982 Later she portrayed his wife on The Sopranos Bruce Springsteen was the best man at their wedding Little Richard presided over it and it featured Percy Sledge singing When a Man Loves a Woman 139 Philanthropy editThis section of a biography of a living person needs additional citations for verification Please help by adding reliable sources Contentious material about living persons that is unsourced or poorly sourced must be removed immediately from the article and its talk page especially if potentially libelous Find sources Steven Van Zandt news newspapers books scholar JSTOR December 2021 Learn how and when to remove this template message Van Zandt is an honorary board member of Little Kids Rock He was awarded the fourth annual Big Man of the Year award at the organization s 2013 Right to Rock Benefit Event 140 He and his wife Maureen also serve on the Count Basie Theatre s Board of Directors and were named as that organization s honorary capital campaign chairs in 2015 Van Zandt hosts the annual Policeman s Ball donating the funds raised to the Detectives Endowment Association Widows and Children s Fund and NYPD With Arms Wide Open a foundation that supports NYPD officers with children who have special needs Discography editMain article Steven Van Zandt discography Men Without Women 1982 Voice of America 1984 Freedom No Compromise 1987 Revolution 1989 Nobody Loves and Leaves Alive 1989 unreleased Born Again Savage 1999 Soulfire 2017 Summer of Sorcery 2019 Filmography editAmerican Flyers as Cyclist 1985 The Sopranos as Silvio Dante 1999 2007 Lilyhammer as Frank Tagliano 2012 2014 141 American Dad as Diner Owner 2016 The Christmas Chronicles as Wolfie 2018 The Irishman as Jerry Vale 2019 Under the Boardwalk as Bruno 2023 References edit Van Zandt reveals his Boston roots at Gillette Springsteen show Di Antonio Tricomi May 17 2013 Little Steven Io Springsteen e le nostre radici italiane Napoli repubblica it Archived from the original on October 23 2013 Retrieved December 16 2013 Billy Van Zandt IMDb Archived from the original on April 7 2017 Retrieved May 1 2018 a b Mary Van Zandt s Obituary by Star Ledger Obits nj com Archived from the original on October 23 2013 Retrieved December 16 2013 DeMasters Karen POP MUSIC Rocking the Foundations Of American Life Archived August 19 2016 at the Wayback Machine The New York Times November 7 1999 Accessed June 13 2011 Mr Van Zandt who grew up in Middletown and now lives in Manhattan was born into a Catholic family but grew up as a Baptist He says he now accepts a mixture of many religions Show 775 The Big Bang Archived March 26 2017 at the Wayback Machine Little Steven s Underground Garage Underground Garage February 7 2017 Web March 25 2017 a b 1964 06 03 Brucebase Brucebase March 16 2017 Web March 25 2017 Steven Van Zandt 25 Things You Don t Know About Me Archived April 19 2017 at the Wayback Machine Us Weekly Us Weekly December 15 2013 Web March 25 2017 The Dave Clark Five And Beyond A Signature Drum Sound Archived October 20 2017 at the Wayback Machine Great Performances PBS April 8 2014 Web March 25 2017 Ravi Shankar influenced me musically Steven Van Zandt Archived March 26 2017 at the Wayback Machine Sify Sify Technologies Ltd December 18 2015 Web March 25 2017 Stevie Van Zandt on Twitter twitter com Archived from the original on April 17 2017 Retrieved May 1 2018 Clearwater Swim Club Brucebase Brucebase March 10 2017 Web March 25 2017 Heyboer Kelly Steven Van Zandt to Rutgers grads Embrace your Jersey roots NJ Advance Media for NJ com May 18 2017 Accessed September 30 2018 The actor and musician is a 1968 graduate of Middletown High School in Monmouth County but never earned a college degree 10 Things You Didn t Know About Steve Van Zandt Ultimate Classic Rock November 22 2013 Archived from the original on November 18 2016 Retrieved May 1 2018 Springsteen Bruce Born to Run Simon amp Schuster 2016 a b Steve Van Zandt Brucebase Brucebase February 4 2017 Web March 25 2017 a b c d e f g h i Little Steven Visits the Howard Stern Show to Promote Lilyhammer 1 31 12 Archived April 7 2017 at 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City An Anti Apartheid Education Brochure PDF Archived April 2 2017 at the Wayback Machine African Activist Archive Michigan State University Web March 18 2017 Jonathan U2 Joshua Tree Tour 3rd leg North America Archived January 1 2015 at the Wayback Machine U2 Station 1997 2012 Retrieved On 2014 12 31 U2 Concerts with Opening Act Little Steven amp the Disciples of Soul Archived January 1 2015 at archive today U2 Retrieved 2014 12 31 German Charts Archived January 1 2015 at the Wayback Machine Chartsurfer de 2015 Retrieved 2014 12 31 a b Van Zandt Stevie StevieVanZandt February 27 2020 That s an album by The Lost Boys that I wrote and recorded in 1989 that has never been released It has some of my favorite songs and will be released eventually when it can be properly promoted We ll be putting everything else out this year in every format Tweet via Twitter Jeckell Barry A Billboard Bits J Swift Smiths Little Steven Archived July 5 2015 at the Wayback Machine Billboard May 10 2001 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