Happy birthday to Roy Bittan, E Street Band keyboards. He’s 71 today. Born to Run was the first Bruce Springsteen album to feature pianist Roy Bittan and drummer Max Weinberg as members of the E Street Band. Bittan recalls that even though it was his debut with the band, Bruce was open to his input when it came to arranging “Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out.”Bruce Springsteen: “Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out”
“That was really fun, that song. It really had that R&B-type feel and I remember in rehearsal we were trying to figure out a great intro for it and I said, ‘Why don’t we take that “I’m