by Uma Bode | Nov 19, 2019 | Following Bruce
Thought I’d take a quick minute to let all the blog subscribers who have found me over the years know who I am. You may have subscribed to Following Bruce in 2014-2015, which is now a subsection of The Umaverse. I am Uma Bode and I followed Bruce Springsteen for...
by Uma Bode | Aug 31, 2016 | Following Bruce
I just wrote a post about Bruce’s show last night and then…oh, it’s too hard to explain, but basically I accidentally deleted it. So. Let me try again. I’m simultaneously jealous as hell and super happy about the show in Jersey last night. The...
by Uma Bode | Mar 9, 2016 | Following Bruce
The impossible happened. I met Bruce. The entire circumstance of how it happened seems incredibly random and completely perfect. Here’s the story. I live in Asheville, NC, which is about 9 hours from St. Louis. I had been thinking about adding the Sunday, March...
by Uma Bode | Feb 23, 2016 | Following Bruce
Little Steven, Miami Steve, guitar player in the E Street Band, star of Lillehammer and The Sopranos, incredible musician, and founder of the Rock and Roll Forever Foundation. Steven Van Zandt is the man. And I MET HIM at Louisville. It wasn’t any big amazing...
by Uma Bode | Feb 21, 2016 | Following Bruce
I lost the pit lottery at both shows. Dammit. At least at Sunrise I was on the front of the GA rail, and we missed by less than 50. But at Atlanta we were practically dead last. I have to admit that I take it personally. Is it really random, chance, luck? When I keep...
by Uma Bode | Jan 18, 2016 | Following Bruce
Show #1 of The River Tour. The pics aren’t so great because I was kinda far back. But I needed to illustrate the post with SOMETHING! Hope these at least give a bit of the energy of the night. It was…breathless, breathtaking, big, heart-rending, deep,...
