Set Lusting Bruce: The Bruce Springsteen Fan Podcast

Host Jesse Jackson welcomes Dallas sportswriter Tim Cowlishaw to Set Lusting Bruce, beginning with a discussion about Dallas teams potentially leaving the American Airlines Center area and the impact on fans and downtown. Cowlishaw shares his upbringing in Tulsa, New Jersey, and Texas, early musical influences like Beatles and The Who, and how a King Biscuit Flower Hour Columbia Records ad led him to Bruce Springsteen’s The Wild, the Innocent & the E Street Shuffle. He recounts a canceled 1974 Dallas show and finally seeing Springsteen up close at The Bottom Line in 1975, leading to roughly 30 concerts over the years, including 1984 Chicago shows. They discuss setlist predictability, Bruce’s political remarks on recent tours, favorite albums and books, and how Springsteen’s work ethic influenced Cowlishaw’s writing, along with talk of Taylor Swift, Radiohead, and the “Does Mary get in the car?” question.

00:00 Podcast Welcome
00:50 Dallas Teams Leaving
04:40 Growing Up With Music
06:32 Discovering Bruce
08:19 First Show Cancelled
09:20 Bottom Line Breakthrough
13:12 Chasing Shows Stories
19:21 Setlists And Politics
21:17 Favorite Albums And Books
24:24 Nebraska Movie Debate
26:00 Writing Influences
26:33 Bruce Work Ethic Lesson
28:16 Still Writing Columns
29:43 Mavs Missteps Brunson
32:50 Taylor Swift Live
35:50 Radiohead Berlin Trip
38:54 Cowboys Season Outlook
40:30 Around the Horn Reflections
41:15 Thunder Road Mary Debate
43:11 Backstreets Terry Meaning
45:13 Wrap Up Social Links

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Host Jesse Jackson welcomes new guest Dr. Rob Yonover, a Hawaii-based scientist, inventor of military survival gear, and lifelong music fan. Rob recalls seeing Bruce Springsteen in Miami in 1975 and shares his connections to Perry Farrell, along with a deep love for Bob Dylan and a desert-island album pick list (Dylan’s "Highway 61 Revisited," Jane’s Addiction’s "Nothing’s Shocking," and Sublime’s "40 Ounces to Freedom"). Jesse shares his own three albums and how seeing Springsteen live in 2002 sparked an obsession that led to 20+ shows. They discuss album-focused listening, the downsides of phones and streaming culture, favorite concert stories, Rob’s Shark Tank experience with his StreamR invention, and the podcast’s “Mary question.,”

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01:28 Meet Rob

02:13 First Springsteen Show

04:31 Desert Island Albums

07:24 Jesse Picks Three

09:50 Tracks 2 Overload

12:29 Growing Up in Miami

14:46 Album Listening Debate

17:44 Discovering Dylan

20:26 Jesse Springsteen Origin

23:57 Phones at Concerts

27:54 Wild Concert Stories

33:36 No Electricity Grandpa

34:14 Radio and Music Discovery

38:30 Becoming a Scientist

41:35 Volcanoes to Scholarships

43:20 StreamR Survival Invention

46:37 Shark Tank Showdown

52:08 Phones Apps and AI Rant

53:46 Thunder Road Mary Debate

57:28 Dylan Springsteen Legacy

01:01:09 Where to Find Rob

01:01:55 Final Bruce and Signoff
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Host Jesse Jackson welcomes Mireille Cameron, his Zendesk account manager, to Set Lusting Bruce to discuss her South Louisiana and North Carolina upbringing, early musical influences (Cajun, Zydeco, jazz, bluegrass, Prince), and how music shaped her life. Mireille shares why she finally saw Bruce Springsteen for the first time on the current tour in Cleveland over Memorial Day weekend, drawn by his longevity, message, and the communal, family-oriented concert culture. They talk about the show’s powerful opening, standout moments like “Long Walk Home,” the band’s energy and size, Bruce’s three-hour no-break performance, and audience reactions. Mireille and her husband compare the experience to other live-music bucket list shows, discuss artists they’ve seen and hope to see, and she answers the podcast’s “Mary” question.

00:39 Work Worlds Collide

01:57 Growing Up Musical

03:57 Louisiana Culture Vibes

06:28 No Music Rebellion

09:00 First Bruce Show Plans

10:45 Arena Family Energy

12:17 Opening Punch War

15:59 Surprises And Stamina

19:18 Band Highlights And Encore

22:58 Balancing Fans and Growth

24:21 Hopeful Songs and Unity

26:01 Bucket List Concerts

28:51 Local Shows and Folk Finds

30:00 New Orleans Music Trip

31:23 Festivals Food and Family

32:48 Clifton Chenier VIP Moment

34:48 Thunder Road Car Debate
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Host Jesse Jackson welcomes returning guest Scott Shea—author of All the Leaves Are Brown and a forthcoming Waylon Jennings book—to discuss the anniversary of Bruce Springsteen signing with Columbia Records in June 1972 and the recent death of Clive Davis. Shea highlights Springsteen’s rare 54-year label loyalty, early rocky years, and how Born to Run marked progress before larger commercial success arrived with The River and “Hungry Heart.” He recounts the origin story of Springsteen’s deal, focusing on manager Mike Appel’s cold calls, John Hammond’s pivotal audition, and Clive Davis approving the signing. They also discuss Columbia’s artist roster, Davis’s career arc from Columbia to founding Arista, Springsteen’s evolving vocals and live arrangements, reactions to the latest tour’s political tone, and Shea’s ongoing research for his Waylon Jennings biography.

00:00 Podcast Welcome

00:51 Meet Scott Shea

02:13 Columbia Anniversary

04:51 Why Bruce Stayed

06:49 Band Loyalty Talk

08:50 Clive Davis Passing

09:59 Hammond and Appel Story

20:02 Cold Call Breakthrough

21:25 The Audition Moment

23:12 What If He Was Missed

23:44 Cafferty Career What Ifs

24:59 Clive Davis Origins

26:16 Columbia Breakthrough Signings

27:28 Arista Records Reinvention

28:56 Springsteen Tour Politics

30:40 Cranky Bruce And Banter

33:12 Born In USA Outtakes

36:44 Waylon Book Progress

39:02 Wrap Up And Plugs

40:05 Podcast Housekeeping
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Host Jesse Jackson welcomes back musician and actor Levi Petree to catch up on Bruce Springsteen, starting with reactions to recent shows and the tour’s purposeful, righteous energy, including standout moments like “War” into “Born in the U.S.A.,” “Long Walk Home,” “House of a Thousand Guitars,” “American Skin (41 Shots),” and the Tom Morello “Tom Joad” performance, plus crowd differences and setlist changes between nights. They discuss Springsteen’s onstage comments condemning political violence, the challenge of balancing deep cuts with casual-fan expectations, and the craft of setlist construction. Levi shares mixed feelings about the film “Delivery From Nowhere,” then talks about Springsteen’s unreleased-albums tracks before spotlighting his new EP “Sunday Morning Donut Run,” including the nearly seven-minute closer “A Big Love,” and where to stream it.

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