Bruce Among White House Honorees

Written By Mike Greenblatt
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President Joe Biden bestowed the National Medal of Arts on March 21 in the East Room of the White House to honorees that included Bruce Springsteen as well as singer Gladys Knight, actor Julia Louis Dreyfus, authors Colson Whitehead and Amy Tan, comedian Mindy Kaling and designer Vera Wang. In introducing Bruce, the President called him, “a poet  troubadour, a chronicler of American life and resilience and hope and dreams…[who has won] 20 Grammys, an Oscar, a Tony and an unyielding love from millions of fans across generations.”

Mike Greenblatt

MIKE GREENBLATT has been writing for Goldmine magazine and New Jersey's Aquarian Weekly for more than 35 years. His writing subjects fill the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

He's interviewed Joe Cocker, Graham Nash, David Crosby, Carlos Santana, Bruce Springsteen, Paul McCartney, Johnny Cash, and members of The Rolling Stones and The Beatles. He was 18 when he attended Woodstock in 1969.

In addition to writing about music, Greenblatt has worked on publicity campaigns for The Animals, Pat Benatar, Johnny Winter, Tommy James and Richard Branson, among others. He is currently the editor of The Jersey Sound.

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