Bruce Explores Mariachi Music on ‘Inyo’

Bruce Springsteen by Danny Clinch

Bruce Springsteen by Danny Clinch

June 27 can’t come fast enough. That’s the date seven complete never-before-heard Springsteen albums will be released in one big beautiful box, Tracks II. One of the albums, Inyo, is particularly fascinating as it contains his 1990s collaborations with a host of Mariachi Musicians. For now, we can listen to “Adelita,” a song for the women of Mexico who fully participated in that country’s fight for independence.

Bruce Springsteen Inyo

Bruce: “Inyo was a record I wrote in California during long drives along the California aqueduct, up through Inyo Country on my way to Yosemite or Death Valley. I was enjoying that kind of writing so much. I would go home to the hotel room at night and continue to write in that style because I thought I was going to follow-up The Ghost Of Tom Joad with a similar record, but I didn’t. That’s where Inyo comes from. It’s one of my favorites. There was constant border reporting in the Los Angeles Times, so it was a big part of your life.”

LISTEN TO ‘ADELITA’: https://brucespringsteen.lnk.to/Adelita

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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