Steven Van Zandt reveals how sympathetic publisher ‘saved’ his life
Steven Van Zandt’s life was “saved” by a publisher after he spent seven years in the “wilderness” of showbusiness. ‘The Sopranos’ actor and E Street Band rocker, 73, believes he ended up in a career desert after he quit the group in 1984 to focus on political activism before its frontman Bruce Springsteen, 74, made it big with its hit ‘Born in the USA’. He told Page Six it was not until Lance Freed, the son of influential DJ Alan Freed, came to his aid that his career took off again – after the publisher heard his music with the band Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes. Steven added at the p...