It was a ’57 Chevy with dual, four-barrel carbs, a Hurst on the floor and orange flames spread across the hood.” What is a Hurst, you ask, and why is it on the floor? Bruce Springsteen and his wife Patti will both donate an original piece of art to the auction, as will U2 frontman Bono. Yes, today I say goodbye to what I once thought of as the ‘power and glory’ of the music of Bruce Springsteen. Bruce only kept his Bel Air for a year, but was photographed with it for Time, Newsweek and Playboy. The author of the 1982 song “Used Cars” ("Now, mister, the day the lottery I win, I ain’t ever gonna ride in no used car again"), Springsteen had never owned a new car until that very year. Some 1,600 artists are to provide postcard sized artworks for the “Incognito” auction fundraiser. The auction will then travel to Lavit Gallery, Wandesford Quay, Cork from May 22nd to 23rd. What a 'united Ireland' could mean in reality? Often, cars serve as a metaphor for escaping small and backward towns. Until this point, the then 26-year-old had never had his own wheels – despite composing so many lyrics about them. Bruce Springsteen. Very ’80s. The Boss had officially arrived. Springsteen’s black Stingray, aka the C2, was a big step forward on the original C1. Each purchase comes with a 30-day money-back guarantee. This fifth-generation F-series has a 215bhp V8, improved suspension and plush “Ranger XLT” trim, so the E Street Band leader can tear across This Hard Land in comfort. Other artists providing pieces as part of the charity auction include Vincent Devine, Paul Costelloe, Abigail O’Brien, Mick O’Dea, Maser, Laura Cronin, Mo Kelly, Alice Maher, Victor Richardson and Peter Curling. © United Archives GmbH / Alamy Stock Photo, Bruce Springsteen likes his cars sprung from cages out on Highway Nine, chrome-wheeled, fuel-injected and steppin' out over the line… and preferably a Chevy. Looking for design inspiration? It felt as conspicuous as if I were driving a solid gold Rolls-Royce.” This pony car owed nothing to previous generations, with a raked windshield, hatchback body style, three-piece rear spoiler and lower body valances. “When we’re in a car we can feel like we’re always moving forward. The C1 Corvette arrived on the Springsteen driveway in 1977, a sign that his albums were going platinum. It was only when he married his E Street bandmate Patti Scialfa in 1991 and had their three kids that Bruce finally bought something sensible. It is the fourth year of the Incognito auction. The actor and comedian Richard Belzer once joked about Bruce Springsteen’s on-stage shtick of delivering epic monologues about American life as intros for “another song about a car”. US musician Bruce Springsteen has donated an original artwork to a charity auction to raise funds for the Jack & Jill Foundation. The artworks will go on sale in the Sol Gallery, D’Olier St, Dublin city centre, from April 24th to 26th, with previews being displayed two days beforehand. AUD ($) Last year the event raised over €120,000 for the Jack & Jill Foundation. “I have a garage full of cars that I’ve collected over the years,” says Springsteen. Explore our guides to help you through the pandemic, Covid-19: World in ‘for a hell of a ride’ in coming months, Dr Mike Ryan says, Fundraisers, rallies, flights: What Trump did days before his positive Covid-19 test, Major Dublin restaurant group threatens State with legal action over Covid-19 restrictions, What happens now and what does it mean for Ireland? GBP (£) © Motoring Picture Library / Alamy Stock Photo. Photograph: Ntb Scanpix/Reuters For all his accolades, fortune and millions of fans, Bruce Springsteen has been in therapy for 30 years, he has revealed in the New Yorker . Cars feature in the lyrics of Springsteen’s most recent album, Western Eyes, although he admits that these days they’ve lost some of their romance. I wish he’d just hit the gas and let out a cry, and tell ’em they can all kiss our asses goodbye.” With only 145 horses, you’d struggle to get the tyres to squeal. EUR (€) USD ($), Copyright © 2020 FineArtAmerica.com - All Rights Reserved. He’d long lusted after this car, and bought it from the attendant of the local ice-cream stand. A small collection of older American vehicles that I get in and drive once in a while.” As the bard of blue-collar America, Springsteen could hardly not have a pick-up in that garage, and the 1970 Ford F100 is a fine choice. “In ’70s New Jersey, the car was still a powerful image,” writes the singer in his recent best-selling memoir. Sign up for our newsletter for exclusive deals, discount codes, and more. Up to 2,600 artworks will be auctioned for €50 each, but the identity of the artist will only be revealed after the piece is purchased. Somewhere I read an article on Bruce in which the writer asserts that the opening song of each Springsteen album sets the tone of the album, hints at what the album is about. That would be an aftermarket gearstick mounted directly on the transmission tunnel, and Springsteen also refers to it in his 1978 hit “Racing In The Street”.

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