Bruce Springsteen the E Street Band. Earlier bands include the Rogues, the Castiles, Earth, Child, Steel Mill, the Sundance Blues Band, Dr Zoom and the Sonic Boom, and the Bruce Springsteen Band. In October 1972 he formed a new band for the recording of his debut album "Greetings from Asbury Park, N.J.", which became known as The E Street Band, although the name was not used until September 1974. Suki Lahav who was born on a kibbutz in Israel played violin with the E Street band as an unofficial member during live shows in the 1970s. The E Street Band performed on
Ramrod (Bruce Springsteen song) Ramrod (Bruce Springsteen song) "Ramrod" is a song written and performed by Bruce Springsteen for his fifth album, "The River", released in 1980. It was recorded at The Power Station in New York in June or July 1979. The song was written earlier and initially recorded for Springsteen's "Darkness on the Edge of Town" album, but that recording was not used for its release on "The River". Although "Ramrod" was never released as the A-side of a single, it reached #30 on the "Billboard" Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks chart in 1981. It has remained a popular song in concerts by