E Street Band Clemons, Federici, Lopez, Sancious, Tallent and Van Zandt honed their skills in numerous bands, both with and without Springsteen. These included Little Melvin & the Invaders, the Downtown Tangiers Band, the Jaywalkers, Moment of Truth, Glory Road, Child, Steel Mill, Dr. Zoom & the Sonic Boom, the Sundance Blues Band, and the Bruce Springsteen Band. In 1972, when Springsteen gained a recording contract with CBS, he picked the cherries among Jersey Shore musicians to record – and to tour in support of – his debut album, "Greetings from Asbury Park, N.J." By 1973, they had recorded a second album with
Asbury Park Boardwalkers Asbury Park Boardwalkers The Asbury Park Boardwalkers were an American basketball team based in Asbury Park, New Jersey that was a member of the Eastern Professional Basketball League. The team began play for the 1966-67 season at Asbury Park Convention Hall. In the team's first season, the franchise won only two games in a 28-game season - and went through three coaches. The only bright spot during this season was when, after the season ended, the Boardwalker's top player, Dennis Cuff, received the Eastern League's John F. Kennedy Sportsmanship Award. Although the Boardwalkers started off strong for the 1967-68 season,