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 station the new station at Interlaken began in August 1889, with a projected cost of $10,000 (1889 USD). Timber and staking came by August 27. Construction of the station at Interlaken finished and opened in late-June 1890. As a result of the new station at Interlaken, North Asbury Park station was closed by the railroad on November 23, 1890, despite please to keep it open. Passengers started using the Asbury Park station instead of the new depot at Interlaken, however. However, a new station opened at North Asbury Park in July 1892 at the cost of $8,000. A new agreement was