DAVE MARSH ON ‘GLORY DAYS’
Comparing Glory Days to Born to Run.
"Hopefully, Glory Days is at least eight years better. But it wasn’t until it came out and I started thinking about it that I realized there’s a continuity in all my books—both Bruce books, Elvis, Michael (Jackson) and the Who—and that is ‘does this stuff work?’ Glory Days is the most centered on this question, and the question is: can you live a productive adult life—and continue to grow—and still be involved in rock ’n’ roll? And I guess the counter to that would be: if not, then why am I so attracted to it? And Glory Days is the first book in which I’ve found someone who can say, in a very qualified and detailed fashion, 'Yeah, it works if you do this set of things.’ There may be other ways to do it, but with these things you can make it work at its most intense and highest level.
"The book isn’t about one person; it’s about a person and how he fits into various groups and communities. The story of Bruce and Jon Landau is very central. So is the story of Bruce working with a variety of community groups as a very intelligent and affirmative response to Ronald Reagan.
