{"id":6209,"date":"2025-10-25T18:23:32","date_gmt":"2025-10-25T18:23:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/musictechohio.online\/site\/greta-van-fleet-bruce-springsteen-deliver-me-from-nowhere-1236097932\/"},"modified":"2025-10-25T18:23:32","modified_gmt":"2025-10-25T18:23:32","slug":"greta-van-fleet-bruce-springsteen-deliver-me-from-nowhere-1236097932","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/musictechohio.online\/site\/greta-van-fleet-bruce-springsteen-deliver-me-from-nowhere-1236097932\/","title":{"rendered":"Here\u2019s How Half of Greta Van Fleet Became Part of the New Bruce Springsteen\u00a0Biopic"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\n\tBruce Springsteen<\/a> is, of course, the musical focus of the newly released film Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere<\/em>, adapted by director and screenwriter Scott Cooper from Warren Zanes\u2019 book, with Jeremy Allen White<\/a> starring as The Boss. But astute viewers will see some other familiar, and perhaps surprising, rock \u2018n\u2019 roll faces in the production.<\/p>\n

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\n\tScenes depicting Springsteen joining a \u201clocal\u201d band at the Stone Pony in Asbury Park, New Jersey, feature an all-star lineup assembled by the film\u2019s music producer, Dave Cobb. The band is led by Jay Buchanan of Rival Sons<\/a> and includes Greta Van Fleet<\/a>\u2019s Jake Kiszka on guitar, Sam F. Kiszka on bass, keyboardist Bobby Emmett from Jack White\u2019s band, and Nashville drummer Aksel Coe.<\/p>\n

\n\tTheir gut-bucket renditions of Little Richard\u2019s \u201cLucille\u201d and John Lee Hooker\u2019s \u201cBoom Boom,\u201d both performed with White and recorded at New York City\u2019s Power Station, are featured on the soundtrack, set to release Dec. 5, along with a non-movie rendition of Screamin\u2019 Jay Hawkins\u2019 \u201cI Put a Spell on You.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tIt captures the Greta guys during a bit of down time for the band. Sam Kiszka has been producing, working with artists like Langhorne Slim and Hannah Wicklund, while Jake launched a new group, Mirador, with Chris Turpin of Ida Mae. Their self-titled debut came out in September, followed by a tour, with a European leg starting Nov. 3 in Amsterdam.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe random casting begs the question: what are these guys doing in a film about Bruce Springsteen? Luckily, Jake Kiszka was on hand to tell Billboard<\/em> how it all came together.<\/p>\n

\n\tHave you seen yourselves on the big screen yet?<\/strong><\/p>\n

\n\tI haven\u2019t, man, but we want to get back to Michigan and take my grandma to the cinema that she took us to as kids to watch it. I can\u2019t wait for that.<\/p>\n

\n\tSo how did it happen?<\/strong><\/p>\n

\n\tIt\u2019s interesting. It began through Dave Cobb; he produced the last Greta album (2023\u2019s Starcatcher<\/em>) and was helping me produce this current Mirador record. We were sitting around on the dock out by the water at his house in Savannah (Georgia) and he said, \u201cI\u2019ve just been working on this Deliver Me From Nowhere<\/em> film about Nebraska and Springsteen,\u201d and he said the director, Scott Cooper, was looking for a young band who could be the house band for the Stone Pony during this era of Springsteen. And Scott said, \u201cI\u2019m really looking for a young, sort of hop rock \u2018n\u2019 roll band like Greta Van Fleet.\u201d And Dave\u2019s like, \u201cWell, I know someone\u2026 Why don\u2019t we just ask those guys?\u201d He as me and then he needed a bass player and guitar player, so Sam and I sort of stepped up to the plate. That\u2019s how it began.<\/p>\n

\n\tNot something you say \u201cno\u201d to.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\n\tDefinitely. It was completely unexpected, but there\u2019s been so many opportunities like this that come across through the grapevine. A lot of this stuff it\u2019s like, \u201cOK, that\u2019s cool, but we\u2019re touring\u201d or doing a record, whatever we\u2019re busy with at the time. This came through and it was like, you definitely can\u2019t say no to this because Bruce Springsteen is such a big influence on us. This is definitely not something we had foreseen happening, but it was irresistible. It was a fascinating thing to do, the intersection between film and cinema meets music.<\/p>\n

\n\tWhat was the sequence of events as you got into the project?<\/strong><\/p>\n

\n\tThe first step was recording. We went to the Power Station in New York, where (E Street Band attempts at) Nebraska and a lot of the Springsteen stuff was recorded, and we did the whole thing there. Jeremy came in as well. It was really rough and tumble; we maybe got two or three passes on each song. The idea was we were gonna record (more) at the Stony Pony while we were filming, so we were under the impression of, \u201cOK, let\u2019s give this a go, git it our best, and ultimately have another go at it when we\u2019re on the set and filming.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tWhich wound up not being the case?<\/strong><\/p>\n

\n\tWhat happened is Bruce heard what we had recorded (in the studio) and he was so enamored with it and loved it so much that Scott Cooper decided we were gonna use those recordings from the Power Station in studio, which is quite cool.<\/p>\n

\n\tWhat were your impressions of working with Jeremy on a musical level?<\/strong><\/p>\n

\n\tIt was interesting for him because he\u2019s an actor, so this was a totally different world. And he blended into it so well. I think he had reservations about stepping onto that (music) world, maybe some subtle level of intimidation. I know I was certainly intimidated when I walked onto the film set, and he was probably just swimming. But he did some live vocals, which is incredible; Jay is obviously just a remarkable rock \u2018n\u2019 roll singer, so Jeremy came in and stood next to jay, and it was impressive to see him step up to the plate fearlessly like that.<\/p>\n

\n\tDid you give him any pointers during the process?<\/strong><\/p>\n

\n\tBeing able to show Jeremy how to play harmonic was really interesting and cool. I was kind of asked by (Cobb) if I could teach Jeremy a bit of harmonica for the film, so I bought him a chromatic scale of harps to use. I\u2019m not entirely proficient as most harmonica players, but I knew enough from my father playing blues harmonica, so I was able to show him some stuff.<\/p>\n

\n\tWhat was filming at the Stone Pony like?<\/strong><\/p>\n

\n\tThat was really incredible. What was really interesting was we had played the Stone Pony; Greta had done the outdoor summer venue (May 18, 2019), so it was interesting coming back and knowing the place and history. We\u2019ve done late-night television and stuff like that, but this was a very different experience. Being there on this major motion picture set, this big production with Bruce Springsteen hanging around on set and Steven Spielberg coming by and Danny Clinch shooting (photographs), it was like an alternative universe. Ultimately it was quite overwhelming.<\/p>\n

\n\tYou got to hang with Springsteen?<\/strong><\/p>\n

\n\tHe was just there on set. He was going to catering and stuff, hanging out with everybody, with the extras and us. It was a really casual experience. He was really humble and sort of exceeded expectations of meeting one of your heroes\u2026 just the most beautiful and incredible human being. There was a lot of time on the set I got to talk to him\u2026 about Nebraska and his career and early life. It was an unreal experience.<\/p>\n

\n\tWere there any nuggets of wisdom or insight you took away from it?<\/strong><\/p>\n

\n\tI suppose so. We talked about Nebraska a lot. It\u2019 s my favorite Bruce Springsteen record, so I was talking to him about recording demos\u2026 and how they tried to re-record (the songs) with the E Street Band and they couldn\u2019t recapture the magic of the demos. That was really fascinating, that the record is just that demo. It\u2019s just unbelievable. So certainly a takeaway for me was that they don\u2019t all have to be polished records. You don\u2019t need to get something perfect; sometimes it\u2019s about the humility of it, the purity of it. That stuck with me.<\/p>\n

\n\tSam has a speaking line in the movie. Did you play rock, paper, scissors for that?<\/strong><\/p>\n

\n\tThat was interesting. Scott was like, \u201cHey, we\u2019re gonna shoot this scene, you\u2019re leaving (the Stone Pony) with Bruce. You want to hang out, maybe play next week. Just shoot the shit. Make up the lines\u201d \u2014 improvise, basically. We had no idea what we were we gonna say. It was me and Jay and Sam, and (Cooper) was like, \u201cAction! We\u2019re rolling,\u201d and we were just flying by the seat of our pants. Whatever came out came out. I don\u2019t know what made the film yet.<\/p>\n

\n\tYou\u2019re going from the film to back on the road with Mirador in Europe. Are you happy with the way things are going for that band?<\/strong><\/p>\n

\n\tIt\u2019s been really incredible. I\u2019ve been somewhat overwhelmed by the response \u2014 and so immediately as well. The shows are sold out. There\u2019s that kind of intensity and fuel that has fanned the fire of Mirador in someways that\u2019s really elevated the band and the performances. It\u2019s happening with leaps and bounds rather than inching its way forward. So I\u2019m quite happy with it \u2014 astounded, actually. We\u2019ll probably record another record within the year, or next year. Definitely between Greta and Mirador, there\u2019s a lot going on.<\/p>\n

\n\tWhat\u2019s next for Greta?<\/strong><\/p>\n

\n\tThis next year is going to be exciting and filled to the brim with surprises. There\u2019s something stirring. The curtain will fall and the black smoke will rise and\u2026 that\u2019s all I can say right now. <\/p>\n


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