Hank Azaria's Bruce Springsteen cover band EZ Street finds 'The Simpsons' actor tackling the Boss.
is “by far the hardest I’ve worked to do any vocal for anything,” even if it is “a genuine joy” for the bona fide Boss fan.Still, that’s saying something for a guy who’s won six Primetime Emmy Awards , also received some tacit approval from the man himself.
“He said he played it for Patti and apparently she loved it. And later that night I got another text saying Patti played it for Bruce and they loved it. They took it for how it’s meant, which was a loving tribute.” Azaria got to tell Springsteen about that, too, although neither meeting with Springsteen went quite as he hoped or planned.
“I’m such a singing neophyte that I didn’t realize that these songs were unattainable for me,” acknowledges Azaria, who was had to overcome an anxiety that almost scotched the birthday party performance — where E Street Band drummer Max Weinberg joined the group for a couple of songs. “I started out four or five steps below Bruce; I’ve now kind of, through singing training and practice, worked up to almost at his key, just a step or two below.
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