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In a 2025 interview with Guitar Player, Manfred Mann Earth Band guitarist Chris Thompson recalled sitting down with Bruce Springsteen at a fondue restaurant to discuss life on the road, their mutual ...

It is rare for a cover of a song to overtake the original, but Manfred Mann’s Earth Band’s cover of “Blinded by the Light” is an exception. The song was originally written and recorded by Bruce ...

What does a British jazz-blues band know about life on the Jersey shore? Probably not much, but that didn't stop Manfred Mann's Earth Band from taking Bruce Springsteen's 'Blinded By the Light' to No.

In 1977, Manfred Mann’s Earth Band released a cover of the Bruce Springsteen song “Blinded by the Light.” The song charted higher than Springsteen’s own version. The Manfred Mann version hit No. 1, ...

The album’s title itself stemmed from a wartime BBC recording where birdsong and bombers overlapped, and that sense of beauty and menace could be found throughout the album, from the opening Spirits ...

There were certainly people in the '70s who wanted Bruce Springsteen to be the next Bob Dylan. Around that time, there was a lot of talk about who the next Bob Dylan might be, especially since the ...