Warren Zanes

For Warren Zanes, music has been a salvation. In his troubled teen years, his brother put him in the band The Del Fuegos. Then music was the conduit to his PhD. And now, after a lifetime of seeing himself as just another guy without a father, Warren’s music biographies have helped him feel at home with other lost people. Warren and Marc talk about explaining life through music, writing about Tom Petty, and Warren’s new book Deliver Me from Nowhere: The Making of Bruce Springsteen’s Nebraska. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

John Horne, an entertainment correspondent and 1A Movie Club VP, joins musician and author Warren Zanes, who wrote the book behind the film, along with Pitchfork critic Sadie Sartini-Garner. They dive into Bruce Springsteen's darker phase in the early '80s and the making of the biopic. Zanes reflects on Springsteen’s introspection and familial trauma, while Horne discusses the film’s focus on songwriting over spectacle. Sartini-Garner praises its authenticity, contrasting it with typical musician biopics, and the panel highlights audience engagement with themes of mental health and vulnerability.