Joe Ely, the country music rocker best known for his work with Bruce Springsteen, the Clash and more, has died. He was 78. The “Honky Tonk Masquerade” singer’s family announced the news in a Facebook ...

Joe Ely, who has died aged 78, was a singer and songwriter who became a key figure in the “progressive country” scene that ...

He was walking out and Bruce Springsteen was a walking in. Joe DePugh of Freehold, who inspired the Springsteen hit “Glory Days” after a chance encounter at the Headliner of Neptune, has passed away.

Joe Grushecky has been a long-time collaborator with another Asbury Park musician, Bruce Springsteen. Joe Grushecky and Springsteen have shared the stage at the Parkinson's fighting Light of Day ...

This story originally appeared in the Asbury Park Press on Oct. 18, 1995. ASBURY PARK – Just 24 hours after announcing a release date for his long-awaited new album and concert tour, Bruce Springsteen ...

Bruce Springsteen and the late Joe DePugh. Photo courtesy of the Stowe Reporter (Vermont) The King’s graduate went to high school with the Boss. Posted by Bruce Springsteen on Social media.

DePugh, who died at age 75, was childhood pals with the Boss Sergione Infuso/Corbis via Getty Joe DePugh inspired Bruce Springsteen's hit "Glory Days" The two had played baseball together in ...

Thanks to Bruce Springsteen, Joe DePugh’s glory days never really passed him by. DePugh, who helped inspire “Glory Days” — Springsteen’s rollicking, yet bittersweet ode to youthful memories on his ...

He was walking out and Bruce Springsteen was walking in. Joe DePugh, the Freehold, New Jersey native who inspired Springsteen's hit “Glory Days” after a chance encounter in their shared hometown, has ...

Joe DePugh, a childhood friend of Bruce Springsteen who inspired the hit song "Glory Days," has died at 75. DePugh and Springsteen played baseball together as kids, and a chance encounter years later ...

A gifted athlete, he gave a clumsy teenage Bruce Springsteen his first nickname, Saddie. Years later, the Boss returned the favor, memorializing him in a song. By Michael S. Rosenwald Joe DePugh, the ...

Joe DePugh, the Little League teammate of Bruce Springsteen who inspired that rocker’s hit song “Glory Days,” a rousing, bittersweet anthem to their hardscrabble childhoods in Freehold, New Jersey, ...