To call Stevie Van Zandt a renaissance man may be a bit of an understatement. He’s in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, was an E Street Band guitarist, an actor, an activist and a producer Van Zandt joins NewsHour Weekend's Christopher Booker to discuss his life, career, and his new memoir, 'Unrequited Infatuations,' which documents his life in the music and acting business.
Like much of the generation that first learned about football in the 1970s, my friends and I became Steelers’ fans as little kids watching the team rampage through the NFL on their way to four Super Bowl titles in six seasons.
We grew up at the Jersey Shore, on the outskirts of Eagles’ country, but were far enough from Philadelphia that our fandom was not mandatory. That made us free agents and at liberty to choose the most attractive suitor. There were several legitimate contenders at that time. The Minnesota Vikings, whose defense had a cool nickname (the Purple People-Eaters) and who employed a quarterback (Fran Tarkenton) who was a 70s version of Russell Wilson. The Oakland Raiders, who were like a motorcycle gang in pads and whose penchant for cheap shots and dirty play prompted Chuck Noll to famously pronounce that they represented a “criminal element” in the NFL. And the Dallas Cowboys, Oakland’s polar opposite, whose squeaky-clean reputation, pristine uniforms and