The Rock Hall welcomes Barry Schneier who will discuss his book, Bruce Springsteen: Rock and Roll Future, a coffee table collection of Schneier’s photography and memories from a historical night in the career of Springsteen and the E Street Band. The presentation will last from approximately 2-2:45pm and will be followed by an audience Q&A and a book signing (books will be available for purchase).

About the Book
In early 1974, a young Bruce Springsteen had released two albums with minimal sales success, in danger of being dropped by his record label. May 9, 1974 proved to be a watershed moment in his career, as Springsteen and the E Street Band opened for Bonnie Raitt at the Harvard Square Theatre in Cambridge, MA.

Famously in the audience that night was Jon Landau, music critic for Rolling Stone and columnist for Cambridge-based The Real Paper. What Landau witnessed that night would alter the trajectory of Bruce’s career forever, as well as his own. One line in Landau’s Real Paper column, perhaps the most famous concert review of all time, became known as “the quote heard ’round the world,” reigniting support for the artist as it was emblazoned in ads and repeated in the press: “I saw rock and roll future and its name is Bruce Springsteen.”

Photographer Barry Schneier was also there that night, on duty with his camera. His photographs, entirely unseen for decades, are the only visual record of this storied ’74 performance.