How Bruce Springsteen Got Back to 'The River' (Rolling Stone)

"Mood lighting — we need mood lighting," Bruce Springsteen says from the stage at the Consol Energy Center in Pittsburgh. Then he turns to his left and shouts, "Professor!" — the singer's nickname for E Street Band pianist Roy Bittan, who begins his long signature introduction to the ballad "Point Blank" from Springsteen's 1980 double album, The River...

Read more of David Fricke's article @ Rolling Stone: http://www.rollingstone.com/music/features/how-bruce-springsteen-got-back-to-the-river-20160201#ixzz3ywS4ExkG