Patti Scialfa
Patti Scialfa ( born July 29, 1953 in Long Branch, New Jersey; actually Vivienne Patricia Scialfa ) is an American singer. Their style of music is attributed to the American roots rock.
Biography
Patti Scialfa is known as the wife of Bruce Springsteen and a backing singer of the E Street Band. After Bruce Springsteen's marriage was dissolved with the photo model Julianne Phillips, she married the "Boss" 1991 Currently both live in Rumson, New Jersey and have three children. Evan James ( born 1990), Jessica Rae ( born in 1991 ) and Sam Ryan ( born 1993).
Scialfa began her career as a background and session singer for various rock acts, including David Johansen, The Rolling Stones, and Southside Johnny & the Asbury Jukes. Prior to 1984 E Street Band came, she signed a recording contract with Columbia Records. Due to her work with the E Street Band, and her marriage to Bruce Springsteen released their debut album Rumble Doll appeared in 1993. All songs on the album were written by Patti Scialfa itself. The album was produced by Mike Campbell, a member of Tom Petty's Heartbreakers. The album was praised by critics, partly but found little attention ( supposedly only 55,000 copies sold). Good ten years later, in 2004 appeared the successor 23rd Street Lullaby. The album was produced by Steve Jordan, who had worked with Keith Richards. In addition to Springsteen himself Nils Lofgren (vocals, violin), both members of the E Street Band worked on the guitar as well as Soozie Tyrell with on the album.
In 2007, the third album Scialfa appeared, again produced by Steve Jordan " Play it as it lays ." The album received mostly good reviews, for example, from German Rolling Stone, where it is executed: " And indeed, much to, 23rd Street Lullaby ' full of retrospect and thoughtful melancholy, of the sad relentlessness of life and the unpredictability of his circumstances - Themes, of course, which is also the husband preoccupy over again. Remains Musically, 23rd Street Lullaby 'on familiar territory. Easy Soul, softly flowing singer / songwriter twang, a trace modernity - producer Steve Jordan lays a decent carpet on which cellist Jane Scarpatoni and guitarist Marc Ribot with spherical accessory the instrumental with the sensual and nasal speech Scialfas connect. Especially nice succeed at, Yesterday's Child ': Scialfa sings in sleepwalking scene is a song of farewell and a new beginning, the guitars tremble uplifting, and in the center flies the whole song about it in a wonderful moment. "