E STREET BAND: A HALL FINALLY COMES KNOCKING

E STREET BAND: A HALL FINALLY COMES KNOCKING

10/13/2011

When Bruce Springsteen was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1999, it was without his E Street Band. But the group may finally get its due — they’ve become the first group ever nominated for induction into the New Jersey Hall of Fame.

Also among the 50 nominees announced today are actors Alan Alda, Christopher Reeve and Michael Douglas, and fellow music acts Celia Cruz, Connie Francis, Dionne Warwick, Dizzy Gillespie and Sarah Vaughn.

Unlike the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, whose inductees are chosen by members of the music industry, voting for the New Jersey Hall of Fame is open to the public at NJHallofFame.org.

Springsteen, who was inducted into the New Jersey Hall of Fame in 2008, feels the E Street Band should be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. At the time of his induction he said, “I think the Hall of Fame needs to come up with a mechanism that somehow honors musicians.” The following year the Hall added the Sidemen category to their induction ceremony, although not every year since has someone been recognized in that category