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Steven Van Zandt and His Wife, Maureen Van Zandt, Were Our Special Guests in 2016

Steven Van Zandt is perhaps best known for being a member of Bruce Springsteen’s E-Street Band. However, he came into his own and together with his wife, Maureen Van Zandt, he joined us for our throwback to Woodstock in 2016. The pair spent their time talking to the children in our program and helping them through rehearsals to bring back the Age of Aquarius in Lincroft, Brookdale, Middletown, and Red Bank, New Jersey. It was a fantastic experience for everyone involved.

About Steven and Maureen Van Zandt

Steven and Maureen Van Zandt weren’t young when they met and married, but that didn’t mean they weren’t a powerful couple in the entertainment industry. They didn’t have any children, but both have a passion for working with kids, especially those who are interested in making music a career. Now in their 70s, the two aren’t showing their age and are still going strong, helping young people realize their dreams in the entertainment industry.

Photos via Bruce Gallipani

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FAQ:

1) Does Steven Van Zandt have children?

Steven Van Zandt and his wife Maureen do not have any children. The couple married when they were in their 30s and never chose to have children of their own.

2) Who is Steven Van Zandt’s biological father?

Although Steven Van Zandt grew up under the fatherly care of William Van Zandt, whom his mother married in 1957, Steven’s biological father was a man named Vince Borello. She left his father while she was still pregnant due to his drug addiction problems.

3) Why did Steven Van Zandt change his name?

Steven Van Zandt was born Steven Lento and was given his mother’s surname because of her separation from his biological father. When she married William Van Zandt, he went on to adopt Steven, resulting in his name change.

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    • Stevie Van Zandt is an award winning Musician, Performer, Songwriter, Arranger, Producer, Actor, Director, International DJ, Activist, Historian, Teacher, New York Times best selling author, Radio Hall of Fame nominee, member of the New Jersey Hall of Fame and Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, and is recognized internationally as one of the world’s foremost authorities on both Contemporary and Traditional Rock and Roll. 

    After helping create the “Jersey SHore” sound with the Asbury Jukes he became a founding memver of Bruce Springsteen’s E Street Band, and went on to become a successful solo artist in his own right recording and performing solo with his band Little Steven and the Disciples of Soul. 

    In 2021 he released his critically acclaimed memoir “Unrequited Infatuations” which debuted as a New York Times bestseller. He is also the star of the Grammy nominated HBO documentary “Stevie Van Zandt: Disciple” that deubted last year at the Tribeca Film Festival. 

    His songs have been performed by artists such as Jackson Browne, Pearl Jam, Jimmy Cliffe, Damian Marley, Margo Price, Gary U.S. Bonds, Darlene Love, Nancy Sinatra, Brian Setzer, Black Uhuru, and more. 

    Stevie Co-Produced the seminal Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band albums “The River”, and “Born in the U.S.A.” He has also produced albums for Southside Johnny and the Absury Jukes, Gary U.S> Bonds, Ronnie Spector, Demolition 23, Arc Angels, Majek Fashek, and many more. He Arranged and Produced “Introducing Darlene Love,” for the legendary Darlene Lobe, star of the Oscar winning documentary “Twenty Feet From Stardom.”

    In 1985, Van Zandt formed Artists United Against Apartheid and wrote “Sun City”, a song featuring over 50 major recording artists protesting the Apartheid system and considered by many political experts to be one of the fatal blows to Apartheid, leading to Nelson Mandela being free

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    • STEVIE VAN ZANDT

    Musician, Performer, Songwriter, Arranger, Music Producer, Music Supervisor, TV Producer, Actor, Director, Broadway Producer, TV and Film Composer, and Live Event Producer, International DJ, Activist, Historian, Teacher,  member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, and recognized internationally as one of the world’s foremost authorities on both Contemporary and Traditional Rock and Roll.

     “He’s not the only one, nor the oldest, nor the richest. But Little Stevie Van Zandt might currently be the planet’s most charismatic, dedicated and visible crusader scrapping to preserve the dirty purity of Rock ‘n Roll.” - BruceSpringsteen.net

    “I know it sounds a bit silly but I do believe Rock and Roll can change the world.  It’s about bands, and that for me suggests brotherhood, family, friendship, and community” - Stevie Van Zandt

     

    PERFORMER

    After creating the “Jersey Shore” sound with the Asbury Jukes he became a founding member of Bruce Springsteen’s E Street Band, and went on to become a successful solo artist in his own right recording and performing solo with his band Little Steven and the Disciples of Soul. In 2017 he released his first new album in over 15 years returning to his Rhythm and Blues roots entitled “Soulfire” which Rolling Stone named one of its “Best Albums of 2017.” He has recently released “Soulfire LIVE!” a 3 disc CD box set, a 7 Vinyl box set, and 2 disc Blu-Ray, recorded live during the “Soulfire Tour,” his first solo tour in over 20 years.  He has just finished a new album called “Summer of Sorcery” his first album of original songs in 20 years, and is also working on a box set release of all of his solo albums.  

    Solo Albums –

    Men Without Women (1982)

    Voice Of America (1984)

    Sun City (1985 - Artists United Against Apartheid)

    Freedom No Compromise (1987)

    Revolution (1989)

    Born Again Savage (1999)

    Nobody Love and Leaves Alive (1999 - The Lost Boys, Unreleased)

    Soulfi

    Steven Van Zandt

    American musician and actor (born 1950)

    In this Dutch name, the surname is Van Zandt, not Zandt.

    Musical artist

    Steven Van Zandt (né Lento; born November 22, 1950), also known as Little Steven or Miami Steve, is an American musician and actor. He is a member of Bruce Springsteen's E Street Band, in which he plays guitar and mandolin. He has appeared in several television drama series, including as Silvio Dante in The Sopranos (1999–2007) and as Frank Tagliano in Lilyhammer (2012–2014). Van Zandt has his own solo band called Little Steven and the Disciples of Soul, intermittently active since the 1980s.

    In 2014, Van Zandt was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of the E Street Band. Van Zandt has produced music, written songs, and had his own songs covered by Springsteen, Meat Loaf, Nancy Sinatra, Pearl Jam, Southside Johnny, Artists United Against Apartheid, and the Iron City Houserockers, among others.

    Early life

    Van Zandt was born Steven Lento on November 22, 1950, in Winthrop, Massachusetts, to Mary Henrietta Lento and Vince Borello, and raised in Watertown, Massachusetts. He has Italian ancestry; one grandfather was from Calabria and one grandmother's parents were from Naples.

    His mother remarried in 1957, and he took the last name of his stepfather, William Brewster Van Zandt. Actor Billy Van Zandt is Van Zandt's half-brother and actress Adrienne Barbeau is his ex-sister-in-law. He also has a half-sister named Kathi, who is a writer.

    When he was seven, the family moved from Massachusetts to Middletown Township, New Jersey.

    Van Zandt found his love for music at an early age, when he learned how to play the guitar. He watched the performances of the Beatles on The Ed Sullivan Show and the Rolling Stones on Hollywood Palace in 1964, and referred to the former as "The Big Bang of Rock n' Roll".[