If you listen to the talk guys on E-Street Radio, you hear a great deal about it. If you read The Boss’s autobiography, he talks plenty about it. If you heard about his But if you listen at all closely to his songs, you already know it, at least unconsciously: Bruce Springsteen is a Master Storyteller.

This talk focuses primarily on Springsteen’s lyrics and his use of literary storytelling devices in representative folk and rock songs. As well it will discuss some spoken introductions and comments that he makes at times while offering contexts to his songs. The music itself will brought in through brief analysis of how the words and music fit together. All told storytelling has greatly contributed to his legendary status in rock and roll.