Stevie Van Zandt Disciple Movie Trailer HD - Plot synopsis: A portrait of a true renaissance man and passionate activist, this documentary film chronicles the artist throughout his remarkable career while illuminating the influential and enduring legacy he continues to have as a fervent champion of rock 'n' roll and social justice. Featuring exclusive interviews with many of Van Zandt's contemporaries, collaborators & friends, including Bruce Springsteen, Darlene Love, Eddie Vedder, Paul McCartney, and Bono. Disciple, a story told through a wealth of rare performance footage, takes us back to the emergence of the Jersey Shore sound in the mid-1970s when Van Zandt, Springsteen, and Southside Johnny rocked The Stone Pony club in Asbury Park, N.J. with their particular brand of rock music infused with the sounds of soul and backing horns. Filled with insight from luminaries within the music, film, political circles that Van Zandt toggles between, this revealing film explores the many facets of Van Zandt, including his vital collaborations on many Springsteen albums, his departure from the E Street Band at the height of their fame and his work as front man of Little Steven and the Disciples of Soul.
Stevie Van Zandt: Disciple is directed by American producer / filmmaker Bill Teck, director of the other doc One Day Since Yesterday: Peter Bogdanovich & the Lost American Film previously, plus short films and other projects.
Stevie Van Zandt: Disciple is directed by American producer / filmmaker Bill Teck, director of the other doc One Day Since Yesterday: Peter Bogdanovich & the Lost American Film previously, plus short films and other projects.
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00:00When you're overseas, people don't look at you like a guitar player or a cab driver.
00:04You're an American.
00:05I never thought of myself as an American.
00:08I'm from New Jersey.
00:12Steve was a great performer, great songwriter, great producer.
00:16I love his enthusiasm and encyclopedic knowledge of music.
00:21He's a businessman. He's a philanthropist.
00:23He really is a renaissance man.
00:24I'm losing my balls over here!
00:27Miami Steve was a character that I was playing in the E Street Band.
00:31The Dean Martin in our Rock and Roll Rat Pack.
00:34We were so close. I just wanted him near me.
00:36He just became my rock and roll brother instantly, you know.
00:40But he did need to take his shot.
00:42Fifteen years. We finally made it.
00:45Then I quit. The night before payday.
00:47I went from artist to activist.
00:50I married this fun rock and roll guy and all of a sudden he's in South Africa.
00:54Steve got together different genres of music.
00:57The amount of artists that were involved.
00:59Rockers, rappers, R&B stars.
01:02Steven understood rock and roll owed a debt to the continent of Africa.
01:06There's this guy who was so well read and so politically astute,
01:10but dressed like a dervish or a pirate.
01:13He's nothing less than revolutionary.
01:15But I was spiritually exhausted.
01:17I said what I wanted to say and no record company wanted to sign me anymore.
01:21So I walked my dog for seven years.
01:24I wanted to be very different.
01:26As different as I could be.
01:27Thinking I'm never going back to music again.
01:31Steven, the second act, it's amazing.
01:33All of a sudden he's in television, radio.
01:35He's building a record label.
01:39Rock and roll kept him alive.
01:41And I really do believe it's his revision.
01:44One of the great horses in rock and roll.
01:47And one of the great horses for Justice Little Steven.
01:52Steve's a true believer.
01:56There's something about rock that's unique in the way it communicates emotion,
02:00inspiration and motivation.
02:02This is what it's all about.
02:21© transcript Emily Beynon