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Back Stories: Becoming A Bruce Springsteen 'Disciple'

NEW YORK (WCBS 880) -- In today's Back Story, our Tom Kaminski shares his love of Bruce Springsteen.

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He first saw "The Boss" at the newly opened Brenda Byrne Arena in the Meadowlands on July 8, 1981.

"My jaw dropped. I had never, ever seen anything like this," he recalls.

He's since seen Springsteen all across the country.

"On that first night, I walked in as a fan and walked out as a disciple," he says.

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