Guitars, Gangsters and Garage Rock

Soundcheck | May 3, 2010
Steve Van Zandt has a career built on many roles: as the longtime guitarist with Bruce Springsteen's E Street Band; as Tony Soprano's closest advisor (the pompadoured Silvio Dante); and as the promoter of a large touring rock festival (the Underground Garage Rolling Rock and Roll Show). Today, Van Zandt talks about his many roles, including his latest, as the host of the weekly radio show on Sirius Satellite Radio. Also: Arielle Dombasle, French torch singer and actress (and spouse of the philosopher-journalist Bernard-Henri Lévy) joins us to share her latest album, "C'est Si Bon."

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