demo

So by the time we got in there to start unpacking them, I had already written them and kind of made the demos of them and stuff.

So for many people, it might be the first time that they’re learning that the “Nebraska” album derived from a Maxell XL II 90 cassette tape of demos recorded by Springsteen in his bedroom.

Springsteen was planning to flesh out the “Nebraska” demos with his band in New York, and spent a lot of time doing various versions of the songs, but didn’t like the feel of them.

Last time, it took at least four years to bring a demo crew to the Capitol,” he said, referring to the Jan. 6 insurrection.

She compares carting the demo reel around Hollywood to “what the Avon lady goes through.”