Patti Scialfa was born July 29, 1953 in Deal, New Jersey. She currently performs as a backing vocalist for her husband, Bruce Springsteen. Patty
began her musical career after she graduated from New York University. She began playing on the Big Apple's club scene in the early 1980s and
to sing back up for rock acts on tour and in the studio including David Johansen, the Rolling Stones and Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes.
In 1984, she joined the E Street Band three or four days before the opening show of the Born in the U.S.A. Tour,
because Nils Lofgren contracted mononucleosis, which made it impossible for him to sing his backing vocals.
In 1986, she appeared on the Rolling Stones' Dirty Work album, leaving her unique vocal mark on "One Hit (To the Body)"
as well as other tracks. She worked with Keith Richards on his first solo disc Talk is Cheap. Steve Jordan,
who co-produced the Richards' record, was a friend of Scialfa's from her Greenwich Village days.
Scialfa has made two solo albums, 1993's Rumble Doll and 2004's 23rd Street Lullaby, both of which received
four-star reviews from Rolling Stone, but failed to produce successful radio singles. Each record is a mix of
confessional songwriting, impressive vocal range, and traditional country, folk and rock music.
Springsteen and fellow E Street bandmates like Lofgren and Roy Bittan contributed backing work.
Following the release of her second album, Scialfa played a series of club dates along the East Coast and she
was also the opening act of the post-final night of the Vote for Change tour. Her third album, Play It As It Lays, was released on September 4.
Before joining the E-Street Band for 1984's Born In the USA tour, she signed a recording contract with Columbia Records as a solo artist
based on the strength of her demos. However, because of a tumultuous touring schedule based on the runaway success of Born In The USA, her
marriage to Springsteen in 1988, and the family they began immediately after, her debut album Rumbledoll, did not appear until 1993.
Domestic life, songwriting, and the 1999 reunion of the E-Street Band all conspired to delay her solo career. 23rd Street Lullaby, her
excellent sophomore effort, was issued in June of 2004.
Bruce Springsteen (vocals/guitar)
Ray Bittan (piano, keyboard synthesizer)
Clarence Clemons (saxophone)
Nils Lofgrens (guitar, accordian)
Patti Scialfa (backing vocalist)
Stevie Van Zandt (mandolin,/guitar)
Max Weinberg (drums)
