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Down by the Three Rivers
A couple of longtime Springsteen fans have put together a
documentary portrait of one of the Boss’ most faithful – and
little known – collaborators.
Monday, January 28, 2008 at 3:50 PM
By
FilmStew Staff
Almost as unlikely as the idea of a
songwriting partnership between Bruce Springsteen and a
moonlighting Pittsburgh special education teacher is the
notion that a guy who works at a
Best Buy and
another who toils for a metal manufacturing plant would
choose to combine forces to make a documentary. But that’s
just what Steve Caniff and Jim Justice have done with
Good Life: The Joe Grushecky Story, for the not too bad
sum of $25,000. “We should have listed Visa and Capitol One
as executive producers on the credits,” Justice jokingly
tells the Cincinnati Enquirer. “I'm not hoping to
set the world on fire with this thing, but hopefully someone
will look at it and give me an opportunity to do this
full-time. I'd love to do this without having to work a day
job." For more than a decade, The Boss has been working with
Grushecky in one way or another,
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(l to r) Caniff, Springsteen, Justice
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BY JOHN KIESEWETTER
Going to Bruce
Springsteen's 2002 concert at U.S. Bank Arena changed Jim
Justice's life.
By chance, the Fairfield
Township resident sat at the show next to Steve Caniff of
Columbus, who shared a passion for filmmaking and
Springsteen - though neither had any experience or training
in making full-length movies.
Five years - and thousands
of miles later - they have collaborated on their first
documentary, "A Good Life: The Joe Grushecky Story," about a
Springsteen collaborator in Pittsburgh.
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Pictures with
SouthSide Johnny - Birchmere Club, VA.
courtesy of Jerry Frishman
Pictures with
Springsteen at the show in Pittsburgh
courtesy of Backstreets magazine
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Review: The Boss rocks the 'Burgh
Thursday, November 15, 2007
By Scott Mervis, Pittsburgh
Post-Gazette
it took on a local flavor with Joe
Grushecky (introduced as "the man who's bringing sexy back")
joining him for "Code of Silence" and, during the encores, an eerie,
devilishly acoustic run through "Youngstown."
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Code of Silence video from the Springsteen concert |
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Photos
from the 2007 Light of Day shows, courtesy of John Cavanaugh.
Joe at the
House of Blues with the Beaver Brown Band.
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New
pictures from the House of Blues.
Photos by John Cavanaugh |
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Pictures
from the South Park show in August, courtesy of Rick
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Pictures
from the Las Vegas show in August, courtesy of Joe
Mayo.
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Pictures
from the Wonder Bar show in New Jersey, courtesy of John
Cavanaugh.
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Pictures
from the Las Vegas show, courtesy of Joe Mayo.
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A Chat With Pittsburgh's Favorite
Musical Son, Joe Grushecky
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Singer/Songwriter
Joe Grushecky has long been considered one of music's best kept
secrets, even though he's been pumping out solid tunes since the 70's
both solo and with his band The Houserockers. Mind boggling,
yes, but to the die-hards Joe's always been a favorite uncompromising
voice of the everyman. From collaborating with friend Bruce
Springsteen, to being in the trenches everyday as a teacher, to a
new documentary focusing on his career, Joe talks candidly here about
his musical career.
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to listen to the interview on
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Sto-Rox
'School of Rock' inspires students to take lead
By
Richard Byrne
Reilly
TRIBUNE-REVIEW
Thursday, April 12,
2007
Melanie Kerber and Joe Grushecky make an
unlikely team.
Kerber, principal of Sto-Rox High School,
is the sophisticated, globetrotting wife of a former State Department
official. Grushecky, who stands 6 feet, 2 inches, is a well-regarded local
rock 'n' roller who counts Bruce Springsteen as a close friend and whose
hard-driving band has played in smoky clubs around the world.
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here for the entire article
Pittsburgh, Pa.
Thursday, March 29, 2007
Local scene: 3/29/07
Thursday, March 29, 2007
By Scott Mervis,
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
GRUSHECKY: THE DOCUMENTARY
 "A
Good Life: The Joe Grushecky
Story," a documentary from Flat Broke
Productions, is now in post-production and
is due later this year.
Steve Caniff
and Jim Justice
of Flat Broke told
backstreets.com, the Bruce Springsteen
fan site, "Joe catches a lot of flak for
his relationship with Bruce, for whatever
reason, and one of our goals in the film
is to show the talent Joe has and what his
relationship with Bruce is really like."
Springsteen will appear
in the film and even give Grushecky some
credit for reuniting the E Street Band.
Steve Cropper, of Stax fame, and pro
skater Mike Vallely were also
interviewed. The documentary might be
packaged with a Grushecky "Essentials" CD.
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The
Newest Video from
Flat Broke Productions
A Good Life
Pictures
from the Byham Theater, with Donnie Iris
courtesy of Kevin Stiffler
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MP3 Download
I Should Have Never Let You Go - The Iron City Houserockers
Hi. Another year has come and gone. Time goes flying
by for me these days. “A Good Life” has been doing
well. Here in Pittsburgh, “Code of Silence” has been
in the WDVE Top Ten since August 4th and WYEP has been
playing several songs including “I Was Nothing Without
You.” The National Public Radio spot really gave the
cd a boost. We have been getting airplay throughout
the States, and the cd is getting a lot of airtime in
France and Belgium. You can link to the NPR segment on
our news page.
We have a video of “A Good Life” ready
to promote and the good men of Flatbroke Productions
are busy finishing a documentary on my life and
career. We are planning to release it along with a cd
sometime in 07.
We have some cool videos up on Youtube including
“Junior’s Bar” and “Code of Silence” videos. I have a
myspace up now and Johnny is trying to put some cool
tunes on it to download. Check it out and get on my
friends list. We also have a Canadian site going at
www.joegrushecky.ca. Thanks to Dave R. of damina.com
for his help on that project.
We have had our first personal change on about 20 years.
Danny Gochnour hasbeen a real pleasure to work with not
to mention being one hell of a guitar player.
I am looking forward to seeing you all in 2007.
Thanks you so much for your support!!!
Peace, Love, Soul, and Rock&Roll
Joe G
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Visit the
Canadian Joe Grushecky website!
Pictures from the LOD show, courtesy of
Katherine.
Video from Flat Broke
Productions -
The Good Life
from Light of Day concert.
Rock's
best-kept secret
PITTSBURGH,
Pennsylvania (CNN) -- Music critics place him
among the best rock and rollers ever. Do
you know him? Probably not.
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Joe
Grushecky recently co-wrote a
Grammy-winning song with Bruce
Springsteen.
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A new CD is available for download in it's entirety!
Five
Alive in Spain
is a full-length concert of the Houserockers, captured LIVE in
spain 2004.
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