FILE - In this Thursday, May 8, 2014, file photo, Bruce Springsteen performs during the USC Shoah Foundation’s 20th anniversary Ambassadors for Humanity gala in Los Angeles. Springsteen is getting into the picture book business. “Outlaw Pete,” based on a ballad from Springsteen’s “Working on a Dream” album, will be published by Simon & Schuster on Nov. 4, 2014. The book will feature Springsteen’s lyrics and illustrations by Frank Caruso, Simon & Schuster announced Thursday, Aug. 28. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)
Republished August 28, 2014 - 8:36 AM
Original Publication Date August 28, 2014 - 8:05 AM
NEW YORK, N.Y. - The Boss is getting into the picture book business.
"Outlaw Pete," which is based on a ballad from Bruce Springsteen's "Working on a Dream" album, will be published by Simon & Schuster on Nov. 4. The publisher said Thursday that the book will feature Springsteen's lyrics and illustrations by Frank Caruso. Springsteen's song was inspired by the children's book "Brave Cowboy Bill," which came out in 1950. Springsteen has said that his mother used to tell him bedtime stories about Cowboy Bill.
Another rock 'n' roll superstar, Keith Richards, has a picture book out this fall. "Gus & Me," scheduled for release Sept. 9, is a tribute to Richards' grandfather, musician Gus Dupree.
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