Bonds, and Grapefruit Moon: The Songs of Tom Waits by Southside Johnny and La Bamba's Big Band. He played on Little Steven's first solo album Men Without Women, Dedication by Gary U.S. With the Asbury Jukes, Spengler is featured on the live album Reach Up and Touch the Sky and Missing Pieces, a collection of 1982 demos released two decades later. But Spengler was also a member of Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes/Miami Horns, Little Steven and the Disciples of Soul, La Bamba and the Hubcaps, and La Bamba's Big Band, and he worked with Diana Ross, Ben E King, The Isley Brothers, Michael Bolton, and many others. Mike Spengler (center) and the Horns of Love get some extra attention on 1988's Tunnel of Love Express Tour - photograph by Rene Van DiemenĪlthough his professional career accomplishments were many and varied, Bruce Springsteen aficionados probably knew trumpet player Mike Spengler best as a member of the five-piece Horns of Love on Springsteen's Tunnel of Love Express Tour featuring the E Street Band. : Remembering Mike Spenglerīackstreets celebrates the eventful life of the New Jersey-born trumpet player who left us on New Year's Eve, with friends and fellow musicians paying tribute to their fallen comrade
