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Video: Sometimes Buskers Are Actually Bruce Springsteen
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Ben Yakas
Published Sep 3, 2011
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Reason #1, 2, 3 and 4 why you shouldn't ignore buskers: they may turn out to be Bruce Springsteen. The Boss was dropping off his son Evan at Boston College this week when he and wife Patti Scialfa decided to say hi to David Gonzalez, who busks in the Public Gardens regularly. Springsteen then borrowed his guitar and put on a little show for passersby...although at least one woman was in too much of a rush to notice (at the :20 mark). Watch below:
Your move Bon Jovi! The Boss can add this to his list of cool deeds, from penning political editorials to appearing in couple's engagement photos to creating the world's greatest unintentional jazzercise video.
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Ben Yakas is a former Gothamist reporter.
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