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Article: Garage rock mechanic; Steven Van Zandt works to repair radio.(News)
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- Crain's New York Business
- Article date:
- February 23, 2004
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Byline: valerie block
Steven Van Zandt is no stranger to large audiences. He performs at packed arenas around the globe with Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band. He's seen by millions on HBO as a cast member of The Sopranos.
Lately he's been appearing in front of a different kind of crowd. He showed up at a recent shareholders' meeting for the Flanagan's restaurant chain in south Florida to convince the chief executive to advertise on his latest venture, a two-hour radio show in which he plays host, song picker and chief salesman.
"He came in with his do-rag, his flowered shirt and his trademark snakeskin boots,'' says Mark Lipof, who owns ...