Nice to hear the phone interview. Thanks for sharing the YouTube link.
Highlights:
Jackson Browne is a "great, great, great friend of mine," Bruce says.
"This morning I was listening to Del Shannon, he's sort of under sung as a hero of rock 'n' roll, and had one of the great voices."
From his current, overflowing reading list, he's revisiting what is called " "The Bascombe Trilogy" by novelist Richard Ford:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sportswriter
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...nce_Day_(Ford_novel)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lay_of_the_Land
He's also digging a book on the Wrecking Crew and another on character actor Warren Oates, he notes he's "a big Warren Oates fan."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...recking_Crew_(music)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warren_Oates
He's working on some new music. "Yep, yep, you know, got that goin'. So, that's goin' well and hopefully it keeps goin' well (laughs). I have no predictions on it yet."
Great stuff. He sounds happy.