Patti Scialfa

Patti Scialfa is an American singer-songwriter and guitarist who grew up in Deal, New Jersey, and began writing songs young. She sang with New Jersey bar bands before studying music at the University of Miami and New York University. After graduating, she busked in Greenwich Village and formed the street group Trickster with Soozie Tyrell and Lisa Lowell. Gigs at clubs like Folk City and The Stone Pony led to work with Southside Johnny and David Johansen. She joined the E Street Band in 1984, ahead of the Born in the U.S.A. Tour. She has also contributed to recordings by the Rolling Stones and Keith Richards. Her three solo albums are Rumble Doll (1993), 23rd Street Lullaby (2004), and Play It as It Lays (2007); the first two earned four-star reviews from Rolling Stone. She became a Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee in 2014 with the E Street Band.