See The Boss Like a Boss @ the National Constitution Center in 2012

From February 17-September 3, 2012, never before seen pieces of Rock N’ Roll Legend Bruce Springsteen’s life will be on display at The National Constitution Center.

Philly will be the only stop on the tour of “From Asbury Park to The Promised Land,” the comprehensive Springsteen exhibit, which features early audio cuts and newspaper clippings of The Boss’ time with forgettable acts such as Child and The Castiles, long before he hit it big with The E-Street Band and going solo. The coolest listening station making the tour, though, is the successful 1972 audition recording that secured The Boss a contract with Columbia Records.

While Springsteen was officially a Jersey boy, he’s part of our local DNA, on par with our cracked symbol of liberty and the goddamn cheesesteak. For those of us in our mid-thirties to forties, The Boss was part of our musical heritage moreso than Mick and The Stones ever could be. Most notably, Springsteen found a way to compose music based around Americana and the concept of patriotism without sounding like an asshole, which is an achievement unto itself.

The exhibit will feature more than 150 Springsteen trinkets, like the Fender Esquire that graced the cover of his timeless record “Born to Run,” his Academy Award for “Streets of Philadelphia,” his 1960 Chevy Corvette, and the saxophone used on “Jungleland,” once owned by the late Clarence Clemons.

Tickets for the exhibit will set you back $24.50 if you’re an adult, and only $12 for little Bruce fans age 4-12 (who were probably conceived to the sweet sounds of Born in the U.S.A. in the back of your Dodge Omni, anyway).

For more information, visit the Constitution Center’s official website.