The Sopranos' Steve Van Zandt on being his own boss

Steven Van Zandt has been a star sidekick for Bruce Springsteen and Tony Soprano. But, for now, he’s happy to to do his own thing, writes Ed Power.

In June 2007, Steve Van Zandt was preparing to say goodbye to The Sopranos.

The acclaimed gangster drama remade television in its image and had a similarly seismic impact on the career of Van Zandt, best known until then as Bruce Springsteen’s sideman and arranger in the E Street Band.