Suki Lahav's Legacy: Violinist's Impact on Springsteen's Early Albums

It's April 3rd.

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Suki Lahav, the Israeli violinist who lit up Bruce Springsteen's early days with the

E Street band, passed away at 74 after fighting cancer.

Her son, musician Yonatan Lahav, confirmed the news.

She had this short but game-changing stint with the boss right as his career took off.

Born in Northern Israel in a musical family, Suki moved to the U.S. in 1971 with her

husband, recording engineer Louis Lahav.

He handled Springsteen's debut album, Greetings from Asbury Park, which pulled her straight

into the scene a year later.

She added her vocals to tracks like Fourth of July, Asbury Park, Sandy, and Incident on

57th Street, plus that iconic violin intro too, Jungle Land on Born to Run.

From 1974 to 1975, she toured with them for 38 shows, laying down backing vocals in violin.

Even still buzz about rumors of a romance with Springsteen, but she always shut those

down.

Her time there shaped those classic albums before she headed back to Israel in 1975.

There, she built a wild career composing music, writing award-winning novels and pinning

screenplays.

The E Street band waited till 2002 for another violinist, Susie Tyrell, but Suki's mark

on those early records and doors.