"Whoever discovers that piano, and opens it up and sees the signatures, will find that they've happened upon the holy grail in Springsteen world," said Rob Kirkpatrick, an E Street superfan and the author of "Magic in the Night: The Words and Music of Bruce Springsteen.".
"When I rented the house to Bruce in 1974, he moved in and he had this little upright piano. When he moved out two years later, he left it there," said Rocky, who would shout out the house's number - 'Seven-and-a-half!' - while watching Bruce play small clubs back in the early days.
Rocky, now 81, first met Springsteen when he was just 24-years old and down on his luck as he chased stardom. By then he had two albums under his belt, both of which had been met with critical acclaim - but they'd sold abysmally, and Columbia Records was promising to drop him if the third wasn't a hit.
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