<P> Other artists had also begun to recognize their talents and the band members were never out of work . Producer / songwriter Jim Steinman used Bittan and Weinberg on Meat Loaf's Bat Out of Hell and Dead Ringer; on his own Bad for Good project; Bonnie Tyler's Faster Than the Speed of Night and Secret Dreams and Forbidden Fire albums; and Greatest Hits from Air Supply, on the cut, "Making Love Out of Nothing at All" which featured an extra expansive Wall of Sound effect from Bittan & Weinberg . Also, Tallent, Bittan, and Weinberg, along with Mick Ronson, recorded an album with Ian Hunter titled You're Never Alone with a Schizophrenic . Bittan and Federici also provided keyboards for Garland Jeffreys on his Escape Artist, while the former would make notable contributions to albums by David Bowie, Dire Straits, Bob Seger and Stevie Nicks . Several of these albums acknowledged their contributions with a credit such as "courtesy of the E Street Band". </P> <P> Throughout the 1980s, members of the band were involved with various other projects . In 1985, Bittan and Van Zandt recorded sessions with Bob Dylan for his Empire Burlesque album . Although not used at the time, the recordings later surfaced on Dylan's The Bootleg Series . In 1985, Van Zandt spearheaded Artists United Against Apartheid . An album and single featured Springsteen and Clemons, among others . Tallent also produced a single with Jersey Artists For Mankind which featured Springsteen, Lofgren, Clemons and Weinberg as well as Carter and Rosenberg . Clemons teamed up with Sancious both on his solo album Hero and on albums with Zucchero Fornaciari . Clemons and Lofgren also went on tour with Ringo Starr and his All - Starr Band in 1989 . </P> <P> In 1989, Springsteen informed the E Street Band members that he would not be using their services for the foreseeable future . He had already recorded one completely solo album, Nebraska . The last full band activity had been autumn 1988's Human Rights Now! Tour . Band members started to go their separate ways and onto separate projects--Tallent to Nashville to work on record production, Federici to California, Clemons to Florida, Lofgren to Maryland to resume his long - time solo activities . Weinberg, besides an abortive try at law school, was putting together the band Killer Joe and recording an album . Scene of the Crime included a guest appearance from Little Steven, playing guitar on the Springsteen written instrumental "Summer On Signal Hill". In 1993, Weinberg became the band leader on Late Night with Conan O'Brien and remained such for its entire run . When O'Brien moved to The Tonight Show in 2009, Weinberg reprised his role as bandleader, and the show's house band--formerly called the Max Weinberg 7--was redubbed Max Weinberg and the Tonight Show Band . </P> <P> In 1992, the E Street Band and the Miami Horns backed Darlene Love on the single "All Alone on Christmas" written by Little Steven and featured on the soundtrack for Home Alone 2: Lost in New York . </P>

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