“I learned everything I know from leaving the E Street Band. And of course, one of the things I learned is, I never should have left.”

American musician and actor

Steven Van Zandt, also known as Little Steven or Miami Steve, is an American musician and actor. He is best known as a member of Bruce Springsteen’s E Street Band, where he plays guitar and mandolin. He has also built a parallel career in television, with roles in several drama series. He is widely recognized for playing Silvio Dante in The Sopranos and Frank Tagliano, also called Giovanni “Johnny” Henriksen, in Lilyhammer. Since the 1980s, he has also led his own solo group, Little Steven and the Disciples of Soul.