A new and definitive look behind the scenes to all of Bruce Springsteen‘s published songs is coming next March with the publication of author Brian Hiatt‘s Bruce Springsteen: The Stories Behind The Songs, which is available now for pre-order.

Backstreets.com reported: “Hiatt, (a) senior writer for Rolling Stone, has written about each and every released Bruce Springsteen studio track for his forthcoming book, from every studio LP in the Springsteen catalog — including outtake collections. That’s roughly 300 songs, organized by album, with outtakes grouped with their albums of origin. And we’re not just talking blurbs about the songs here, but detailed background, context, dot-connecting, and insight based on numerous fresh interviews.”

Hiatt spoke with Backstreets and shed light on the foundation of the book, explaining, “I’ve done five interviews with Springsteen, all for Rolling Stone, where I started in 2004. My first was for a preview of Devils & Dust, very shortly after starting at (the magazine). I remember I was very interested in just how ‘All The Way Home’ went from a soul ballad for Southside Johnny to its Devils arrangement, which is exactly the kind of question this book attempts to address — not that Bruce had a ton to say on the matter. My most recent was for his last Rolling Stone cover story.”

He went on to talk about how the greater rock community all lent a hand in the creation of the book: “My own interviews with Springsteen were certainly helpful, as were transcripts (with Springsteen and others) shared with me by generous colleagues — shout-out to Mark Binelli, David Browne, Anthony DeCurtis, Andy Greene, and Joe Levy.”

Hiatt added: “At least as important were the 60-plus hours of brand-new interviews I did for this book, which went deep. Everyone in “Bruce-land” seems to have unearthly stamina — that’s how you survive concerts and studio sessions that never end. It all started with many, many hours of chats with (co-producer) Chuck Plotkin, who was kind and deeply thoughtful. I can see exactly why he’s a great sounding board in the studio. The final couple interviews I did were with Max Weinberg — who has an incredibly precise and vivid memory, and very generously talked for six fascinating hours or so — and, at the very last minute, the omniscient (engineer/producer) Toby Scott.”