Musician Steven Van Zandt gives Jamie Raskin a bandana : NPR

Steven Van Zandt, performed at the Hammerstein Ballroom in 2014, is a member of Bruce Springsteen’s E Street Band.

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Steven Van Zandt, performed at the Hammerstein Ballroom in 2014, is a member of Bruce Springsteen’s E Street Band.

Mike Coppola

When congressman Jamie Raskin started wearing a bandana while undergoing cancer treatment, he credited E Street Band guitarist Steven Van Zandt and his signature scarves, for his new look. Van Zandt has now taken Raskin’s fashion choices a step further and gifted the Maryland Democrat with a bandana.

“You’re about to see a new twist in my chemo head cover fashion in the next few months,” Raskin tweeted, along with a photo of him wearing his new bandanna.

Raskin, who was diagnosed with diffuse large B-cell lymphoma, announced he will begin immunotherapy in December. Raskin said in the announcement that the cancer treatment “causes hair loss and weight gain.” Then he confirmed severe hair loss to CNNtold the outlet that he “lost about 40 or 50 hairs a day.”

Within a month, this politician could be seen wearing a bandana at a House committee hearing. He then said HuffPost that he was inspired by the bandana Van Zandt, who goes by the name Little Steven, often wears.

“I give all the credit to Little Steven for creating this look for American men going through something,” he told the store.

On Saturday, Raskin shared that the musician and actor gave him a bandana. In the tweet, Raskin said he would cherish the gift “from one of the greatest musicians on earth.”

Van Zandt retweeted the photo, wishing the Maryland Democrat a “quick full recovery.”

“That gift goes to all of us who want to thank you every day for giving us hope that there is a politician who cares about justice!” Van Zandt said.