Kenny Chesney covered “One Step Up” on disc and on stage, but it’s his live performance that shines as brightly as Bruce’s original.
Month: January 1987
A pre-Pearl Jam Eddie Vedder covers one of Bruce’s loveliest songs.
Third Lung’s mesmerizing version of “Brilliant Disguise” is my favorite cover yet of one Bruce’s best songs.
Bluegrass band Salamander Crossing transformed Bruce’s Tunnel of Love deep cut for their 1996 Passion Train album.
From his 1999 album, The Closest, Australian country artist Brent Parlane shares a beautiful acoustic arrangement of Bruce’s “Walk Like a Man.”
Rockabilly punk-turned-country band The Mavericks covered Bruce’s “All That Heaven Will Allow” as the fifth single from their 1994 album. Take a listen and watch a great live performance inside.
American Beauty wasn’t the only Springsteen-themed release on Record Store Day 2014: Check out Emily Barker and The Red Clay Halo’s gorgeous string arrangement of “Tougher Than the Rest” from their Songs Beneath the River EP.
From her Uncovered album, Shawn Colvin delivers a tender performance of “Tougher Than the Rest.”
My all-time favorite Bruce cover: a tender re-working of “Tougher Than the Rest” by a vocalist with the emotional range to perfectly capture the song’s nuance.
On the occasion of Bruce Springsteen’s 70th birthday, fellow New Jerseyan Robert Randolph gifted all of us with an irresistibly funky cover of “Ain’t Got You.”