Kurt Vile and the Violators nailed Bruce’s “Downbound Train” in concert, capturing and heightening the song’s underlying menacing obsession.
Month: December 2018
On May 18, 1966, Bruce made his very first studio recording with his band, The Castiles. He’s come a long way since then.
From the Legends of Springsteen files: Bruce and Max join cover band Stand and Deliver at the Classics Cafe in Westwood for rocking rendition of “Hippy Hippy Shake.”
Bruce Springsteen, The Soul Survivors, and “Expressway to Your Heart.” Can there be a Philly-er combination? I don’t think so.
Jesse Malin and friends gave us a lovely cover of one Bruce’s lighter tracks, from Light of Day 2017.
One time only: Bruce teams up with Dropkick Murphys on their anthemic “I’m Shipping Up to Boston” on St. Patrick’s Day in 2011.
For a brief time during the summer of 1975, Bruce’s shows featured a sweet, tender cover of The Drifters’ “Up on the Roof.”
Bruce closed the show at the 2016 Rainforest Fund holiday concert, playing five songs that included two live premieres and one fantastic team-up.
Most artists spend their career working toward a pinnacle like “Incident in 57th Street.” Bruce recorded his on his 24th birthday.
Mojo Nixon’s never-released cover of “Badlands” is fresh, fierce, and fascinating–it deserves to be heard.