Any time Bruce performs on stage with Alejandro Escovedo, the result is rock and roll gold. So why wouldn’t we expect the same result in the studio?
In 2010, Bruce and Alejandro recorded their first studio track together, and yup… faith was rewarded.
“Faith” may be pretty straightforward lyrically, but it travels some familiar thematic territory to Springsteen fans. It’s also a driving, shredding song that allowed Bruce to cut loose with a gravelly rock vocal of the kind that had gone mostly missing on Bruce’s recent Working on a Dream album.
And if Bruce was gonna take the time to record with Alejandro in the studio, you just knew he was gonna show up at The Stone Pony when Alejandro came through town that summer.
He did not disappoint. Here’s Bruce and Alejandro playing their one and only performance of “Faith” together, on July 23, 2010.
Faith
Recorded: 2010
Released: Street Songs of Love (2010)
First performed: July 23, 2010 (Asbury Park, NJ)
Last performed: July 23, 2010 (Asbury Park, NJ)
