Co-written but never performed by Bruce, Joe Grushecky’s “Cheap Motel” sure *sounds* like a Bruce song. Take a listen inside.
Month: January 2020
Introduced without fanfare on the Seeger Sessions Tour, Bruce’s immigrant song grew into his summational statement and band tribute. Read the backstory and watch great performances inside.
One time only: Bruce Springsteen and Michael Stipe reprise their Vote for Change “People Have the Power” encore with the iconic protest song’s original recording artist.
In the summer of 1970, Steel Mill (featuring a young Bruce Springsteen) performed one of Bruce’s early galvanizing anthems. Take a listen inside.
Long-time Springsteen fan Amy Ray loves “Racing in the Street” so much that she almost never covers it (out of reverence for the original). But she covered it last year, and you can watch her gorgeous performance inside.
One time only: Listen to Bruce Springsteen join Rhode Island rockers Beaver Brown in a joyful cover of Bobby Freeman’s “Do You Want to Dance” in a surprise appearance in the summer of 1982.
The true story of the tragic plane crash that inspired a popular protest song and one of Bruce Springsteen’s least-heard officially-released covers.
We’re two years old! Thanks for joining–I hope you stick around for year three!
Originally entitled “Small Town Girl,” this unusual Born in the U.S.A. outtake makes for a fine honky-tonk companion song to “Darlington County.”
Craig Finn’s obscure cover of a more-relevant-than-ever Springsteen deep cut gives Bruce’s original a run for its money.