This early River-era home demo was a dead end, but it’s melody pointed the way to an officially released Born in the U.S.A. outtake.
Month: September 2021
Eddie Vedder covered “My City of Ruins” last night in the town it was written for. It wasn’t the first time he’s covered it, but it was the best.
One time only: Bruce joins Danny Clinch and the Tangiers Blues Band for an eight-minute jam to Willie Dixon’s early classic.
For a young Jersey Shore songwriter fascinated with American westerns, undersea cowboys is as high concept as it gets.
Watch Tony nominee (and soon-to-be winner) Aaron Tveit bring Bruce’s cinematic classic to life on his concert stage.
Keep your room clean, kids.
Long before “The Ghost of Tom Joad,” Bruce recorded another song influenced by Steinbeck’s novel: an E Street Band cover of Woody Guthrie’s “Vigilante Man.”
Two nights only: Little Steven takes the lead and Bruce Springsteen plays the sideman when Southside Jonny takes ill.
Brian W. Foster and Ashley Johnson remind us how lonely those first days of quarantine were with their haunting cover of “Radio Nowhere.”
It’s one of the great Springsteen mysteries: what exactly makes “I’m on Fire” so freaking popular?