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Month: October 2022

Cover Me

Cover Me: Tupelo Honey

Posted on October 30, 2022January 3, 2024 by Ken

During sound checks on the Tunnel of Love Tour, Bruce occasionally covered one of Van Morrison’s loveliest songs.

Roll of the Dice

Roll of the Dice: Oh Mama

Posted on October 28, 2022January 3, 2024 by Ken

It’s a bit of a mess on its own merits, but this early Steel Mill song paved the way for a Born to Run classic years later.

Cover Me

MatR: The Temptations, The Wallflowers, and Bruce Springsteen: My Girl

Posted on October 26, 2022January 3, 2024 by Ken

It takes some searching and stretching to find a Springsteen performance of one of the most beloved Motown songs ever.

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Roll of the Dice: Seaside Bar Song

Posted on October 24, 2022January 3, 2024 by Ken

An early Wild and Innocent outtake based on a still-standing bar bears the seeds of classic songs still to come.

Meeting Across the River

MatR: Patti Smith and Bruce Springsteen: My Car Was Invisible (The Case of Bruce Springsteen)

Posted on October 20, 2022October 20, 2022 by Ken

Way back in 1976, Bruce invented some on-the-fly accompaniment for one of Patti Smith’s legendary improvised musical monologues.

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Roll of the Dice: It’s a Shame

Posted on October 15, 2022January 3, 2023 by Ken

Jon Landau logs a lone performer credit on this obscure hybrid outtake from the Darkness era.

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Roll of the Dice: Fade to Black

Posted on October 9, 2022October 23, 2022 by Ken

This Nebraska-era demo uses cinematic vocabulary to devastating effect.

Cover Me

Cover Me: Cry to Me

Posted on October 6, 2022January 3, 2024 by Ken

During the Born to Run Tour, Bruce worked up a simmering, slow burn of a cover of Solomon Burke’s 1962 classic.

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MatR: Bruce Springsteen and Southside Johnny: Soothe Me

Posted on October 3, 2022October 2, 2022 by Ken

One time only: Bruce and Southside continue the tradition of great male R&B duos performing Sam Cooke’s “Soothe Me.”

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Recent Springsteen Originals

Roll of the Dice: Secret to the Blues
Roll of the Dice: The Wall
Roll of the Dice: Talking About My Baby
Roll of the Dice: Glory Days
Roll of the Dice: Water Station
Cover Me: Hey, Western Union Man
Cover Me: This Land Is Your Land
Roll of the Dice: Livin’ in the Future
Album Companion: The Ghost of Tom Joad
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Cover Me: Soul Days
Roll of the Dice: Soul Driver
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Cover Me: What Becomes of the Brokenhearted
Roll of the Dice: Richfield Whistle

Recent Covers and Team-Ups

Cover Me: She Don’t Love Me Now
MatR: Paul McCartney and Bruce Springsteen: The End
Cover Me: Turn Back the Hands of Time
Cover Me: Turn On Your Love Light
Cover Me: Any Other Way
Cover Me: I Wish It Would Rain
MatR: Paul McCartney and Bruce Springsteen: I Wanna Be Your Man
Cover Me: Who’ll Stop the Rain
Cover Me: Hey, Western Union Man
Cover Me: This Land Is Your Land
MatR: Bruce Springsteen, Joe Grushecky, and Gary U.S. Bonds: The Twist
Cover Me: Don’t Play That Song (You Lied)
Cover Me: Soul Days
MatR: Bruce Springsteen and John Fogerty: Bad Moon Rising
Cover Me: The Sun Ain’t Gonna Shine Anymore
MatR: Bruce Springsteen, The Indigo Girls, Arlo Guthrie, and more: Hard Travelin’
Cover Me: What Becomes of the Brokenhearted
Cover Me: When She Was My Girl
Cover Me: I Forgot to Be Your Lover
MatR: Eddie Vedder and Bruce Springsteen: Better Man

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