A one-off cover for local flavor turned rare studio cover, The Saints’ “Just Like Fire Would” is a natural fit for Bruce’s set lists.
Author: Ken
Welcome summer with Bruce’s tribute to 1960s girl groups, the wonderfully light “I’m in Love Again.”
The album that led to a legendary lifelong friendship gets a 40th anniversary reissue today. Let’s take a listen and look back on Joe Grushecky and the Iron City Houserockers’ watershed album.
“Reno” is easily one of Bruce’s most beautiful, poignant, and cinematic songs–it’s been in my top ten since the moment I first heard it.
Twice only: Bruce and the E Street Band tackle Steppenwolf’s anthem, “Born to Be Wild.”
Sweet and slight, “Natural Magic” signaled a turn toward more soulful, romantic songs in Bruce’s set lists.
From Margo Timmin’s Ty Tyrfu solo sessions back in 2009, this gorgeous and intimate performance of “If I Should Fall Behind” ranks among the song’s best covers.
It started as a lark but ended up biting social commentary. Let’s trace the curious evolution of “57 Channels.”
It takes guts to cover The Beatles’ orchestral “Eleanor Rigby” with just a four-person high school rock band, but Bruce Springsteen has never lacked in the guts department. Listen to The Castiles’ daring cover inside.
Twice in the mid-nineties, Bruce and Jerry Lee Lewis tackled Lewis’ first great hit together, and both times they fell short. Let’s take a look and listen to find out why.