What better way to celebrate the re-opening of Springsteen on Broadway than with Bruce’s almost/sorta cover of New York’s unofficial theme song.
Author: Ken
One time only: Bruce lends his support to the Patti Smith Group on an epic, stream-of-consciousness performance of “Ain’t It Strange.”
The Phil Beer Band’s cover of “No Surrender” infuses Bruce’s 1984 song with a Zydeco spirit that’s impossible to resist.
Bruce took inspiration from Pete Seeger’s 1966 anti-war protest song and a Civil War classic and forged a heartfelt song of his own.
Bruce performed the only song enshrined in the Baseball Hall of Fame nightly with its original artist during the Vote for Change Tour.
This remarkable (and remarkably clear) 1970 blues is marred only by Bruce’s cringe-y (but historically significant) on-stage story.
Bruce scored a Top 40 country single in 1986 when Mel McDaniel covered his obscure B-side.
From the Bruce Springsteen Band era comes a braggadocious, light-on-its feet number that’s as close to jazz as you’ll ever hear Bruce get.
When The Gaslight Anthem came through Asbury in 2011, Bruce joined them on their album’s title track in a surprise appearance for a hometown crowd.
Bruce couldn’t have chose a more perfect song to end his Western Stars film with than the 1975 classic by a New York songwriter yearning to make it big as a western country star.