Bruce’s celebratory “Ghosts” sounds like it was born for a band, but William Goetz of The Big Land Band finds the song’s wistful, nostalgic heart in his beautiful acoustic cover.
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Allan Clarke’s cover of “If I Was the Priest” had a 46-year head start on Bruce’s own version. Read the backstory inside.
Four-time Grammy nominee and kids’ singer-songwriter Justin Roberts tackles the very grown-up “One Minute You’re Here,” and it’s just perfect.
The maybe-true story of Warren Zevon’s sort-of half-cover of a lost Springsteen original.
Bruce’s closing track on Letter to You is laced with love, loss, longing, and promise.
Lost and found: “Song for Orphans” disappeared after a handful of 1972-73 performances until Bruce shocked fans with it more than 30 years later. Insights, backstory, and lovely performances inside.
One of the very earliest demos Bruce ever recorded, “If I Was the Priest” may have been the song that sealed the deal with John Hammond and launched Bruce on his way to stardom.
The standout track on Letter to You in more ways than one, “Rainmaker” warns about what happens when hope blends with desperation.
The literal and emotional centerpiece of Letter to You, “House of a Thousand Guitars” is one of Bruce’s most intimate and summational songs.
At the center of Bruce’s Letter to You album lies the summational song of Bruce’s songwriting career.