Did he or didn’t he? Bruce and Gary U.S. Bonds played “Soul Deep” on stage together in 2003, but the jury’s out on whether that was really Bruce’s first time singing the 1969 blue-eyed soul classic with Gary.
Category: Meeting Across the River
One time only: Bruce Springsteen and Michael Stipe reprise their Vote for Change “People Have the Power” encore with the iconic protest song’s original recording artist.
One time only: Listen to Bruce Springsteen join Rhode Island rockers Beaver Brown in a joyful cover of Bobby Freeman’s “Do You Want to Dance” in a surprise appearance in the summer of 1982.
Twice only during the summer of 1982: Bruce covers “Rip It Up,” Little Richard’s #1 R&B 1956 hit, at back-to-back surprise club appearances.
One time only: Bruce and Roger McGuinn team up on the Magic Tour for a special performance of Bob Dylan’s (and The Byrds’) “Mr. Tambourine Man.”
Watch Bruce tear it up on the piano(!) when he, Jimmy Vivino, and The Max Weinberg 7 cover Detroit Junior’s classic “Christmas Day.”
One time only: Bruce joins an all-star array of artists for a show-closing Christmas carol at Sting and Trudie Styler’s 2016 Rainforest Benefit show.
Nightly during Bruce’s 2003 holiday show stand in Asbury Park, Bruce and Garland Jeffreys lifted the show with a team-up on Garland’s 1981 anthem.
One time only: Bruce Springsteen make a surprise appearance with Dr. John on the New Orleans legend’s greatest hit.
One time only: Bruce Springsteen, Jimmy Vivino, and The Max Weinberg 7 rescue a lost Christmas classic from obscurity.