One time only: Bruce joins Steve Earle on stage for a cover of a rock classic that goes much further back than you might think.
Category: Meeting Across the River
In the summer of ’94, Bruce improvised his way through a cover of Little Richard’s “Bama Lama Bama Loo” with Joe Grushecky and The Houserockers. It went great… if you didn’t pay attention to the lyrics.
As timely today as it was in the summer of ’82, Bruce’s slyly comedic “Out of Work” was a Top Forty hit for Gary U.S. Bonds.
One time only: Bruce joins Sting for a rocking cover of Jerry Reed’s and Elvis Presley’s 1967 single.
One time only: Bruce teams up with Stone Pony house band The Shots for a cover of Bobby “Blue” Bland’s seminal Texas shuffle standard.
Twice only: Bruce plays one of the all-time great rock and roll songs during surprise appearances at The Stone Pony in the summer of ’89.
A contemporary contrast to “Born to Run,” Jackson Browne’s classic road song begs for a Jackson/Bruce team-up. Let’s check out a couple of them inside.
When Southside Johnny took ill and couldn’t perform, Little Steven saved the day by assembling an All-Star Revue to cover Junior Wells’ classic “Little By Little.”
One time only: Bruce covers Johnny Otis’ innocently censored classic, “Willie and the Hand Jive,” with Bobby Bandiera on the Jersey Shore.
Bruce covered The Animals as far back as his Castiles days, but he saved one of their greatest hits for his first and only on-stage team-up with Tom Petty.