The Bruce Springsteen Band morphed into the E Street Band so naturally that for all of 1973 and half of 1974, no one seemed to…
Category: Roll of the Dice
How an old newspaper article and unsettling dinner company inspired one of Bruce Springsteen’s most hauntingly moving songs.
“Janey Needs a Shooter” traces its origins back to this one-time-only Bruce Springsteen Band homage to a 1964 hit single by Curtis Mayfield.
“The first verse actually happened. The second verse mostly happened, and the third verse, of course, is happening now.” –Bruce Springsteen, Greatest Hits, 1994…
Truly one time only, and never before heard: Bruce Springsteen joins local band Odin and creates a brand new song on the spot.
There’s a truly great EP buried within this over-stuffed and thematically inconsistent album.
Springsteen was unfamiliar with Jerry Butler until Jon Landau brought “Hey, Western Union Man” to his attention. He ended up covering several of Butler’s songs.
A joyful but haunted anthem that both celebrates and mourns our losses.
Bruce Springsteen found the soul of Woody Guthrie’s signature song and helped millions of Americans hear its true message for the first time.
The first song written for Magic is as timely today as it was prophetic twenty years ago.