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Category: Roll of the Dice

Roll of the Dice

Roll of the Dice: Down in the Hole

Posted on July 1, 2022January 3, 2023 by Ken

One of only two known outtakes from The Rising, “Down in the Hole” is the brutal, tragic tale of the search for loved ones at Ground Zero.

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Roll of the Dice: Action in the Streets

Posted on June 27, 2022June 27, 2022 by Ken

So nice he wrote it thrice–and maybe more, depending on how you count. Let’s listen to the moving target that is “Action in the Streets.”

Meeting Across the River

RotD/MatR: Joe Grushecky and Bruce Springsteen: Homestead

Posted on June 25, 2022January 3, 2024 by Ken

One of Joe and Bruce’s best collaborations may have inspired one of Bruce’s own songs too.

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Roll of the Dice: Long Time Comin’

Posted on June 19, 2022January 3, 2023 by Ken

The final chapter in Bruce’s father-and-son songwriting.

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Roll of the Dice: Somewhere North of Nashville

Posted on June 9, 2022June 8, 2022 by Ken

The shortest song on Western Stars is also the most poignant, a two-minute character study in loss and regret.

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Roll of the Dice: Man’s Job

Posted on May 30, 2022January 3, 2023 by Ken

This Stax/Volt homage (featuring Sam Moore himself) is an unjustly overlooked gem from Bruce’s early 1990s era.

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Roll of the Dice: I’m Your Detail Man

Posted on May 18, 2022January 3, 2024 by Ken

At John Fogerty’s 50th birthday party. Bruce debuted what may be a lost original song–and it’s a fun one, to boot.

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Roll of the Dice: Backstreets

Posted on May 14, 2022January 3, 2024 by Ken

A forbidden love leads to a bitter betrayal in one of Bruce’s most powerful epics.

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Roll of the Dice: Texas Drive-In

Posted on April 28, 2022May 1, 2022 by Ken

Among the lost tracks from a lost album is this teaser of a song about a secret love.

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Roll of the Dice: In Michigan

Posted on April 12, 2022April 12, 2022 by Ken

In a bolt of pre-show inspiration, Bruce wrote one of his all-time greatest songs for an appreciative Michigan audience.

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