For a summer without live music, it’s been a remarkably busy time for Bruce Springsteen. Here’s a quick round-up of the most must-watch/listen events of the summer.
In 1987, “Darlington County” became the eighth song from Born in the U.S.A. to hit the Billboard charts, but it wasn’t Bruce who took it there.
The continuing mis-adventures of Wilson and Wayne, chicken delivery men and fugitive ne’er-do-wells.
One time only: Bruce joins The Patti Smith Group on piano for a rave-up cover of The Velvet Underground classic.
This pre-label story of a doomed love affair features some dazzlingly clever lyrics from our 22-year-old songwriter.
A Labor Day special, courtesy of Canadian singer-songwriter Melissa McClellan’s rocking arrangement of “Factory.”
A salve for troubled times, Bruce’s sublime “Across the Border” reminds us of the power and necessity of hope.
Jesse Malin’s debut performance with Bruce turned a legion of Springsteen fans into Malin fans, and “Wendy” was the song that did it.
One time only: The Bruce Springsteen Band covers Jimmy Reed’s 1959 classic at The Back Door in Richmond.
From his 2012 Good Feeling album, take a listen to Paul Carrack’s wonderful cover of “If I Should Fall Behind.”