This melodic ancestor to “Jackson Cage” captures The Big Man standing just a bit too close to the mic.
Bruce wasn’t Steel Mill’s only songwriter. Co-lead vocalist Robbin Thompson contributed his own song to the band’s set lists, but their version was a far cry from Mercy Flight’s original.
It may never have been the barnburner Bruce envisioned, but “Thundercrack” pointed the way to beloved epics to come.
Carson McKee and his brother Skylar transform Bruce’s 1982 murder ballad into a thing of beauty.
How did Bruce celebrate his imminent Live 1975-85 box set release? By appearing on-stage in Paris with Bob Geldof and Huey Lewis and the News.
Let’s say goodbye to summer with an end-of-summer breakup song from The Bruce Springsteen Band.
This early River-era home demo was a dead end, but it’s melody pointed the way to an officially released Born in the U.S.A. outtake.
Eddie Vedder covered “My City of Ruins” last night in the town it was written for. It wasn’t the first time he’s covered it, but it was the best.
One time only: Bruce joins Danny Clinch and the Tangiers Blues Band for an eight-minute jam to Willie Dixon’s early classic.
For a young Jersey Shore songwriter fascinated with American westerns, undersea cowboys is as high concept as it gets.