A guest appearance on stage with The Pretenders and on record with Joe Grushecky lead today’s highlights, along with a stunner of a rainout make-up show in Virginia Beach.
How an old newspaper article and unsettling dinner company inspired one of Bruce Springsteen’s most hauntingly moving songs.
First meetings with Clarence, Jackson Browne, and Bonnie Raitt; guest appearances with Sting, Jackson, Southside, and The Wallflowers; and a new album from Patti.
Guest stars galore in DC, a surprise outdoor jam in Sea Bright, and a Labor Day special in Philly lead off the many highlights from this date in Springsteen history.
The Human Rights Now! Tour kicks off, Bruce and Bob Seger meet for the first time, Bruce and the E Street Band help inaugurate the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, and more.
On this date: Bruce plays “Chimes of Freedom” for the first time, records a live performance for Clarence’s future album, has a chance encounter with a Boston street musician and more.
This date’s highlights are almost all New Jersey-based: from archival footage of The Doors at Convention Hall in ’68 (Bruce was there) to a Bruce-and-Steve reunion in ’85 to the closing night of the ten-night Giants Stadium stand in ’03.
Bruce headlines the Harley Davidson Festival in Milwaukee and blows minds with a setlist for the ages in New Jersey, but it’s his surprise appearance with Southside Johnny at The Agora in Cleveland that wins the date.
On this date: Bruce and the E Street Band open the MTV Video Music Awards, play a one-time-only cover of “(I Heard That) Lonesome Whistle” and more.
The full-band debut of “Soul Driver,” an “Independence Day” train wreck, the premiere of “Proud Mary” and “Plane Wreck at Los Gatos (Deportee),” and more.