Your daily dose of Springsteen originals and covers
Don’t even know where to start today–treasures abound. Listen to a gorgeous Bruce Springsteen Band performance from ’71, the earliest known performance of “New York City Serenade,” watch a delightful Copenhagen street performance, and so very much more.
On this date: Bruce assembles his new band for the first time and “Terry’s Song” gets its first public performance. Plus: Bob Seger, Alejandro Escovedo, Joe Ely, Tom Waits and others join Bruce on-stage.
Bono inducts Bruce into the Hall of Fame, Bruce speaks and performs at SXSW, and more on a busy date in Springsteen history.
What’s the big highlight on a day like this? Hall of Fame performances with U2 and Darlene Love? Guest appearances with Robert Gordon and Conor Oberst? A pristinely recorded 1972 rehearsal? You decide–there’s too many to chose from.
On this date in Springsteen history: Watch a full Light of Day performance, plus the premiere of the video for “Tunnel of Love.”
Decades before Bruce Springsteen and Alejandro Escovedo first met, Bruce covered one of Alejandro’s earliest studio tracks at a 1988 soundcheck.
In 2008, Alejandro Escovedo’s upcoming single received an unexpected boost from The Boss when Bruce asked Alejandro to perform it with him live in concert–their first joint appearance of many.
Woody Guthrie’s “Blowin’ Down This Road” brings Bruce together with his fellow singer-songwriters. Hear him team up with Joe Ely, Joe Grushecky, Elliott Murphy, Alejando Escovedo, and Garland Jeffreys inside.
One time only, in the studio and on stage: Bruce joins Alejandro Escovedo on a hard-rocking Escovedo anthem.
Bruce dropped by Alejandro Escovedo’s gig at the Stone Pony on July 23, 2010 and joined him for The Rolling Stone’s “Beast of Burden.”