On this date: Bruce records “Roulette,” performs “Johnny Bye-Bye” for the final time, releases Live in New York City, and jams with Jon Bon Jovi and Richie Sambora. Video and more highlights inside.
Tag: Child
A fascinating Asbury Park panel and joyous Wonder Bar concert with Nicky Addeo lead the highlights from this date in Bruce history.
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.
Long before “The Ghost of Tom Joad,” nineteen-year-old Bruce Springsteen adapted another great work of literature into song.
Is a discarded fifty-years-old, thirty-minutes-long opus really the secret origin of “Kitty’s Back,” “Cadillac Ranch,” and “One Step Up?” Just listen and decide for yourself.
Although it’s believed that Bruce played blues classic “I’m Sitting on Top of the World” on multiple occasions, only one recording and definitively dated performance survives. Listen to it inside.
We’re in obscure territory today with this instrumental jam from the Child/Steel Mill era.