Talk about a significant date: Bruce plays his legendary Jazz Fest show in 2006; “Dancing in the Dark” makes its reunion-era debut; MTV debuts a new documentary; and the Sunshine Blues Band debuts. Much more inside.
Tag: Devils and Dust Tour
On this date: Bruce is interviewed by Tom Hanks, Jon Bon Jovi makes a guest appearance, and the E Street Band backs Chuck Berry. More highlights inside.
The rocking arrangement and blunt language of “Spare Parts” overwhelms the dilemma at its center its moral of redemptive self-empowerment. Like “Born in the U.S.A.,” its true power emerges when it’s performed quietly.
Bruce wraps up the summer leg of his solo acoustic tour in the Pacific Northwest and gives one of his best performances of the tour.
Bruce was in storyteller mode at a rare tour stop in Seattle, treating us to a very different setlist than the night before in Portland.
My favorite of the four Devils & Dust shows I attended, Portland ’05 was a motherlode of rarities, gems, and personal debuts.
“Bobby Jean” makes for a fascinating comparison with “Backstreets” — two songs about broken friendships, one that heals and one that doesn’t.
“Atlantic City” ranks high among Bruce’s best songwriting accomplishments. Rooted deeply in time and place, it tells of the hope of resurrection that never quite pans out.
In which I learn the downside of a celebrity encounter at a show.