This date in Springsteen history features more rehearsals than concerts–but there are still a couple of gems. Check them out inside.
Tag: Devils and Dust Tour
Happy birthday to Steven Van Zandt, born on this day in 1950! Plus: one acoustic tour kicks off while another one ends, Clarence plays his last public show with Bruce, and Bruce is honored by President Obama. Big, big day in Springsteen history!
On this date: Bruce releases his eleventh studio album, The Ghost of Tom Joad. Plus: the Seeger Sessions Tour wraps up, the return of forgotten classic “Song for Orphans,” and Bruce plays his first ever show in Sweden. More highlights inside.
On this significant date: Bruce pays tribute to Frank Sinatra on his 80th birthday, the Blood Brothers EP is released, and Danny Federici plays his final full show. Much more inside.
On this date: Bruce films the video for “Tunnel of Love,” releases his first album collection, plays the second of two amazing Christic shows, and serenades Taylor Swift–all this and much more 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.