On this date: Steven Van Zandt makes his E Street Band debut as the Born to Run tour gets underway. Plus: he may be the best at capturing a crowd’s attention, but even Bruce can’t compete with a moon landing.
Tag: Dream Baby Dream
Bruce records the videos for “Vigilante Man” and “I Ain’t Got No Home,” but the real highlights for this date are the only known Darkness-era performances of three tracks from The Promise.
On this date: Nils Lofgren joins the E Street Band, Bruce enjoys a final night out as a bachelor, Bruce plays “Dream Baby Dream” for the first time, and more.
Out of work during the pandemic, Bruce takes a side gig as a radio DJ. Plus: controversy ensues when Bruce cancels a Greensboro show in protest over discrimination in North Carolina,
On this date: early E Street Band footage from ’77, a one-off acoustic show in Somerville, and two surprise covers in Sydney. Lots of great video to watch today!
The story of how an unlikely cover of an obscure electro-punk band became a nightly benediction from Bruce to his fans.
My favorite of the four Devils & Dust shows I attended, Portland ’05 was a motherlode of rarities, gems, and personal debuts.
Bruce wraps up the High Hopes Tour with a barn burner, exhausting himself in the process. He barely made it through the show, but oh, what a show.