Happy Birthday, Western Stars, released on this day in 2019. Plus: watch and listen to Bruce play with Phish, Neil Young, Jackson Browne, and Gary U.S. Bonds. More highlights inside.
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Bruce Springsteen performs at President Obama’s inaugural concert, a truly all-star Hall of Fame jam, the debut performance of “Frankie Fell in Love,” and much more on this day in history.
Watch Bruce’s surprise appearance at a 2008 holiday show. Plus: Bruce heads west and gets his California driver’s license. These and more highlights inside.
Bruce’s original River-era composition, a stellar E Street Band performance and Gary’s passionate vocals make for a standout track on an album full of them.
How a 1960 instrumental led to one of Bruce Springsteen’s most exciting on-stage covers.
As timely today as it was in the summer of ’82, Bruce’s slyly comedic “Out of Work” was a Top Forty hit for Gary U.S. Bonds.
One time only: Bruce joins an all-star Survival Sunday line-up to cover The Neville Brothers’ “Brother John.”
One of Bruce’s perfect pop songs is hidden away on Gary U.S. Bonds’ 1982 album, On the Line.
Did he or didn’t he? Bruce and Gary U.S. Bonds played “Soul Deep” on stage together in 2003, but the jury’s out on whether that was really Bruce’s first time singing the 1969 blue-eyed soul classic with Gary.
One of the best full-band outtakes from the Nebraska era, the E Street Band’s recording of “All I Need” made for a fine deep cut for Gary U.S. Bonds.