The premiere of “Can’t Help Falling in Love” and “Give My Love to Rose,” the filming of “Broken Radio,” the E Street Band premiere of “Better Days,” and an on-stage Bruce and Clarence collision lead the highlights from this date in history.
Tag: Johnny Cash
An embarrassment of riches on this date in Bruce history: the one and only performance of “Hunter of Invisible Game,” a Grammy performance with Paul McCartney, a Johnny Cash tribute, and much more–great footage and audio today!
One time only: Bruce and the E Street Band soundcheck an early classic by The Man in Black.
One of the rarer officially released Springsteen recordings, Bruce recorded “Give My Love to Rose” for a Johnny Cash tribute album and TV special.
Twice only: Bruce paid tribute to The Man in Black after his passing by opening his shows with a lovely acoustic cover of “I Walk the Line.”
Lefty Frizzell’s 1959 tale of a falsely accused man who accepts his sentence rather than confess his secret was a natural temptation for a Bruce Springsteen cover treatment. Watch one of its frequent outings on Bruce’s 2006 Seeger Sessions Tour inside.
Traditional, slow-grooving, or hard-rocking, they’re all great: check out Bruce’s three very different covers of Johnny Cash’s “Ring of Fire” spanning five decades.
“Sea of Heartbreak” first became a hit in 1961, when Don Gibson took it all the way to #2 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles…