No one could have known that this was Clarence’s final show. But it almost seems like Bruce did, because it’s hard to imagine a more fitting tribute to their friendship.
Tag: Steve Van Zandt
Part myth, part strut, and all magic: it’s the story of Bad Scooter and the E Street Band.
As much an anthem for Pittsburgh as anything Bruce ever wrote for New Jersey, “Pumping Iron” is a surefire setlist bet any time Joe Grushecky and Bruce play together.
Bruce wrote and performed “When You Dance” with The Bruce Springsteen Band long before Southside Johnny covered and released it, and Bruce’s early guitar-jam version is an unreleased gem that belong’s in every fan’s collection.
When Southside Johnny took ill, Bruce, Steve, the E Street Band, and the Jukes came to the rescue. From May 1977, here’s one of Bruce’s only performances of the Solomon Burke classic.
One of many great songs Bruce gave away, “Your Love” is the missing link in a story that begins with “Little White Lies” and ends with “My Love Will Not Let You Down.”
“Two Hearts” is one of Bruce’s early songwriting masterpieces, and one that is best listened to acoustically than in its original arrangement.
One time only: a unique arrangement of this Steve Van Zandt classic when Stevie joins Bruce at his “solo” acoustic show in 1996.
In which my friend Steve and I get caught in a downpour, meet Steve Van Zandt, and then catch an amazing show in which only 3 of 35 songs were released post-1980.