{"id":10789,"date":"1988-04-03T11:00:00","date_gmt":"1988-04-03T18:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/estreetshuffle.com\/?p=10789"},"modified":"2026-02-08T08:12:06","modified_gmt":"2026-02-08T16:12:06","slug":"matr-steve-earle-and-bruce-springsteen-i-aint-ever-satisfied","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/estreetshuffle.com\/index.php\/1988\/04\/03\/matr-steve-earle-and-bruce-springsteen-i-aint-ever-satisfied\/","title":{"rendered":"I Ain&#8217;t Ever Satisfied"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;I Ain&#8217;t Ever Satisfied&#8221; may never have the hit it deserved to be (it only peaked at #26 on the U.S. Mainstream Rock chart), but Earle&#8217;s fans still rank it as one of their favorites, and it&#8217;s still one of Earle&#8217;s most frequently performed songs.<\/p>\n<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"758\" height=\"427\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ituFNPXAaE8?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/div>\n<p>With its defiant theme and wordless &#8220;Woh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh &#8221; chorus, &#8220;I Ain&#8217;t Ever Satisfied&#8221; sounds tailor-made for a Springsteen cover or duet.<\/p>\n<p>We got the latter when Bruce joined Steve Earle on stage during the encore set at Earle&#8217;s 1998 show at Tradewinds in Sea Bright, New Jersey.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s that one-time only performance, from February 6, 1998. Bruce is on guitar the whole time, and you&#8217;ll hear his vocals kick in at around the halfway point.<\/p>\n<div id=\"v-tRGCYnzg-1\" class=\"video-player\"><iframe title='VideoPress Video Player' aria-label='VideoPress Video Player' width='758' height='426' src='https:\/\/videopress.com\/embed\/tRGCYnzg?hd=1&amp;cover=1&amp;loop=0&amp;autoPlay=0&amp;permalink=1&amp;muted=0&amp;controls=1&amp;playsinline=0&amp;useAverageColor=0&amp;preloadContent=metadata' frameborder='0' allowfullscreen data-resize-to-parent=\"true\" allow='clipboard-write'><\/iframe><script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\" src='https:\/\/s0.wp.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/video\/assets\/js\/next\/videopress-iframe.js'><\/script><\/div>\n<p><strong>I Ain&#8217;t Ever Satisfied<br \/>\nFirst performed:<\/strong> February 6, 1998 (Sea Bright, NJ)<br \/>\n<strong>Last performed:<\/strong> February 6, 1998 (Sea Bright, NJ)<\/p>\n<p>\u00a9 July 6, 2019<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One time only: Bruce 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