{"id":12484,"date":"2019-09-14T05:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-09-14T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/estreetshuffle.com\/?p=12484"},"modified":"2024-01-02T09:12:58","modified_gmt":"2024-01-02T17:12:58","slug":"cover-me-jambalaya-on-the-bayou","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/estreetshuffle.com\/index.php\/2019\/09\/14\/cover-me-jambalaya-on-the-bayou\/","title":{"rendered":"Cover Me: Jambalaya (On the Bayou)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sometimes the best moments at a Springsteen show happen long before the lights go down.<\/p>\n<p>Case in point: Bruce&#8217;s second holiday show in Asbury Park, on December 18, 2000.<\/p>\n<p>With house band The Max Weinberg 7 still on the ferry, Bruce turned a late soundcheck into a full-on pre-show for early-arriving fans.<\/p>\n<p>Summoning Nils, Garry, Southside Johnny, Soozie, Patti, and Lisa Lowell all to the stage, the ad hoc &#8220;Asbury Opry&#8221; led off with a cover of Hank Williams&#8217; &#8220;Jambalaya (On the Bayou).&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Willams&#8217; 1952 original was a massive hit, topping the country charts for fourteen weeks. An ode to Cajun food, drink, and revelry, the song quickly became a genre standard covered by every one from Elvis to Garth Brooks.<\/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\/A1SFjLOr4QE?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>As for the version by Bruce and company: it&#8217;s loose, fun, and clearly improvised, with Bruce calling out solos for Soozie and Southside and arranging on the spot in fine Seeger Sessions fashion&#8211;which isn&#8217;t surprising, because although that album was still six years in the future, the first recording session for it was actually a couple of years in the past.<\/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\/fukHYvvT7B0?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>The band that gave rise to the Sessions Band&#8211;The Gotham Playboys&#8211;actually played &#8220;Jambalaya (On the Bayou)&#8221; with Bruce at his birthday party in 1998, so maybe that&#8217;s what was in Bruce&#8217;s mind that December day in 2000.<\/p>\n<p>Whatever made Bruce play that particular song on that particular day, we should be thankful for it: although it wasn&#8217;t the first time Bruce played it and it wouldn&#8217;t be the last, it&#8217;s the one and only time it was recorded.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Jambalaya (On the Bayou)<br \/>\nFirst performed:<\/strong> October 11, 1998 (Colts Neck, NJ)<br \/>\n<strong>Last performed:<\/strong> January 23, 2010 (Asbury Park, NJ)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At an impromptu soundcheck-turned-preshow, Bruce, Southside, and friends play a loose, fun cover of a Hank Williams 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