{"id":12485,"date":"1988-03-10T11:00:00","date_gmt":"1988-03-10T19:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/estreetshuffle.com\/?p=12485"},"modified":"2026-02-08T05:51:26","modified_gmt":"2026-02-08T13:51:26","slug":"matr-joe-grushecky-bill-deasy-and-bruce-springsteen-broken-wheel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/estreetshuffle.com\/index.php\/1988\/03\/10\/matr-joe-grushecky-bill-deasy-and-bruce-springsteen-broken-wheel\/","title":{"rendered":"Broken Wheel"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Joe Grushecky&#8217;s very fine\u00a0<em>East Carson Street<\/em> album is known by Springsteen fans primarily because it&#8217;s the home of the studio version of &#8220;Another Thin Line,&#8221; co-written and performed by both Bruce and Joe.<\/p>\n<p>But while &#8220;Another Thin Line&#8221; may be the only song on Joe&#8217;s 2009 album that features Bruce&#8217;s vocals, it&#8217;s not the only song to which Bruce contributed his talents.<\/p>\n<p>Deep in the middle of the album, we find &#8220;Broken Wheel.&#8221;<\/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\/DYMLz8QZvU4?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>Written and performed by Joe and fellow Pittsburgh singer\/songwriter Bill Deasy, &#8220;Broken Wheel&#8221; is a song about a broken heart (for reasons I shall not spoil, but suffice to say this is not a love song), and it features Bruce prominently on lead guitar.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s a beautiful, powerful, and haunting song, with or without Bruce&#8217;s accompaniment, on an album that should be in every Springsteen fan&#8217;s collection.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Broken Wheel<br \/>\nRecorded<\/strong>: 2009<br \/>\n<strong>Released<\/strong>:\u00a0<em>East Carson Street<\/em> (2009)<br \/>\n<strong>Never performed<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u00a9 September 29, 2019<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You won&#8217;t hear Bruce&#8217;s voice on Joe Grushecky&#8217;s &#8220;Broken Wheel,&#8221; 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