{"id":13399,"date":"2019-10-05T05:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-10-05T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/estreetshuffle.com\/?p=13399"},"modified":"2023-01-01T11:48:27","modified_gmt":"2023-01-01T19:48:27","slug":"roll-of-the-dice-angels-blues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/estreetshuffle.com\/index.php\/2019\/10\/05\/roll-of-the-dice-angels-blues\/","title":{"rendered":"Roll of the Dice: Angel’s Blues"},"content":{"rendered":"

Now where did\u00a0this\u00a0<\/em>come from? And perhaps more importantly, where did it go?<\/p>\n

“Angel’s Blues” seems to have spontaneously generated in the middle of the\u00a0Wild & Innocent Tour and disappeared after its one and only performance.<\/p>\n

We know it’s a Springsteen original, but listening to the clip below, it’s virtually impossible to determine how much of Bruce’s lyrics was scripted and how much was improvised.<\/p>\n

All I know is it’s one hell of a rave-up. Combining the swing of “Kitty’s Back<\/a>” (which it immediately followed in the set), a harmonica introduction that presages what Bruce would shortly do with “She’s the One<\/a>,” a mean sax solo, and some of Bruce’s earliest lyrics about fast cars and fast women, “Angel’s Blues” was a show-stopper sandwiched in-between showstoppers. (A three-pack of “Kitty’s Back,” “Angel’s Blues,” and “Thundercrack<\/a>“– wow.)<\/p>\n

Take a listen to Bruce’s only known performance of “Angel’s Blues.”<\/p>\n