{"id":13441,"date":"2017-01-19T11:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-01-19T19:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/estreetshuffle.com\/?p=13441"},"modified":"2026-08-09T21:38:43","modified_gmt":"2026-08-10T04:38:43","slug":"cover-me-sonny-day-and-the-all-stars-savin-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/estreetshuffle.com\/index.php\/2017\/01\/19\/cover-me-sonny-day-and-the-all-stars-savin-up\/","title":{"rendered":"Sonny Day and the All Stars: Savin’ Up"},"content":{"rendered":"

If you don’t hail from New Zealand, perhaps you’re not familiar with the late, great Sonny Day. (I wasn’t until this song.)<\/p>\n

Day was a staple of the New Zealand rock, blues, and soul scene for decades, even though his recordings were infrequent.<\/p>\n

Day’s biggest hit came in 1985, with a cover of Bruce Springsteen’s “Savin’ Up.”<\/p>\n

“Savin’ Up” was as obscure then as it is now–it’s only other appearance on an album is its original 1983 outing by Clarence Clemons and the Red Bank Rockers. I don’t know if Day had a connection to either Bruce or Clarence, but somehow the song came to his attention.<\/p>\n

Day covered the song in the studio with the All Stars, a group of accomplished Auckland session musicians, and filmed a video on the streets of Auckland. Check it out:<\/p>\n