{"id":14033,"date":"1988-08-29T11:00:00","date_gmt":"1988-08-29T18:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/estreetshuffle.com\/?p=14033"},"modified":"2026-02-23T21:15:58","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T05:15:58","slug":"matr-alejandro-escovedo-and-bruce-springsteen-faith","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/estreetshuffle.com\/index.php\/1988\/08\/29\/matr-alejandro-escovedo-and-bruce-springsteen-faith\/","title":{"rendered":"Faith"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Any time Bruce performs on stage with Alejandro Escovedo, the result is rock and roll gold. So why wouldn&#8217;t we expect the same result in the studio?<\/p>\n<p>In 2010, Bruce and Alejandro recorded their first studio track together, and yup&#8230; faith was rewarded.<\/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\/W789UXaJMFg?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>&#8220;Faith&#8221; may be pretty straightforward lyrically, but it travels some familiar thematic territory to Springsteen fans. It&#8217;s also a driving, shredding song that allowed Bruce to cut loose with a gravelly rock vocal of the kind that had gone mostly missing on Bruce&#8217;s recent\u00a0<em>Working on a Dream\u00a0<\/em>album.<\/p>\n<p>And if Bruce was gonna take the time to record with Alejandro in the studio, you just knew he was gonna show up at The Stone Pony when Alejandro came through town that summer.<\/p>\n<p>He did not disappoint. Here&#8217;s Bruce and Alejandro playing their one and only performance of &#8220;Faith&#8221; together, on July 23, 2010.<\/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\/gpxr8gVpnpg?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><strong>Faith<br \/>\nRecorded:\u00a0<\/strong>2010<br \/>\n<strong>Released:\u00a0<\/strong><em>Street Songs of Love\u00a0<\/em>(2010)<br \/>\n<strong>First performed:<\/strong> July 23, 2010 (Asbury Park, NJ)<br \/>\n<strong>Last performed:<\/strong> July 23, 2010 (Asbury Park, NJ)<\/p>\n<p>\u00a9 November 4, 2019<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One time only, in the studio and on stage: Bruce joins Alejandro Escovedo on a hard-rocking Escovedo anthem.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":14252,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3612,5],"tags":[65,2539],"class_list":["post-14033","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-great","category-meeting-across-the-river","tag-alejandro-escovedo","tag-faith"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/estreetshuffle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/AlejandroEscovedo_Cover_HR_20100421_162441-1024x1024.jpg?fit=1024%2C1024&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9w3Lk-3El","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1021,"url":"https:\/\/estreetshuffle.com\/index.php\/2018\/03\/19\/matr-bruce-springsteen-and-alejandro-escovedo-beast-of-burden\/","url_meta":{"origin":14033,"position":0},"title":"MatR: Bruce Springsteen and Alejandro Escovedo &#8211; Beast of Burden","author":"Ken","date":"March 19, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"Bruce dropped by Alejandro Escovedo's gig at the Stone Pony on July 23, 2010 and joined him for The Rolling Stone's \"Beast of Burden.\"","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Cover Me&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Cover Me","link":"https:\/\/estreetshuffle.com\/index.php\/category\/cover-me\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/estreetshuffle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Beastofburden.gif?fit=220%2C220&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":927,"url":"https:\/\/estreetshuffle.com\/index.php\/1988\/07\/13\/matr-bruce-springsteen-joe-ely-and-alejandro-escovedo-midnight-train\/","url_meta":{"origin":14033,"position":1},"title":"Midnight Train","author":"Ken","date":"July 13, 1988","format":false,"excerpt":"From SxSW 2012: Bruce joins his Texas buddies Joe Ely and Alejandro Escovedo for The Flatlanders' \"Midnight Train.\"","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Cover Me&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Cover Me","link":"https:\/\/estreetshuffle.com\/index.php\/category\/cover-me\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/estreetshuffle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/flat.jpg?fit=800%2C800&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/estreetshuffle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/flat.jpg?fit=800%2C800&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/estreetshuffle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/flat.jpg?fit=800%2C800&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/estreetshuffle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/flat.jpg?fit=800%2C800&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":56453,"url":"https:\/\/estreetshuffle.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/14\/kingdom-of-days-april-14-2\/","url_meta":{"origin":14033,"position":2},"title":"April 14","author":"Ken","date":"April 14, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"On this date: Bruce assembles his new band for the first time and \"Terry's Song\" gets its first public performance. 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