{"id":14363,"date":"2019-12-21T05:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-12-21T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/estreetshuffle.com\/?p=14363"},"modified":"2020-12-18T16:58:37","modified_gmt":"2020-12-19T00:58:37","slug":"cover-me-marcel-lichter-western-stars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/estreetshuffle.com\/index.php\/2019\/12\/21\/cover-me-marcel-lichter-western-stars\/","title":{"rendered":"Cover Me, Marcel Lichter: Western Stars"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Bruce Springsteen&#8217;s <em>Western Stars\u00a0<\/em>album gets a lot of deserved attention for its lush arrangements, and the film version only ups the ante with a full-on orchestra.<\/p>\n<p>But as much as I love those arrangements, sometimes all it takes is a simple piano to make you fully appreciate just how gorgeous Bruce&#8217;s melodies can be.<\/p>\n<p>Case in point: Marcel Lichter&#8217;s solo piano instrumental rendition of the album&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/estreetshuffle.com\/index.php\/2020\/03\/28\/roll-of-the-dice-western-stars\/\">title track<\/a>&#8211;perfect for a quiet weekend morning.<\/p>\n<p>Enjoy.<\/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\/RYXC-nJJNic?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","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here&#8217;s a lovely instrumental cover of the title track from Bruce&#8217;s latest album, perfect accompaniment for a quiet weekend morning.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":14454,"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":[4],"tags":[2553,2416],"class_list":["post-14363","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cover-me","tag-marcel-lichter","tag-western-stars"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/estreetshuffle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/marcel.jpg?fit=2048%2C1365&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9w3Lk-3JF","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":15625,"url":"https:\/\/estreetshuffle.com\/index.php\/2020\/01\/26\/roll-of-the-dice-chasin-wild-horses\/","url_meta":{"origin":14363,"position":0},"title":"Roll of the Dice: Chasin&#8217; Wild Horses","author":"Ken","date":"January 26, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"Poignant, elegiac, and ironic, \"Chasin' Wild Horses\" is the perfect centerpiece for Bruce's finest album. 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