{"id":14365,"date":"2020-02-15T05:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-02-15T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/estreetshuffle.com\/?p=14365"},"modified":"2020-12-20T10:36:20","modified_gmt":"2020-12-20T18:36:20","slug":"matr-bruce-springsteen-and-garland-jeffreys-96-tears","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/estreetshuffle.com\/index.php\/2020\/02\/15\/matr-bruce-springsteen-and-garland-jeffreys-96-tears\/","title":{"rendered":"MatR: Bruce Springsteen and Garland Jeffreys, 96 Tears"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Bruce Springsteen has supported Garland Jeffreys on &#8220;96 Tears&#8221; so many times that if you didn&#8217;t know better, you&#8217;d think the song was originally Garland&#8217;s.<\/p>\n<p>But we do know better: &#8220;96 Tears&#8221; dates back long before Jeffreys covered it in 1980&#8211;all the way back to 1966, in fact, when ? and the Mysterians took it all the way to the top of the Billboard Hot 100.<\/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\/bOCOMYGIfUQ?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;96 Tears&#8221; is instantly recognizable from its Farfisa-esque organ riff (it&#8217;s actually a Vox Continental). It was one of the first hits by a garage rock band, and <em>Rolling Stone<\/em> ranks it #213 on the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.<\/p>\n<p>Jeffreys covered it on his 1981 album\u00a0<em>Escape Artist<\/em>, and he scored big with it, peaking at #5 on the Billboard Rock Chart.<\/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\/sqiNsT5OZFc?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>Here&#8217;s a rare live television performance by Jeffreys from shortly after the album debuted in 1981:<\/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\/b9eXNXN6MyY?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>So how did &#8220;96 Tears&#8221; become a reliable Garland\/Bruce team-up candidate? Bruce and Garland reconnected in 2001 when Bruce invited Garland to join him for his Asbury Park holiday shows. While they didn&#8217;t play Jeffreys&#8217; greatest hit that year, they would the following year, when Garland and Bruce both made surprise guest appearances with Joe Grushecky and the Houserockers at Light of Day. Here&#8217;s that performance, with Garland on lead vocals:<\/p>\n<div id=\"v-RF2y7kOm-1\" class=\"video-player\"><iframe title='VideoPress Video Player' aria-label='VideoPress Video Player' width='758' height='426' src='https:\/\/videopress.com\/embed\/RF2y7kOm?hd=1&amp;cover=1&amp;loop=0&amp;autoPlay=0&amp;permalink=1&amp;muted=0&amp;controls=1&amp;playsinline=0&amp;useAverageColor=0&amp;preloadContent=metadata' frameborder='0' allowfullscreen data-resize-to-parent=\"true\" allow='clipboard-write'><\/iframe><script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\" src='https:\/\/s0.wp.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/video\/assets\/js\/next\/videopress-iframe.js'><\/script><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;96 Tears&#8221; made its proper E Street debut the following summer&#8211;again with Garland on lead&#8211;during Bruce&#8217;s ten-show summer residency at Giants Stadium, and Bruce played it twice more with Garland that same year at Light of Day and the Asbury Park Holiday shows.<\/p>\n<div id=\"v-w9ZK1zFI-1\" class=\"video-player\"><iframe title='VideoPress Video Player' aria-label='VideoPress Video Player' width='758' height='426' src='https:\/\/videopress.com\/embed\/w9ZK1zFI?hd=1&amp;cover=1&amp;loop=0&amp;autoPlay=0&amp;permalink=1&amp;muted=0&amp;controls=1&amp;playsinline=0&amp;useAverageColor=0&amp;preloadContent=metadata' frameborder='0' allowfullscreen data-resize-to-parent=\"true\" allow='clipboard-write'><\/iframe><script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\" src='https:\/\/s0.wp.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/video\/assets\/js\/next\/videopress-iframe.js'><\/script><\/div>\n<p>It wasn&#8217;t until 2009, though, that Bruce attempted it on his own. Early on the Working on a Dream Tour in Atlanta, a fan request challenged the band to play the garage rock classic. Bruce took up the gauntlet, and after a minute or so of strategizing, the band nailed it. Fortunately, a fan captured it on video from the pit, so we can watch a close-up of Bruce&#8217;s only lead vocal performance of &#8220;96 Tears.&#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\/BaratxJFd_Q?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>That Garland-less performance was a one-off, though&#8211;the next (and last) time Bruce played &#8220;96 Tears&#8221; Garland was back on stage and on lead vocals. Here&#8217;s that last-time-to-date performance from Pinkpop 2012:<\/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\/Ii3ZOShtmw4?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>96 Tears<br \/>\nFirst performed:<\/strong> November 2, 2002 (Sea Bright, NJ)<br \/>\n<strong>Last performed:<\/strong> May 28, 2012 (Landgraaf, The Netherlands)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bruce teams up with Garland Jeffreys for a crowd-pleasing cover of ? and the Mysterians&#8217; &#8220;96 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