{"id":16833,"date":"2020-03-11T05:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-03-11T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/estreetshuffle.com\/?p=16833"},"modified":"2023-01-01T13:58:38","modified_gmt":"2023-01-01T21:58:38","slug":"cover-me-diego-mercuri-the-wrecking-band-nebraska","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/estreetshuffle.com\/index.php\/2020\/03\/11\/cover-me-diego-mercuri-the-wrecking-band-nebraska\/","title":{"rendered":"Cover Me, Diego Mercuri & The Wrecking Band: Nebraska"},"content":{"rendered":"

Rumors of an electric\u00a0Nebraska<\/em> album have circulated among Springsteen fans for decades, but proof of its existence (let alone an official release) continues to elude us.<\/p>\n

Still, the mystery of what Bruce’s famously low-fi acoustic album might sound like if electrified has become considerably less mysterious over time.<\/p>\n

“Atlantic City<\/a>” received a live electric treatment almost immediately; “Johnny 99<\/a>” has seen several arrangements. “Open All Night<\/a>” has been Seeger-ized, and “Reason to Believe<\/a>” got a galvanizing Greenbaum treatment.<\/p>\n

But one track that’s completely eluded us in electric form is the title track itself. Bruce’s dark, brooding “Nebraska<\/a>”\u00a0 has always seemed to defy or discourage any attempt at a rock arrangement.<\/p>\n

But today we can get a sense of just how rocking “Nebraska” can get, because Diego Mercuri and The Wrecking Band just took a run at it–and it’s pretty darn good.<\/p>\n