{"id":1759,"date":"1988-04-02T11:00:30","date_gmt":"1988-04-02T19:00:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/estreetshuffle.com\/?p=1759"},"modified":"2026-02-08T08:10:07","modified_gmt":"2026-02-08T16:10:07","slug":"matr-joe-grushecky-and-bruce-springsteen-i-still-look-good-for-sixty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/estreetshuffle.com\/index.php\/1988\/04\/02\/matr-joe-grushecky-and-bruce-springsteen-i-still-look-good-for-sixty\/","title":{"rendered":"I Still Look Good (for Sixty)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Performed together only thrice: Bruce and Joe Grushecky have a good time sending themselves up with Joe&#8217;s &#8220;I Still Look Good (for Sixty).&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s the first time they played it together, from night one of Bruce&#8217;s post-High Hopes Tour shows with Joe in Pittsburgh, May 22, 2014.<\/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\/__Cep8MQwtU?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>Joe released &#8220;I Still Look Good (For Sixty)&#8221; on his 2013 album,\u00a0<em>East of Eden.\u00a0<\/em>Even on an eclectic album that crosses styles and genres, this song stands out as a lark.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/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\/hMLxxgUCpeo?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>In a contemporaneous interview for <em>Guitar World<\/em>, Joe called it &#8220;one of those songs that puts a smile on your face. I get a laugh every time I sing it.&#8221; It&#8217;s true\u2013we can even see it in Joe&#8217;s acoustic performances.<\/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\/VhKtO5sahd0?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>Both Joe and Bruce are now\u00a0<em>well<\/em> past sixty, and perhaps that&#8217;s why they&#8217;ve stopped performing it together. At least we have a trio of great performances to make us smile.<\/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\/SHIGaBfiLcE?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>I Still Look Good (For Sixty)<br \/>\nFirst performed:<\/strong> May 22, 2014 (Pittsburgh, PA)<br \/>\n<strong>Last performed:<\/strong> January 17, 2015 (Asbury Park, NJ)<\/p>\n<p>\u00a9 April 24, 2018 \/ February 8, 2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yes they 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