{"id":17932,"date":"2020-05-01T05:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-05-01T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/estreetshuffle.com\/?p=17932"},"modified":"2020-12-23T07:51:09","modified_gmt":"2020-12-23T15:51:09","slug":"roll-of-the-dice-danger-zone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/estreetshuffle.com\/index.php\/2020\/05\/01\/roll-of-the-dice-danger-zone\/","title":{"rendered":"Roll of the Dice: Danger Zone"},"content":{"rendered":"

We’ve listened to a lot of Bruce’s unreleased (but leaked) home demos together over the past few years, and I’ll be the first to admit that most of them are interesting only as insight into Bruce’s songwriting process and influences, or to trace the ancestry of Bruce’s released catalog back to early prototypes.<\/p>\n

But this one’s an exception.<\/p>\n

“Danger Zone” (also trading under the title “Let the Girl Go Home” after its oft-repeated chorus) is right up there among my favorite of Bruce’s home demos, and it’s one of the rare ones that I actually find myself repeatedly listening to for pleasure rather than research.<\/p>\n

Written and recorded during the Nebraska era, “Danger Zone” is tender, warm, and unlike anything else Bruce recorded during those years. Let’s take a listen:<\/p>\n