By the time Bruce resumed his World Tour in 1993 after a three-month winter break, he’d grown more comfortable with his new band.\u00a0He’d begun seeding more of his E Street material back into the set, and more importantly he started leaning in to the gospel vocal strengths of his back-up singers.<\/p>\n
First came a stunning gospel arrangement of Jimmy Cliff’s “Many Rivers to Cross,” which remained a set list staple for the remainder of the tour. By late spring, Bruce had added The Louvin Brothers’ “Satan’s Jeweled Crown” as well.<\/p>\n
“Satan’s Jeweled Crown” was a genuine obscurity, released in 1959 on the Louvins’ Satan Is Real<\/em> album–a country-gospel album that is generally remembered more for its eyebrow-raising cover than its devoutly graceful content. But the song itself is a beautiful tale of redemption, of repent for one’s past sins and rejection of ill-gotten gains.<\/p>\n