{"id":22770,"date":"1980-08-22T11:00:00","date_gmt":"1980-08-22T18:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/estreetshuffle.com\/?p=22770"},"modified":"2026-09-25T11:04:35","modified_gmt":"2026-09-25T18:04:35","slug":"roll-of-the-dice-walking-on-the-avenue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/estreetshuffle.com\/index.php\/1980\/08\/22\/roll-of-the-dice-walking-on-the-avenue\/","title":{"rendered":"Walking on the Avenue"},"content":{"rendered":"

How prolific was Bruce Springsteen during the period between\u00a0Darkness on the Edge of Town\u00a0<\/em>and\u00a0The River<\/em>?<\/p>\n

So prolific that despite requiring a double-album to hold all the songs he chose to release, there were dozens and dozens–and that’s not an exaggeration–that had to be left behind.<\/p>\n

Many of the castoffs would eventually see the light of day on\u00a0Tracks<\/em> or on the album’s 35th anniversary box set; others remain in the vault still.<\/p>\n

And then there are the ones that never made it into the studio at all, like “Walking on the Avenue.” And that’s too bad, because this one certainly had a lot of promise.<\/p>\n

Bruce worked on the song acoustically during the first half of 1979, and as we can tell from the two acoustic home demos below, he started as he often did: with the music and a lyrical hook.<\/p>\n