{"id":2289,"date":"1988-07-17T11:00:48","date_gmt":"1988-07-17T18:00:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/estreetshuffle.com\/?p=2289"},"modified":"2026-02-23T15:38:35","modified_gmt":"2026-02-23T23:38:35","slug":"meeting-across-the-river-bruce-springsteen-and-patti-scialfa-big-black-heaven","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/estreetshuffle.com\/index.php\/1988\/07\/17\/meeting-across-the-river-bruce-springsteen-and-patti-scialfa-big-black-heaven\/","title":{"rendered":"Big Black Heaven"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Patti gets the spotlight today From her 1993 debut album <em>Rumble Doll<\/em>, here&#8217;s &#8220;Big Black Heaven,&#8221; accompanied by Bruce on guitar and keyboards.<\/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\" 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