{"id":2291,"date":"1984-01-29T11:00:24","date_gmt":"1984-01-29T19:00:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/estreetshuffle.com\/?p=2291"},"modified":"2026-03-14T15:17:07","modified_gmt":"2026-03-14T22:17:07","slug":"cover-me-holly-williams-no-surrender","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/estreetshuffle.com\/index.php\/1984\/01\/29\/cover-me-holly-williams-no-surrender\/","title":{"rendered":"Holly Williams: No Surrender"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There&#8217;s no shortage of &#8220;No Surrender&#8221; covers out there, but this one by Holly Williams (Hank Williams&#8217; granddaughter) is one of my favorites.<\/p>\n<p>Unlike the original&#8217;s defiant anthem arrangement, Holly&#8217;s version is wistful and nostalgic, an ode to old friendship that captures the same spirit as the slow arrangement that Bruce performed occasionally on the Born in the U.S.A. Tour. (I actually think it captures it better.)<\/p>\n<p>This one sticks with you long after you hear it.<\/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\/uZga5ozv4uA?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>\u00a9 May 24, 2018<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Holly Williams delivers a wistful, nostalgic take of &#8220;No Surrender.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":68323,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3611,4],"tags":[1070,92],"class_list":["post-2291","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bitusa","category-cover-me","tag-holly-williams","tag-no-surrender"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/estreetshuffle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Holly-Williams-Press-Photo-scaled-1.webp?fit=1920%2C2560&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9w3Lk-AX","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":31021,"url":"https:\/\/estreetshuffle.com\/index.php\/2021\/11\/20\/cover-me-tex-mex-no-surrender\/","url_meta":{"origin":2291,"position":0},"title":"Cover Me, Tex Mex: No Surrender","author":"Ken","date":"November 20, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"From their 2013 album The Best Has Yet to Come, Frank Get and Tex Mex deliver a nostalgic, tender reading of Bruce's 1984 anthem.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Cover Me&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Cover Me","link":"https:\/\/estreetshuffle.com\/index.php\/category\/cover-me\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/estreetshuffle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/frankget.jpg?fit=508%2C508&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":33101,"url":"https:\/\/estreetshuffle.com\/index.php\/2022\/03\/05\/cover-me-december-no-surrender\/","url_meta":{"origin":2291,"position":1},"title":"Cover Me, December: No Surrender","author":"Ken","date":"March 5, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"This powerful new cover from Glasgow-based December couldn't be more timely. 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