{"id":24821,"date":"2021-02-01T05:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-02-01T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/estreetshuffle.com\/?p=24821"},"modified":"2021-02-01T05:05:36","modified_gmt":"2021-02-01T13:05:36","slug":"cover-me-johnny-mac-and-the-faithful-across-the-border","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/estreetshuffle.com\/index.php\/2021\/02\/01\/cover-me-johnny-mac-and-the-faithful-across-the-border\/","title":{"rendered":"Cover Me: Johnny Mac and the Faithful: Across the Border"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Johnny Mac and The Faithful are a Glasgow-based celtic-folk-rock band that count the music of Bruce Springsteen and Woody Guthrie among their primary influences, so it&#8217;s no surprise that when they decided to cover Bruce they turned to his most Guthrie-esque album.<\/p>\n<p>Their new cover of &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/estreetshuffle.com\/index.php\/2020\/09\/06\/roll-of-the-dice-across-the-border\/\">Across the Border<\/a>&#8221; does more than justice to Bruce&#8217;s original. Lead singer John Mclaughlin&#8217;s vocals are gorgeous, and the group&#8217;s arrangement is hopeful and expansive. This is a splendid cover.<\/p>\n<p>And not that this has anything to do with the song, but does Johnny Mac bear an uncanny resemblance to The Boss himself, or what?<\/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\/Fpr3zOhSIRg?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>For more great music from Johnny Mac and The Faithful, check out their YouTube page <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCzXBDz_u1qiiGSje9CKOcfQ\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Glasgow-based Johnny Mac and The Faithful gift us with a beautiful cover of Bruce&#8217;s &#8220;Across the Border.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":25012,"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":[4],"tags":[993,3073],"class_list":["post-24821","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cover-me","tag-across-the-border","tag-johnny-mac-and-the-faithful"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/estreetshuffle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/johnnymac.jpg?fit=1280%2C720&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9w3Lk-6sl","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":56765,"url":"https:\/\/estreetshuffle.com\/index.php\/2025\/05\/13\/kingdom-of-days-may-13-2\/","url_meta":{"origin":24821,"position":0},"title":"May 13","author":"Ken","date":"May 13, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"On this date: Bruce gets married for the first time, plays \"Johnny Bye-Bye\" for the first time, and joins an 80s nostaglia night with Sting, Lady Gaga, Elton John, and more. 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