{"id":2781,"date":"1988-07-02T11:00:20","date_gmt":"1988-07-02T18:00:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/estreetshuffle.com\/?p=2781"},"modified":"2026-02-22T13:24:27","modified_gmt":"2026-02-22T21:24:27","slug":"meeting-across-the-river-joe-grushecky-and-bruce-springsteen-thats-what-makes-us-great","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/estreetshuffle.com\/index.php\/1988\/07\/02\/meeting-across-the-river-joe-grushecky-and-bruce-springsteen-thats-what-makes-us-great\/","title":{"rendered":"That&#8217;s What Makes Us Great"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sign of the times: long-time collaborators Bruce and Joe Grushecky now team up over e-mail&#8211;seriously.<\/p>\n<p>Written by Joe around the time Trump took office the firs time, &#8220;That&#8217;s What Makes Us Great&#8221; has a classic Houserockers sound, even though it&#8217;s a duet between Joe and Bruce. Maybe that&#8217;s because Joe had the song recorded before Bruce added his vocals.<\/p>\n<p>Bruce recorded his vocals from his home studio and e-mailed them to Joe. The result: the pointed, defiant resistance anthem that&#8217;s sadly even more relevant today.<\/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\/zZ24d71EfLY?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>Keep resisting.\u00a0No kings.<\/p>\n<p><strong>That&#8217;s What Makes Us Great<br \/>\nRecorded:<\/strong> February 2017<br \/>\n<strong>Released:\u00a0<\/strong><em>More Yesterdays Than Tomorrows\u00a0<\/em>(2018)<br \/>\n<strong>Never performed<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u00a9 June 15, 2018 \/ February 22, 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