{"id":29029,"date":"2015-03-15T11:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-03-15T18:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/estreetshuffle.com\/?p=29029"},"modified":"2026-07-21T21:19:21","modified_gmt":"2026-07-22T04:19:21","slug":"cover-me-c-c-rider","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/estreetshuffle.com\/index.php\/2015\/03\/15\/cover-me-c-c-rider\/","title":{"rendered":"C.C. Rider"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Now <em>this<\/em> is The Bruce Springsteen Band. Remember that heavy recording of &#8220;Do It With a Feeling&#8221; we listened to in <em>Roll of the Dice Volume Eight<\/em>? Compare that with this gorgeous stereo recording of the blues standard &#8220;C.C. Rider.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div id=\"v-hrH99RUi-1\" class=\"video-player\"><iframe title='VideoPress Video Player' aria-label='VideoPress Video Player' width='758' height='568' src='https:\/\/videopress.com\/embed\/hrH99RUi?hd=1&amp;cover=1&amp;loop=0&amp;autoPlay=0&amp;permalink=1&amp;muted=0&amp;controls=1&amp;playsinline=0&amp;useAverageColor=0&amp;preloadContent=metadata' frameborder='0' allowfullscreen data-resize-to-parent=\"true\" allow='clipboard-write; presentation'><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>Hard to believe that&#8217;s the same band, isn&#8217;t it? That&#8217;s the difference a choice of material makes. The Bruce Springsteen Band was born to swing and built for the blues, and it doesn&#8217;t get much bluesier than &#8220;C.C. Rider.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;C.C. Rider&#8221; dates all the way back to 1925, when Ma Rainey recorded it as &#8220;See See Rider Blues.&#8221;<\/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\/9duTAcatzIM?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>That recording is now enshrined in the Blues Hall of Fame and the Library of Congress National Recording Registry.<\/p>\n<p>A decade later, the song was known as &#8220;C. C. Rider,&#8221; with a notable recording by Big Bill Broonzy.<\/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\/3hIcF_1DTFg?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>The song went to #1 twice on the Billboard charts, first in 1943 by Bea Booze (whose version topped Billboard&#8217;s &#8220;Harlem Hit Parade&#8221; chart)&#8230;<\/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\/JBC2C-nB738?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>&#8230;and again in 1957 by Chuck Willis, who topped the Billboard R&amp;B chart with his version.<\/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\/ACpeuOQP1nw?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>But it was Mitch Ryder who had the most chart success with it, when his version stealthily made the Top 10 on the Hot 100 as the front half of &#8220;Jenny Take a Ride.&#8221;<\/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\/Zf1KiQuW2BE?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>By now, you know where we&#8217;re headed. In 1975, Bruce introduced Ryder&#8217;s &#8220;Detroit Medley&#8221; to his set list, and it became an immediate and enduring encore favorite.<\/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\/t87UMZI1cnE?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>Bruce and the band played &#8220;Detroit Medley&#8221; hundreds of times since, but full-on covers of &#8220;C.C. Rider&#8221; on its own have been far more elusive.<\/p>\n<p>Other than a couple of private parties and a Hall of Fame jam session, Bruce only covered &#8220;C.C. Rider&#8221; once in the post-Bruce Springsteen Band era. At a special tribute concert to the music of Asbury Park&#8217;s Westside in 2011, Bruce fronted a band of local legends assembled by Nicky Addeo, taking &#8220;C.C. 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