{"id":29312,"date":"2015-05-06T11:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-05-06T18:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/estreetshuffle.com\/?p=29312"},"modified":"2026-07-22T18:45:22","modified_gmt":"2026-07-23T01:45:22","slug":"cover-me-vigilante-man","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/estreetshuffle.com\/index.php\/2015\/05\/06\/cover-me-vigilante-man\/","title":{"rendered":"Vigilante Man"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In late 1987, Bruce signed on to a Woody Guthrie tribute project called\u00a0<em>Folkways: A Vision Shared<\/em>, produced by the late Harold Leventhal, who managed Guthrie along with Pete Seeger, Joan Baez, Judy Collins, and many other great folk artists.<\/p>\n<p>Bruce contributed not one but two songs to the project: We looked at the first one (&#8220;I Ain&#8217;t Got No Home&#8221;) a few years ago. Today we take a listen to the second&#8211;a reworking of Woody&#8217;s &#8220;Vigilante Man.&#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\/EcKbeSPE-uA?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>As Guthrie originally conceived it, &#8220;Vigilante Man&#8221; was set in the same period as <em>The Grapes of Wrath.<\/em> The titular vigilantes were self-appointed &#8220;defenders&#8221; against the migrant workers fleeing the dust bowl for the promised land of California.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s a fearful song bordering on paranoia. The song&#8217;s narrator keeps constant watch against an unseen threat, and any less than-friendly reception might become more sinister in the dead of night, like the man who slew Preacher Casey in Steinbeck&#8217;s novel.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em>Have you seen that vigilante man?<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Have you seen that vigilante man?<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Have you seen that vigilante man?<\/em><br \/>\n<em>I&#8217;ve been hearin&#8217; his name all over the land<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em>Well what is a vigilante man?<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Tell me, what is a vigilante man?<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Has he got a gun and a club in his hand?<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Is that a vigilante man?<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em>Rainy night down in the engine house<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Sleepin&#8217; just as still as a mouse<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Man come along and he chased us out in the rain<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Was that a vigilante man?<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em>Stormy days, we pass the time away<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Sleeping in some good warm place<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Man come along and we give him a little race<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Was that a vigilante man?<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em>Preacher Casey was just a working man<\/em><br \/>\n<em>And he said, &#8220;Unite, all you working men&#8221;<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Killed him in the river, some strange man<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Was that a vigilante man?<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em>Oh why does a vigilante man<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Why does a vigilante man<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Carry that sawed-off shotgun in his hand?<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Would he shoot his brother and sister down?<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em>I rambled &#8217;round from town to town<\/em><br \/>\n<em>I rambled &#8217;round from town to town<\/em><br \/>\n<em>And they herded us around like a wild herd of cattle<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Was that the vigilante men?<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em>Have you seen that vigilante man?<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Have you seen that vigilante man?<\/em><br \/>\n<em>I&#8217;ve heard his name all over the land<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Years before Bruce recorded\u00a0<em>The Ghost of Tom Joad<\/em>, he was taken enough with Guthrie&#8217;s sequel (side-quel?) to record it with the E Street Band sometime between completing his <em>Tunnel of Love\u00a0<\/em>album and embarking on the tour.<\/p>\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-29312-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/estreetshuffle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/13-Vigilante-Man-Bruce-Springsteen-online-audio-converter.com_.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/estreetshuffle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/13-Vigilante-Man-Bruce-Springsteen-online-audio-converter.com_.mp3\">https:\/\/estreetshuffle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/13-Vigilante-Man-Bruce-Springsteen-online-audio-converter.com_.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p>Bruce&#8217;s version leverages Guthrie&#8217;s lyrics, but he drops the verses that date the song to the Dust Bowl era. That simple omission makes the song resonate with contemporary urgency&#8211;it could have been written about the plight of the homeless and the dangers they face on the city streets.<\/p>\n<p>Musically, though, Bruce completely reinvents the song as a taut, suspenseful rocker. Listen with your eyes closed and you&#8217;ll see the narrator hiding and darting in the shadows, you&#8217;ll bear witness to violent scenes choreographed to Bruce&#8217;s guitar solo.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s a terrific E Street Band recording, and the last one before Bruce put the band on hiatus. Yet it&#8217;s one of Bruce&#8217;s most under-the-radar tracks, with many fans unaware of its existence even though it merited an official music video, too.<\/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\/eKXILNMXxs0?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;start=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 video was filmed at a soundcheck at Madison Square Garden on May 19, 1988. Bruce officially debuted the song later that night, and he played it during the next two shows as well.<\/p>\n<p>But other than a one-off in the UK a month later, we haven&#8217;t heard from &#8220;Vigilante Man&#8221; since. Here&#8217;s Bruce&#8217;s last performance of Guthrie&#8217;s reinvented classic&#8211;an expanded, five-and-a-half-minute performance from Bruce&#8217;s Tunnel of Love show in Birmingham.<\/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\/hajsVzLHpok?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><strong>Vigilante Man<br \/>\nRecorded:\u00a0<\/strong>Late 1987 &#8211; Early 1988<br \/>\n<strong>Released:<\/strong> <em>Folkways: A Vision Shared: A Tribute To Woody Guthrie And Leadbelly\u00a0<\/em>(1988)<br \/>\n<strong>First performed:<\/strong> May 19, 1988 (New York, NY)<br \/>\n<strong>Last performed:<\/strong> June 21, 1988 (Birmingham, England)<\/p>\n<p>\u00a9 September 14, 2021<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Long before &#8220;The Ghost of Tom Joad,&#8221; Bruce recorded another song influenced by Steinbeck&#8217;s novel: an E Street Band cover of Woody Guthrie&#8217;s &#8220;Vigilante 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