{"id":32954,"date":"2022-03-21T05:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-03-21T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/estreetshuffle.com\/?p=32954"},"modified":"2022-03-20T20:58:32","modified_gmt":"2022-03-21T03:58:32","slug":"matr-bruce-springsteen-and-the-asbury-park-all-star-revue-without-love","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/estreetshuffle.com\/index.php\/2022\/03\/21\/matr-bruce-springsteen-and-the-asbury-park-all-star-revue-without-love\/","title":{"rendered":"MatR: Bruce Springsteen and the Asbury Park All-Star Revue: Without Love"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Technically, Bruce Springsteen covered Aretha Franklin&#8217;s &#8220;Without Love&#8221; three times only, way back in 1977.<\/p>\n<p>But one could make a fairly compelling argument that he covers it in part every time he sings &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/estreetshuffle.com\/index.php\/2019\/11\/10\/roll-of-the-dice-back-in-your-arms\/\">Back in Your Arms,<\/a>&#8221; because the first twenty seconds of those songs are way too similar to be coincidental.<\/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\/DSUTLDofTcw?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<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\/9FBVo0LqhYQ?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>Aretha released &#8220;Without Love&#8221; as a single in 1974. It missed the Top 40 in the U.S., but it reached #6 on the U.S. R&amp;B chart. Still, we know it came to Bruce&#8217;s attention early on, because Steven Van Zandt arranged it in stunning fashion for Southside Johnny&#8217;s 1977 album, <em>This Time It&#8217;s For Real.<\/em><\/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\/j6n21vZIOEQ?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>Stevie&#8217;s arrangement is bold, brash, lush and orchestral, and Southside&#8217;s vocals are at their soulful best. It&#8217;s hard to pick a single standout track on such a strong album, but &#8220;Without Love&#8221; is certainly a contender.<\/p>\n<p>Despite all their many team-ups, Bruce and Southside have yet to perform &#8220;Without Love&#8221; together, but Bruce at least got to perform it with the Jukes.<\/p>\n<p>In May 1977, Southside took ill during a scheduled homecoming stand at the Count Basie Theater in Red Bank. (It was known at the time as the Monmouth Arts Center.)\u00a0With Southside unable to perform and with a weeks-old new album in need of a promotional push, Stevie saved the day by fronting the Jukes and enlisting Bruce and the rest of the E Street Band along with Ronnie Spector to form a one-time-only supergroup called The Asbury Park All-Star Revue.<\/p>\n<p>Bruce stayed on backing vocals and guitar for most of the set, including &#8220;Without Love,&#8221; but he&#8217;s present and audible throughout the three performances captured on bootleg from those two nights.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s the first one, from May 12, 1977, the first of Bruce&#8217;s only three performances ever of &#8220;Without Love.&#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\/uzIqxNCR6Us?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>Without Love<br \/>\nFirst performed:<\/strong> May 12, 1977 (Red Bank, NJ)<br \/>\n<strong>Last performed:<\/strong> May 13, 1977 (Red Bank, NJ)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When Southside Johnny took ill, Bruce joined Steven Van Zandt&#8217;s one-time-only supergroup to cover a song that would many years later inspire one of his own.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":33414,"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":[4,5],"tags":[3195,1450,87,3374,3443],"class_list":["post-32954","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cover-me","category-meeting-across-the-river","tag-aretha-franklin","tag-asbury-park-all-star-revue","tag-southside-johnny","tag-steven-van-zandt","tag-without-love"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/estreetshuffle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/withoutlove.jpg?fit=708%2C724&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9w3Lk-8zw","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":25934,"url":"https:\/\/estreetshuffle.com\/index.php\/1988\/08\/18\/matr-bruce-springsteen-and-the-asbury-park-all-star-revue-she-got-me-where-she-wants-me\/","url_meta":{"origin":32954,"position":0},"title":"She Got Me Where She Wants Me","author":"Ken","date":"August 18, 1988","format":false,"excerpt":"Two nights only: Little Steven takes the lead and Bruce Springsteen plays the sideman when Southside Jonny takes ill.","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\/09\/shegotme.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/estreetshuffle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/shegotme.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/estreetshuffle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/shegotme.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/estreetshuffle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/shegotme.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/estreetshuffle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/shegotme.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":3490,"url":"https:\/\/estreetshuffle.com\/index.php\/2018\/08\/11\/meeting-across-the-river-bruce-springsteen-and-the-asbury-park-all-star-revue-got-to-get-you-off-my-mind\/","url_meta":{"origin":32954,"position":1},"title":"Meeting Across the River: Bruce Springsteen and the Asbury Park All-Star Revue, Got to Get You Off My Mind","author":"Ken","date":"August 11, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"When Southside Johnny took ill, Bruce, Steve, the E Street Band, and the Jukes came to the rescue. 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