{"id":35372,"date":"2022-08-18T05:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-08-18T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/estreetshuffle.com\/?p=35372"},"modified":"2022-08-17T18:16:56","modified_gmt":"2022-08-18T01:16:56","slug":"roll-of-the-dice-long-way-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/estreetshuffle.com\/index.php\/2022\/08\/18\/roll-of-the-dice-long-way-home\/","title":{"rendered":"Roll of the Dice: Long Way Home"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I know, I know: I skipped a couple of <em>Roll of the Dice\/Cover Me\/Meeting Across the River<\/em> days this month. What can I say? It&#8217;s summer, and\u00a0outside is calling.<\/p>\n<p>Apologies and fair warning that it may happen again before the summer is out, but for now here&#8217;s a bonus post to help me get back on my normal alternate-day publishing schedule.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Long Way Home&#8221; is a short instrumental that Bruce recorded at home on his acoustic guitar during his\u00a0<em>Nebraska\u00a0<\/em>period.<\/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\/F8UmwF9mRSI?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>Whether Bruce intended to write lyrics for it; whether it was close to finished or an early work-in-progress; whether it evolved into something else or simply fell by the wayside&#8230; these are things we do not know. It certainly doesn&#8217;t bear any resemblance to any contemporaneous studio tracks.<\/p>\n<p>So at least for now, let&#8217;s consider &#8220;Long Way Home&#8221; a curious artifact that bridged the end of the River Tour and the burst of serious songwriting that yielded Bruce&#8217;s classic 1982 solo album.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Long Way Home<br \/>\nRecorded:<\/strong> September 1981 &#8211; May 1982<br \/>\n<strong>Never released<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Never performed<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Looking for your favorite Bruce song? Check our full index\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/estreetshuffle.com\/index.php\/roll-of-the-dice-album-by-album\/\">here<\/a>. New entries every week!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This brief instrumental from Bruce&#8217;s Nebraska period never saw the light of day, but you can listen to it inside.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":35377,"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":[3],"tags":[3492],"class_list":["post-35372","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-roll-of-the-dice","tag-long-way-home"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/estreetshuffle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/longwayhome.jpg?fit=1280%2C720&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9w3Lk-9cw","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":19178,"url":"https:\/\/estreetshuffle.com\/index.php\/2020\/07\/08\/roll-of-the-dice-summer-night\/","url_meta":{"origin":35372,"position":0},"title":"Roll of the Dice: Summer Night","author":"Ken","date":"July 8, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"\"Summer Night\" is one for the completists--a Nebraska-era home demo with a lovely melody but mostly bluffed lyrics.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Roll of the Dice&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Roll of the Dice","link":"https:\/\/estreetshuffle.com\/index.php\/category\/roll-of-the-dice\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/estreetshuffle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/summernight.jpg?fit=500%2C500&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":1009,"url":"https:\/\/estreetshuffle.com\/index.php\/2018\/03\/12\/roll-of-the-dice-kt-88\/","url_meta":{"origin":35372,"position":1},"title":"Roll of the Dice: KT-88","author":"Ken","date":"March 12, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"We're in obscure territory today with this instrumental jam from the Child\/Steel Mill era.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Roll of the Dice&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Roll of the Dice","link":"https:\/\/estreetshuffle.com\/index.php\/category\/roll-of-the-dice\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/estreetshuffle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/kt88-1.jpg?fit=1000%2C837&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/estreetshuffle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/kt88-1.jpg?fit=1000%2C837&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/estreetshuffle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/kt88-1.jpg?fit=1000%2C837&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/estreetshuffle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/kt88-1.jpg?fit=1000%2C837&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":6280,"url":"https:\/\/estreetshuffle.com\/index.php\/2018\/12\/22\/roll-of-the-dice-mistress-annie-sweet-miss-sally\/","url_meta":{"origin":35372,"position":2},"title":"Roll of the Dice: Mistress Annie\/Sweet Miss Sally","author":"Ken","date":"December 22, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"Don't bother me with that \"Laurel or Yanni\" thing. 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