{"id":3756,"date":"2018-08-16T05:00:27","date_gmt":"2018-08-16T12:00:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/estreetshuffle.com\/?p=3756"},"modified":"2019-11-28T15:44:52","modified_gmt":"2019-11-28T23:44:52","slug":"cover-me-nils-lofgren-man-at-the-top","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/estreetshuffle.com\/index.php\/2018\/08\/16\/cover-me-nils-lofgren-man-at-the-top\/","title":{"rendered":"Cover Me, Nils Lofgren: Man at the Top"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/estreetshuffle.com\/index.php\/2019\/05\/10\/roll-of-the-dice-man-at-the-top\/\">Man at the Top<\/a>&#8221; is an obscure choice to cover from Bruce&#8217;s catalog, but the covering artist is an obvious one.<\/p>\n<p>Nils Lofgren was a newly minted member of the E Street Band when it was performed (just twice) on the Born in the U.S.A. Tour. 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(Bruce has only played it one time since, in 2013.)<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s one of Nils&#8217; earliest performances of &#8220;Man at the Top&#8221; from the Bridge School Benefit in October 1986:<\/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\/SeerPF1xMLM?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>Nils finally recorded &#8220;Man at the Top&#8221; in the studio for the 2003 tribute album\u00a0<em>Light of Day: A Tribute to Bruce Springsteen.\u00a0<\/em>I couldn&#8217;t decide which version I liked best (live or studio), so 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