{"id":3904,"date":"1988-02-20T11:00:41","date_gmt":"1988-02-20T19:00:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/estreetshuffle.com\/?p=3904"},"modified":"2026-02-07T19:00:43","modified_gmt":"2026-02-08T03:00:43","slug":"meeting-across-the-river-soozie-tyrell-bruce-springsteen-and-patti-scialfa-ste-genevieve","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/estreetshuffle.com\/index.php\/1988\/02\/20\/meeting-across-the-river-soozie-tyrell-bruce-springsteen-and-patti-scialfa-ste-genevieve\/","title":{"rendered":"Ste. Genevieve"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Just before the Rising Tour kicked off, new E Streeter Soozie Tyrell found time to record her debut album,\u00a0<em>White Lines.\u00a0<\/em>Soozie proved herself to be a great singer-songwriter, and the entire album is worth a listen.<\/p>\n<p>One track in particular, though, has a strong Bruce connection: &#8220;Ste. Genevieve&#8221; is a lovely folk song about perseverance through adversity, in this case a flood that devastates a small town. It&#8217;s easy to see why the song would appeal to Bruce, and why he agreed to lend his vocals (along with Patti&#8217;s) to the track.<\/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\/xKGo5s6EHkc?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>In the interview below, Soozie explains how it all came about.<\/p>\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-3904-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/estreetshuffle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/20090115_specialmusic_tyrell.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/estreetshuffle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/20090115_specialmusic_tyrell.mp3\">https:\/\/estreetshuffle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/20090115_specialmusic_tyrell.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p>Bruce and Patti reprised their roles at the release party for\u00a0<em>White Lines<\/em> at the Stone Pony in May 2003. Other than that, Bruce has never performed this song live.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ste. Genevieve<br \/>\n<\/strong><strong>Recorded:<\/strong>\u00a0May 2002<br \/>\n<strong>Released:<\/strong> <em>White Lines<\/em> (2003)<br \/>\n<strong>First performed:<\/strong> May 2, 2003 (Asbury Park, NJ)<br \/>\n<strong>Last performed:<\/strong> May 2, 2003 (Asbury Park, NJ)<\/p>\n<p>\u00a9 August 21, 2018<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bruce and Patti made a guest appearance on this standout track on Soozie Tyrell&#8217;s debut solo album.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":66275,"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":[3609,5],"tags":[115,839,1496,1495],"class_list":["post-3904","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-little-help","category-meeting-across-the-river","tag-patti-scialfa","tag-soozie-tyrell","tag-ste-genevieve","tag-white-lines"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/estreetshuffle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/6d4ce387bac958a52bb8df5f363e52c9.jpg?fit=565%2C815&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9w3Lk-10Y","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":29686,"url":"https:\/\/estreetshuffle.com\/index.php\/1988\/01\/15\/matr-soozie-tyrell-and-bruce-springsteen-white-lines\/","url_meta":{"origin":3904,"position":0},"title":"White Lines","author":"Ken","date":"January 15, 1988","format":false,"excerpt":"Bruce lent a guitar-playing hand to the title track of Soozie's debut album in 2003. 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