{"id":405,"date":"2018-01-25T05:00:12","date_gmt":"2018-01-25T13:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/estreetshuffle.com\/?p=405"},"modified":"2022-12-27T21:53:17","modified_gmt":"2022-12-28T05:53:17","slug":"cover-me-nils-lofgren-wreck-on-the-highway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/estreetshuffle.com\/index.php\/2018\/01\/25\/cover-me-nils-lofgren-wreck-on-the-highway\/","title":{"rendered":"Cover Me, Nils Lofgren: Wreck on the Highway"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Today&#8217;s Bruce cover is close to home: From the tail end of the E Street Diaspora comes this gorgeous Nils Lofgren cover of &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/estreetshuffle.com\/index.php\/2022\/08\/28\/roll-of-the-dice-wreck-on-the-highway\/\">Wreck on the Highway<\/a>.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Originally recorded for a Bruce tribute album in 1997, it was re-released on Nils&#8217; <em>Face the Music<\/em> box set a few years back.<\/p>\n<p>Nils&#8217; vocals suit the song, but for my money the highlight is Nils&#8217; take one the long guitar outro. This is easily a repeat-listen cover.<\/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\/HsBRnnzn6Vc?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>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nils Lofgren turns in a beautiful cover of &#8220;Wreck on the 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