{"id":51968,"date":"2015-02-14T11:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-02-14T19:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/estreetshuffle.com\/?p=51968"},"modified":"2026-08-24T17:13:28","modified_gmt":"2026-08-25T00:13:28","slug":"cover-me-turn-on-your-love-light","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/estreetshuffle.com\/index.php\/2015\/02\/14\/cover-me-turn-on-your-love-light\/","title":{"rendered":"Turn On Your Love Light"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If you ask me which classic R&amp;B songs deserve to turn up on Bruce&#8217;s next album of soul covers, &#8220;Turn On Your Love Light&#8221; would be near the top of my list.<\/p>\n<p>I mean\u00a0<em>come on<\/em>: How can anyone in E Street Nation listen to Bobby &#8220;Blue&#8221; Bland&#8217;s classic 1961 hit and not hear its influence on Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band?<\/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\/StdN_CiCNS4?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>With a killer horn riff, lovelorn vocals, desperate begging, and that sax solo taking us <em>a little bit higher<\/em>, &#8220;Turn on Your Love Light&#8221; would have been just as much at home on the Born to Run Tour as on World Tour 2024.<\/p>\n<p>Heck, you can even hear its influence on the Seeger Sessions Band!<\/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\/C9WpD3teifo?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>So it&#8217;s absolutely mystifying that Springsteen has yet to perform it on the E Street stage.<\/p>\n<p>Even if somehow Bruce hadn&#8217;t latched on to Bland&#8217;s original (which made it to #2 on the Billboard R&amp;B chart and #28 on the Hot 100), it seems like virtually all of his musical influences were covering it in the sixties. From Van Morrison&#8230;<\/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\/bXF5xn-oBEs?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>&#8230;to Mitch Ryder&#8230;<\/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\/RQaPju2Pik0?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>&#8230;to Jerry Lee Lewis and more.<\/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\/U-VVYPRIhrQ?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>And then of course, there are the epic Grateful Dead jams (some of which even included a familiar guest saxophonist).<\/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\/37W3zdVfmgc?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>So why no Springsteen concert performances in the last half-century? Beats the heck out of me. The closest we&#8217;ve come is a handful of hat-tips during the band intros on the Rising Tour.<\/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\/2IHntRdm9B8?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;start=456&#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>Maybe it has something to do with the few times he <em>did <\/em>perform it, some 53 years ago during a trio (at least) of club gigs at the Jersey Shore.<\/p>\n<p>It was during Bruce&#8217;s Steel Mill era, and the band was, shall we say, loose. (I&#8217;m guessing more than a few drinks had been consumed.) And while there are plenty of classic rock songs that would have been well-suited for a guitar-heavy Steel Mill jam treatment, &#8220;Turn On Your Love Light&#8221; isn&#8217;t one of them.<\/p>\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-51968-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/estreetshuffle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Turn-On-Your-Love-Light.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/estreetshuffle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Turn-On-Your-Love-Light.mp3\">https:\/\/estreetshuffle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Turn-On-Your-Love-Light.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p>Yikes. I could understand shying away from a song after a performance like that.<\/p>\n<p>But come on, Bruce. Enough time has passed. You&#8217;ve got the horns, and you&#8217;ve got Bland&#8217;s ability to turn on a dime from crooner to preacher. It&#8217;s time to give &#8220;Turn On Your Love Light&#8221; a proper outing.<\/p>\n<p>Let it shine!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Turn On Your Love Light<br \/>\nFirst performed:\u00a0<\/strong>November 27, 1970 (Asbury Park, NJ)<br \/>\n<strong>Last performed:\u00a0<\/strong>January 22, 1971 (Asbury Park, NJ)<\/p>\n<p>\u00a9 June 16, 2024<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Set the wayback machine for 1971 to hear Bruce Springsteen and Steel Mill cover one of the seminal R&#038;B 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