Sometimes you gotta vamp, sometimes you gotta tell a joke.<\/p>\n
And sometimes, rarely, you need to resort to more drastic stalling tactics.<\/p>\n
That’s what happened on March 10, 1974 at Houston’s Liberty Hall, when Bruce broke his guitar string. There was no Kevin Buell with the E Street Band back then, no army of replacement guitars at the ready.<\/p>\n
So with potentially minutes to fill until Bruce and his guitar were ready to step to the fore again, it was the Big Man who came to the rescue, stepping to the mic and calling out for a song: an obscure but fun and jazzy novelty track called “Gimme That Wine.”<\/p>\n