{"id":8400,"date":"2019-04-13T05:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-04-13T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/estreetshuffle.com\/?p=8400"},"modified":"2019-04-12T20:51:22","modified_gmt":"2019-04-13T03:51:22","slug":"cover-me-mary-cutrufello-take-em-as-they-come","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/estreetshuffle.com\/index.php\/2019\/04\/13\/cover-me-mary-cutrufello-take-em-as-they-come\/","title":{"rendered":"Cover Me, Mary Cutrufello: Take &#8216;Em as They Come"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Mary Cutrufello has some serious Springsteen credentials.<\/p>\n<p>She&#8217;s not just a fan (although she is a life-long one). She put her money where her mouth is, hiring Thom Panunzio (engineer on <em>Born to Run <\/em>and <em>Tracks<\/em> among other E Street contributions) to produce her 1998 LP <em>When the Night is Through<\/em>, and she hired the late, great Danny Federici as her touring keyboardist during the E Street Band hiatus.<\/p>\n<p>So when she chooses to cover Bruce, she goes deep like a true fan would.<\/p>\n<p>Her 2007 album <em>35<\/em> featured her terrific take of Bruce&#8217;s &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/estreetshuffle.com\/index.php\/2019\/03\/29\/roll-of-the-dice-take-em-as-they-come\/\">Take &#8217;em as They Come<\/a>,&#8221; featuring Willy Braun of Reckless Kelly on guest vocals. Take a listen below&#8211;she does Bruce proud.<\/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\/Q1hJFh8ggvk?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","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>She may not be a household name, but Mary Cutrufello has some serious E Street cred. Listen to her terrific team-up with Willy Braun on Bruce&#8217;s &#8220;Take &#8217;em as They Come.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8692,"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":[4],"tags":[2305,1108,2306],"class_list":["post-8400","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cover-me","tag-mary-cutrufello","tag-take-em-as-they-come","tag-willy-braun"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/estreetshuffle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/35.jpg?fit=500%2C446&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9w3Lk-2bu","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":20932,"url":"https:\/\/estreetshuffle.com\/index.php\/2020\/09\/12\/cover-me-dancing-in-the-street\/","url_meta":{"origin":8400,"position":0},"title":"Cover Me: Dancing in the Street","author":"Ken","date":"September 12, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"Bruce Springsteen has given us hundreds of fantastic covers over the years. 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Blige and Kendrick Lamar: American Skin (41 Shots)","author":"Ken","date":"April 5, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"If you've never heard Mary J. Blige's cover of \"American Skin (41 Shots)\" with new lyrics and vocals by Kendrick Lamar, stop what you're doing and listen to this magnificent performance.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Cover Me&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Cover Me","link":"https:\/\/estreetshuffle.com\/index.php\/category\/cover-me\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/estreetshuffle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/maryblige.jpg?fit=1000%2C1000&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/estreetshuffle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/maryblige.jpg?fit=1000%2C1000&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/estreetshuffle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/maryblige.jpg?fit=1000%2C1000&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/estreetshuffle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/maryblige.jpg?fit=1000%2C1000&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":57605,"url":"https:\/\/estreetshuffle.com\/index.php\/2025\/07\/04\/kingdom-of-days-july-4-2\/","url_meta":{"origin":8400,"position":2},"title":"July 4","author":"Ken","date":"July 4, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Several great shows on this date in Springsteen history, but the chief highlight is a loose, funny 1978 radio interview Bruce gave on his day off. Check it out inside.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Kingdom of Days&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Kingdom of Days","link":"https:\/\/estreetshuffle.com\/index.php\/category\/kingdom-of-days\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/estreetshuffle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/admin-ajax-49.jpg?fit=1200%2C1200&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/estreetshuffle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/admin-ajax-49.jpg?fit=1200%2C1200&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/estreetshuffle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/admin-ajax-49.jpg?fit=1200%2C1200&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/estreetshuffle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/admin-ajax-49.jpg?fit=1200%2C1200&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/estreetshuffle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/admin-ajax-49.jpg?fit=1200%2C1200&ssl=1&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":7158,"url":"https:\/\/estreetshuffle.com\/index.php\/2019\/02\/04\/cover-me-gary-u-s-bonds-and-the-e-street-band-angelyne\/","url_meta":{"origin":8400,"position":3},"title":"Cover Me, Gary U.S. Bonds and the E Street Band: Angelyne","author":"Ken","date":"February 4, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"A cover that was almost a team-up in a parallel universe version of \"The River\" -- Gary U.S. Bonds and Steve Van Zandt replaced Bruce's original vocals on this outtake from the River recording sessions.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Cover Me&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Cover Me","link":"https:\/\/estreetshuffle.com\/index.php\/category\/cover-me\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/estreetshuffle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/gary-us-bonds-on-the-line-ab.jpg?fit=800%2C800&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/estreetshuffle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/gary-us-bonds-on-the-line-ab.jpg?fit=800%2C800&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/estreetshuffle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/gary-us-bonds-on-the-line-ab.jpg?fit=800%2C800&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/estreetshuffle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/gary-us-bonds-on-the-line-ab.jpg?fit=800%2C800&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":19061,"url":"https:\/\/estreetshuffle.com\/index.php\/1988\/08\/26\/matr-bruce-springsteen-and-mike-ness-bad-luck\/","url_meta":{"origin":8400,"position":4},"title":"Bad Luck","author":"Ken","date":"August 26, 1988","format":false,"excerpt":"An avid Social Distortion fan, Bruce was bound to cover their biggest hit. 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