Author: Ken Rosen (2080)
Cover Me: Wild Thing
The E Street Band refuses to be stumped when a fan requests The Troggs’ bar band classic.
MatR: Patti Scialfa and Bruce Springsteen: Loves Glory
One time only: Patti Scialfa performs one of her most beautiful and unabashedly romantic songs, with her husband backing her on guitar.
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Cover Me, Mark Lavengood Band: Born in the U.S.A.
Direct from the Mark Lavengood Band’s most recent tour, check out their great rendition of Bruce’s “Born in the U.S.A.”
Cover Me: Cupid
Set the wayback machine for 1974 and listen to Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band give a ska treatment to Sam Cooke’s “Cupid.”
Roll of the Dice: I'm Turning into Elvis
A themed benefit concert invite provided the spark for Bruce’s original talking blues. Take a listen and laugh along inside.
Cover Me: My Oklahoma Home
In 1997, Bruce plucked Sis Cunningham’s bitingly funny dust bowl chronicle from obscurity when he recorded it in his very first Seeger Session. Nine years later, it would become a nightly tour showpiece.
Cover Me, Cosmic Spin: Tougher Than the Rest
Hot off the presses, Cosmic Spin brings their trademark harmonies and guitar grooves to Bruce’s “Tougher Than the Rest” — and the result is fantastic.
Cover Me: I Hung My Head
Twice only: Bruce pays tribute to his good friend Sting with a rocking arrangement of Sting’s 1996 Nebraska-ish “I Hung My Head.”
Where the Band Was: St. Paul, February 29, 2016
One leap year ago tonight: Bruce Springsteen and the E Street play only their third-ever Leap Day show. It may have been a standard set, but it was a terrific crowd and performance. Highlights inside.