For a brief time during the summer of 1975, Bruce’s shows featured a sweet, tender cover of The Drifters’ “Up on the Roof.”
Author:
Ken Rosen (2080)
Bruce closed the show at the 2016 Rainforest Fund holiday concert, playing five songs that included two live premieres and one fantastic team-up.
Most artists spend their career working toward a pinnacle like “Incident in 57th Street.” Bruce recorded his on his 24th birthday.
Mojo Nixon’s never-released cover of “Badlands” is fresh, fierce, and fascinating–it deserves to be heard.
Bruce contributes some smoking guitar licks to Lisa Lowell’s sultry ode to the Moulin Rouge.
Lanny Cordola delivers a beautiful, atmospheric studio recording of “My Beautiful Reward.”
Although Bruce has never officially covered “I’m Alive” in concert, he did tinker with The Hollies’ #1 UK hit during a 1978 soundcheck. Check it out inside.
Bruce’s cover of the Elvis Presley classic has stayed under the radar despite several official releases.
The twisty tale of a hit cover of an unreleased outtake by an imaginary band that evolved into a barnburning, set-closing showcase.
John Legend has covered Bruce’s greatest hit many times, but my favorite is when he teamed up with The Roots on the Tonight Show.