E Street Shuffle Archive

Oakland ’07 was a solid early-tour outing with a fantastic main set (if a lackluster encore)–and it was my last show with Danny Federici.

Backed by a full choir, in the presence of the President and First Lady, Sting paid tribute to his good friend at the 2009 Kennedy Center Honors.

Although it’s believed that Bruce played blues classic “I’m Sitting on Top of the World” on multiple occasions, only one recording and definitively dated performance survives. Listen to it inside.

Yes, “My Lover Man” is a controversial song, but not because of the point-of-view character’s gender.

Here’s something you don’t come across every day: an EDM remix of an acoustic cover of a minor 80s pop hit.

“Jumbeliah” marks a transition in Bruce’s songwriting and provides a fascinating look at one of the only original compositions he created for the short-lived Dr. Zoom and the Sonic Boom.

“Melancholy, lo-fi indie” group The Boombox Hearts take a different path with their version of “Cover Me,” and it works.

Bookended by a wild card opener and closer, punctuated by a full Born to Run album performance and the debut of Philly Elvis, my last show at the Spectrum was a memorable one.

Bruce and Cats on a Smooth Surface cover Ritchie Valens’ very first hit.

“Living on the Edge” is a glorious hot mess of a song. An unreleased outtake until 1998, it nevertheless spawned no less than three officially released Springsteen originals along the way.