Author: Ken Rosen (2074)
Roll of the Dice: The Honeymooners
“The Honeymooners,” like “County Fair,” chronicles a single perfect day, time-out-of-time, through a delicate series of fleeting wedding day impressions.
Meeting Across the River: Joe Grushecky and Bruce Springsteen, Never Be Enough Time
“Never Be Enough Time” is a standout track from a stellar album, and a joyous collaboration between Joe Grushecky and Bruce.
Cover Me, Cracker: Sinaloa Cowboys
Cracker delivers a restrained country arrangement of Bruce’s dark tale, “Sinaloa Cowboys.”
Roll of the Dice: Mary, Mary
“Mary Mary” is a lovely and melancholy Magic outtake that *almost* made it on High Hopes and ultimately escaped the vault on Record Store Day, 2014.
Where the Band Was: Vancouver, March 31, 2008
The surprise ESB debut of “None But the Brave” is the highlight of this final Pacific NW show of the Magic Tour.
Cover Me: Wooly Bully
As Bruce once put it, “any bar band worth its salt has got to know this one.”
Meeting Across the River: Bruce Springsteen and Steve Van Zandt, I Don't Want to Go Home
One time only: a unique arrangement of this Steve Van Zandt classic when Stevie joins Bruce at his “solo” acoustic show in 1996.
Where the Band Was: Seattle, March 29, 2008
A rough opening spurs Bruce on to an unpredictable middle show of the Magic Tour’s Pacific NW swing.
Roll of the Dice: Baby Come Back
“Baby Come Back” is another unfinished castaway from The River home demo sessions.
Where the Band Was: Portland, March 28, 2008
A short, taut opener for the Magic Tour’s swing through the Pacific Northwest.