From John Prine’s 1991 album The Missing Years comes this wry, bitter rocker, written by Prine and John Mellencamp.
Author:
Ken Rosen (2074)
An unfinished, unreleased demo that would resonate particularly well these days.
Bruce takes a backing guitar role only on this one, but it’s too beautiful a performance not to include: From Black and White Night, “The Comedians.”
From the legendary “Bomb Scare” show of 1975 comes a very loose cover of a cover: The Shirellles’ “Sha La La” (by way of Manfred Mann).
John Hiatt gives us a sharp-edged, hard-driving take on Bruce’s “Johnny 99.”
Bruce and Nicky Addeo and the Night Owls croon a soulful cover of “What’s Your Name?” at the Stone Pony.
Trey and Bruce tear it up at Bonnaroo and close with an epic “Glory Days.”
Continuing our mini-theme for Valentine’s Week, here’s Swiss recording artist Martina Linn with a gorgeous acoustic cover of Bruce’s “Tougher Than the Rest.”
Fellow New Jerseyans take a swing at Bruce’s “Downbound Train.”