E Street Shuffle Archive

Never have I seen a Springsteen cover start with so much promise only to go so horribly wrong.

For the completists only: A strident, polemic “Black Sun Rising” performed only twice (mercifully) by Steel Mill.

Bruce and Gaslight Anthem tear up “The ‘59 Sound” at Hyde Park in 2009

“Stray Bullet” is a dark and haunting outcast from the River sessions.

In which I take a deep breath, answer questions, and say “thanks!”

Nils Lofgren turns in a beautiful cover of “Wreck on the Highway”

Cover Me: From Ricki and the Flash, Meryl Streep sinks her teeth into “My Love Will Not Let You Down”

Springsteen’s “My Love Will Not Let You Down” – an introvert’s inner scream

Soaring vocals, gorgeous harmonies, and Suki Lahav’s violin carry this beautiful cover of “Spanish Harlem” by Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band.

One of my all-time favorite Bruce covers: “Don’t Look Back” by The Knack. (I’m a child of the 1980s. No apologies.)