One of three Mellencamp/Springsteen collaborations on John’s 2022 album Strictly a One-Eyed Jack, “Did You Say Such a Thing” is the only one that truly rocks…
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Ken Rosen (2090)
“Dustland Fairytale” was always a Springsteen song in spirit. It had the cinematic scale, the desperate romanticism, and that specific brand of “get-out-while-we’re-young” energy. But…
The album that led to a legendary lifelong friendship gets a 40th anniversary reissue today. Let’s take a listen and look back on Joe Grushecky and the Iron City Houserockers’ watershed album.
“When it’s over, I sing I’ll see you in my dreams, but John sings when the lights are out they’re out, fool! And that’s the…
They were “New Dylans” together, and their careers paralleled each other. But they only ever performed together once. In November 1988, Bruce Springsteen was finally…
It’s been a long time since “It’s Been a Long Time.” By the time Southside Johnny sings the opening lines, we’re already rooted in the…
Bruce Springsteen and Zach Bryan have a bit of a bromance going. We can feel their mutual appreciation and admiration in their 2024 Rolling Stone…
““All my friends—beep!— are so—beep!—small town / My parents—beep!—live in the same small—beep!—town.” –John Mellencamp and his spell-checking typewriter, as recounted to the Wall Street…
“Sun City” barely cracked the Top Forty, peaking at #38 in December 1985, and about half of American radio stations refused to even play it.…
Few artists have had to stage a comeback like Lucinda Williams. In January 2020, a tornado ripped through her home. We all know what happened…