Katie Cross brightens up Bruce’s world-weary love song, and it’s just as wonderfully romantic.
Author:
Ken Rosen (2080)
One time only: The Castiles put their own spin on Lee Dorsey’s 1965 R&B hit.
If you’d like Bruce Springsteen to sing on your album, it helps to have an in. Just ask his son’s guitar teacher.
From his wonderful 2009 tribute album Hearts of Stone, check out Lorenzo Bertocchini’s beautiful arrangement of Bruce’s very, very deep cut.
If you’re paying attention to the words, you’re doing it wrong. This is song you feel, not hear.
It’s the opening track that gets all the attention, but Bruce’s contribution to the closing track of Joe Ely’s 1995 album is just as worthy.
One time only: Dr. Zoom and the Sonic Boom let loose (and I do mean loose) with the transitional “Lady of Boston.”
Bruce and Marc Anthony Thompson breathed new life into this civil rights anthem on their 2006 Seeger Sessions Tour.
Wondering how the founder of Chocolate Genius ended up in the Sessions Band? Listen to this cover and wonder no longer.
One time only: Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band open their Halloween 1980 show with a cover of Johnny Fuller’s spooky classic.