When Carole King attended Bruce’s show at The Roxy in 1975, Bruce paid tribute by covering her wistful classic, “Goin’ Back.”
Author:
Ken Rosen (2080)
One time only: Bruce opens his winery show with an oenological classic of ithyphallic origin.
Lifelong Springsteen fan Richard Nijstad bring us a double-shot of beautiful covers of two of Bruce’s best songs.
The debut performance of “This Is Your Sword” was more memorable than the song itself.
Bruce covered The Animals as far back as his Castiles days, but he saved one of their greatest hits for his first and only on-stage team-up with Tom Petty.
New lyrics for a Creedence Clearwater Revival classic combine with tragic inspiration in El Salvador in this fascinating early home demo.
Glasgow-based Johnny Mac and The Faithful gift us with a beautiful cover of Bruce’s “Across the Border.”
Forty years to the day singer-songwriter and political activist Victor Jara was captured and detained, Bruce paid tribute with a moving rendition of Jara’s “Manifesto.”
If “Candy’s Boy” is the lyric donor for “Candy’s Room,” “The Fast Song” is Candy’s musical parent.
One of Bruce’s perfect pop songs is hidden away on Gary U.S. Bonds’ 1982 album, On the Line.