Canadian one-man-band Tebo reimagined “New York City Serenade” as a straight-up rocker, and it’s pretty great.
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Ken Rosen (2080)
“Valerie” looms large in Bruce and Patti’s personal history, and that may be why their one and only performance of it was so lovely and powerful.
Bruce’s only officially released original instrumental provided a much-deserved song-length spotlight for The Big Man.
American Babylon’s title track is one of the only tracks Bruce had nothing to do with on the album, but that hasn’t stopped Bruce and Joe from teaming up to play it on stage.
Lorenzo Bertocchini and Elizabeth Lee transform “Be True” with their beautiful, world-weary, acoustic cover.
Decades before Bruce Springsteen and Alejandro Escovedo first met, Bruce covered one of Alejandro’s earliest studio tracks at a 1988 soundcheck.
This early draft of “Factory” has a surprising and somber depth all its own.
In 2016, Northcote tucked an acoustic but rocking cover of “Radio Nowhere” on a B-side and unlocked the loneliness and isolation at the core of the song.
Bruce first covered The Crystals’ 1963 hit around the same time he recorded “Born to Run.” That’s almost certainly not a coincidence.
Sister song to “Mary Lou” and cousin to “Two Hearts.” this under-the-radar River-era outtake endures as a fan favorite.