Category: Cover Me (983)
Cover Me, Tom Cunliffe: Born to Run
Auckland-based Tom Sutcliffe turns in a tender reading of Bruce’s signature song.
MatR: John Mellencamp and Bruce Springsteen: Pink Houses
One time only: Bruce Springsteen and John Mellencamp team up on John’s famously misinterpreted 1983 single.
Cover Me, Big Head Todd and The Monsters (feat. John Popper): Rosalita (Come Out Tonight)
They played it live for at least a decade prior, but in 2019, Big Heard Todd and the Monsters teamed up with Blues Traveler’s John Popper on a terrifically fun (if overly faithful) cover of “Rosalita (Come Out Tonight).”
Cover Me: Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood
One time only: At an Atlanta soundcheck on the Tunnel of Love Tour, Bruce covered the musical inspiration for one his greatest anthems.
MatR: Bruce Springsteen, Jackson Browne, Graham Nash, and more: Brother John
One time only: Bruce joins an all-star Survival Sunday line-up to cover The Neville Brothers’ “Brother John.”
Cover Me Round-Up: I'm on Fire
Presenting the first in an occasional catch-up/round-up of terrific “I’m on Fire” covers.
Cover Me: Purple Rain
Two days after Prince’s untimely departure, Bruce and the E Street Band took the stage in purple and delivered one of their greatest covers ever.
Cover Me/RotD: Clarence Clemons and The Red Bank Rockers: Summer on Signal Hill
A lost original Springsteen song survives as a Red Bank Rockers instrumental–but whatever happened to the lyrics?
Cover Me: Sitting on Top of the World
One time only (that we can listen to, at least): Listen to The Bruce Springsteen Band at their bluesiest, as they cover Howlin’ Wolf’s Chicago blues classic.
Cover Me: For Your Love
One time only: Bruce covers Ed Townsend’s 1957 romantic standard in a surprising arrangement at a New York City soundcheck on the Tunnel of Love Tour.