Mary G’s version of “Further On (Up the Road)” is a cover of a cover, but it stands on its own as a fresh, wonderful take on Bruce’s song.
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Twice only: Bruce covered Elvis Presley’s 1964 hit during two appearances in the same week at Jersey Shore clubs.
Canadian one-man-band Tebo reimagined “New York City Serenade” as a straight-up rocker, and it’s pretty great.
“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.
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.
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.
How in the world did it take Bruce until 2009 to cover The Kinks’ breakthrough hit?