One time only: Garland Jeffreys coaxes Bruce Springsteen onto the stage at Light of Day 2002 to join him on his last great hit, “Hail Hail Rock ‘n’ Roll.”
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Finally: a rock arrangement of “Nebraska,” courtesy of Italian rockers Diego Mercuri and the Wrecking Band.
The E Street Band refuses to be stumped when a fan requests The Troggs’ bar band classic.
One time only: Patti Scialfa performs one of her most beautiful and unabashedly romantic songs, with her husband backing her on guitar.
Direct from the Mark Lavengood Band’s most recent tour, check out their great rendition of Bruce’s “Born in the U.S.A.”
Set the wayback machine for 1974 and listen to Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band give a ska treatment to Sam Cooke’s “Cupid.”
In 1997, Bruce plucked Sis Cunningham’s bitingly funny dust bowl chronicle from obscurity when he recorded it in his very first Seeger Session. Nine years later, it would become a nightly tour showpiece.
Hot off the presses, Cosmic Spin brings their trademark harmonies and guitar grooves to Bruce’s “Tougher Than the Rest” — and the result is fantastic.
Twice only: Bruce pays tribute to his good friend Sting with a rocking arrangement of Sting’s 1996 Nebraska-ish “I Hung My Head.”
Here’s one for all you retro-gaming Springsteen fans out there: an 8-bit cover of “Western Stars” that’s way more impressive than you’d ever imagine.