The maybe-true story of Warren Zevon’s sort-of half-cover of a lost Springsteen original.
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Meeting Across the River (355)
On the 25th anniversary of American Babylon, Joe Grushecky and I take a look back at the making and meaning of Joe’s landmark album and his decades-long friendship with producer, co-writer, and collaborator Bruce Springsteen.
One of the rare outtakes from the Seeger Sessions, “Hobo’s Lullaby” features Bruce and Pete Seeger in one of their few studio recordings together.
Patti’s title track for her third album makes clever and strategic use of her husband’s musical talents.
One time only: Bruce joins Roy Orbison on one of Roy’s earliest and most influential hits.
One time only: Bruce stands in for Bono at a surprise World AIDS Day benefit concert in Times Square, in a callback to the band’s famous 1987 video.
A little marital creative tension and an uncredited duet vocal resulted in one of the loveliest but rarest Springsteen/Scialfa recordings–all for an important cause.
One time only: Bruce joins The Patti Smith Group on piano for a rave-up cover of The Velvet Underground classic.
Jesse Malin’s debut performance with Bruce turned a legion of Springsteen fans into Malin fans, and “Wendy” was the song that did it.
In 2008, Alejandro Escovedo’s upcoming single received an unexpected boost from The Boss when Bruce asked Alejandro to perform it with him live in concert–their first joint appearance of many.