Category: Meeting Across the River (355)
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Meeting Across the River: Bruce Springsteen and Phish, 'Glory Days
February 16, 2018
By Ken Rosen
Trey and Bruce tear it up at Bonnaroo and close with an epic “Glory Days.”
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MatR: Joe Grushecky and Bruce Springsteen, 'Lighten Up
February 5, 2018
By Ken Rosen
A one-off performance of Joe Gruchecky’s “Lighten Up” with Bruce from the American Babylon tour.
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Dream Baby (How Long Must I Dream)
January 31, 2018
By Ken Rosen
One time only: Bruce joins Roy Orbison on vocals for his 1962 hit, “Dream Baby” at Roy’s 1987 Black and White Night concert. Plus: listen to Bruce adapt the song at home in 1981.
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Meeting Across the River: Bruce Springsteen and Levon Helm's All-Stars, Up on Cripple Creek
January 29, 2018
By Ken Rosen
Get (very) up close and personal as Bruce and Levon Helm’s All-Stars play “Up on Cripple Creek” at The Stone Pony on August 22, 1987.
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Meeting Across the River: The Gaslight Anthem and Bruce Springsteen – 'The '59 Sound
January 27, 2018
By Ken Rosen
Bruce and Gaslight Anthem tear up “The ‘59 Sound” at Hyde Park in 2009
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Meeting Across the River: Check Berry, Bruce Springsteen, and the E Street Band, Johnny B. Goode
January 22, 2018
By Ken Rosen
From the 1995 opening concert for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame: Chuck Berry backed by Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band.
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Meeting Across the River: Emmylou Harris, Bruce Springsteen & Patti Scialfa, Tragedy
January 17, 2018
By Ken Rosen
From Emmylou Harris’ Grammy-winning album Red Dirt Girl comes the graceful “Tragedy,” with restrained, haunting background vocals by Bruce and Patti. Tragedy Recorded: March 20, 2000…
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Meeting Across the River: Bruce Springsteen and Axl Rose, Come Together
January 15, 2018
By Ken Rosen
Axl Rose’s last public appearance for six years was an almost literal last-minute duet with Bruce Springsteen in 1994 at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
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Meeting Across the River: Bruce Springsteen and Rosanne Cash, Sea of Heartbreak
January 12, 2018
By Ken Rosen
“Sea of Heartbreak” first became a hit in 1961, when Don Gibson took it all the way to #2 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles…
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Warren Zevon: Jeannie Needs a Shooter
January 14, 2017
By Ken Rosen
The maybe-true story of Warren Zevon’s sort-of half-cover of a lost Springsteen original.