When Southside Johnny took ill, Bruce joined Steven Van Zandt’s one-time-only supergroup to cover a song that would many years later inspire one of his own.
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Whenever Bruce visits Boston, odds are good he’ll play The Standells’ garage rock tribute.
47 years after he first performed it, Bruce got a chance to cover one of his biggest influences with the original artist.
One time only: Bruce Springsteen joins The Patti Smith Group on one of Patti’s earliest songs.
One time only: Bruce joins one of his musical heroes on stage for a moving encore performance of “Love and Mercy.”
At the height of the pandemic, Bon Iver enlisted some surprising guest vocalists for their one-off anti-capitalist single.
One time only: Bruce joins Joe Grushecky on stage for a ferocious performance of Joe’s “I Was Born to Rock.”
Bruce lent his vocal and keyboard talents to Joe Ely for Joe’s 1995 classic, “All Just to Get to You.”
One time only: At Stand Up for Heroes in 2019, Bruce made a surprise appearance with Sheryl Crow to perform one of her earliest songs.
On the Born to Run Tour, Chuck Berry’s 1958 classic made frequent encore appearances.