In memory of Donald Stephen Rosen (December 23, 1942 – August 12, 2021)
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Roll of the Dice (590)
This lost companion piece to “Hungry Heart” has only ever been officially released to friends and family with Bruce’s private number.
This romantic slow song has its fans, but its creator isn’t among them. When Bruce finally relented and released it, he hid it away as best he could.
When Bruce’s early band Steel Mill needed a palate cleanser during their heavy sets, they often turned to this drunkenly loose and sassy lark.
Bruce turns the essential, existential question of rock and roll into a 2007 shoulda-been-a-hit single.
Bruce’s last great hit was a defining moment for his career and a pinnacle of his songwriting.
Bruce took inspiration from Pete Seeger’s 1966 anti-war protest song and a Civil War classic and forged a heartfelt song of his own.
This remarkable (and remarkably clear) 1970 blues is marred only by Bruce’s cringe-y (but historically significant) on-stage story.
A bookend of sorts to “Atlantic City,” “Easy Money” inspired an entire album centered around the impact of societal economic inequality.
From the pages of his 1968 Notebook comes Bruce’s retelling of the myth of Orpheus and Eurydice.