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.
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One of the more curious of Bruce’s work-in-progress River-era home demos, “Stockton Girls” offers an inside look at a songwriter striving to bring a theme to life.
This Tunnel of Love outtake is the mirror image of “Valentine’s Day,” an artfully and subtly constructed escape fantasy that would have been a perfect fit on the album.
Bruce’s revealing, healing “Family Song” shines a light into his glossed-over reconciliation with his family in the winter of 1971-72.
Years before he openly confessed his lifelong battle with depression, Bruce hid it in plain sight as the centerpiece of his Wrecking Ball album.
In 2010, an on-line auction site featured a page of untitled, original early Springsteen lyrics. Despite the deceptively provocative name they assigned, “Vaginal Vandals” is a fascinating seed of what might have developed into an early tale of youthful rebellion.
Steel Mill was known for its ferocious guitar jams, but “Sister Theresa” is a fascinating exception: a Springsteen original written for acoustic guitar and recorder(!)
Written in the aftermath of 9/11, “You’re Missing” gives voice to the grief and loss we all experience sooner or later.
Never recorded, released, or performed, Bruce’s legendary “Glory Road” provides fascinating insight into the evolution of two of his signature songs. Check out early lyrics and artifacts inside.
Dark, brooding, and haunting, “Wages of Sin” is one of Bruce’s bleakest and finest outtakes. Backstory, evolution, analysis, and one gorgeous performance inside.