Did he or didn’t he? Bruce and Gary U.S. Bonds played “Soul Deep” on stage together in 2003, but the jury’s out on whether that was really Bruce’s first time singing the 1969 blue-eyed soul classic with Gary.
Still missing in action after all these years: whatever happened to the smoking E Street Band song known only as “Slow Fade” from bootleg rehearsal tapes? Take a listen to this remarkable track inside.
Son Little’s treatment of Bruce’s “State Trooper” sheds new light on the madness and violence at the heart of the song.
Twice only: Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band turn in steamy performances of “Ruby Baby” at The Stone Pony in the summer of 1987.
At the 2006 MusiCares Person of the Year event, Bruce honored James Taylor with a wonderful performance of James’ “Millworker.”
Co-written but never performed by Bruce, Joe Grushecky’s “Cheap Motel” sure *sounds* like a Bruce song. Take a listen inside.
One time only: Bruce Springsteen and Michael Stipe reprise their Vote for Change “People Have the Power” encore with the iconic protest song’s original recording artist.
Long-time Springsteen fan Amy Ray loves “Racing in the Street” so much that she almost never covers it (out of reverence for the original). But she covered it last year, and you can watch her gorgeous performance inside.
One time only: Listen to Bruce Springsteen join Rhode Island rockers Beaver Brown in a joyful cover of Bobby Freeman’s “Do You Want to Dance” in a surprise appearance in the summer of 1982.
The true story of the tragic plane crash that inspired a popular protest song and one of Bruce Springsteen’s least-heard officially-released covers.