A curiosity of a song with an unusual release history. “A Night with the Jersey Devil” is an exercise in clever misdirection, and a sly wink from Bruce.
One time only: At a 1988 soundcheck in Tacoma, Bruce covered The Everly Brothers’ 1962 hit, “Crying in the Rain.” Listen to it inside.
A lost home demo, “Love Will Get You Down” offers us a window into Bruce’s songwriting process–but the final song (if there is one) is still locked away.
This remarkable folk arrangement of “My Lucky Day” reveals the beauty and tenderness of the song more than Bruce’s original arrangement ever did.
The ultra-rare “Man at the Top” (performed only three times ever) has surprising depth beneath its simple lyrics. Written when Bruce was on the precipice of mega-stardom, the song grapples with the nature and cost of ambition.
“Ballad of a Self-Loading Pistol” is a lost gem from the Greetings era, a precursor to “Highway 29” decades later. It deserves wider attention.
Bruce played Dion’s “The Wanderer” three times with its original artist, long before he took a run at it with the E Street Band. Watch and listen to great performances across three decades.
On his 1982 album On the Line, Gary U.S. Bonds covers Bruce’s “Heartbreak Hotel” re-write, “Club Soul City.”
Easily a candidate for Bruce’s most obscure officially released song, “Gave It a Name” is a quiet but powerful commentary on the sins we wrestle with and pass down rather than defeat.
The illegitimate child of “Loose Ends” and “Follow That Dream” still lives deep in the vault, but you can listen to an early demo of it inside.