Bruce often leads in to live performances of “I Wanna Marry You” with a gorgeous, unreleased song that pre-dates it by several years.
From his 1999 album, The Closest, Australian country artist Brent Parlane shares a beautiful acoustic arrangement of Bruce’s “Walk Like a Man.”
Long before “The Ghost of Tom Joad,” nineteen-year-old Bruce Springsteen adapted another great work of literature into song.
Richie Havens’ adaptation of the 19th century “Come Life, Shaker Life” became a standard show-closing encore for Steel Mill.
A little marital creative tension and an uncredited duet vocal resulted in one of the loveliest but rarest Springsteen/Scialfa recordings–all for an important cause.
Our rule for covers here on the Shuffle: Do it different or do it better. This one’s definitely different.
Today’s public service: a Guide to “I”m a Rocker” for Millennials and Generation Z. (It’s all about 1966.)
Throughout the Darkness Tour, Bruce often announced his arrival with the song that announced the arrival of rock itself.
Part spaghetti western, part Mad Max, part War of the Worlds, “Evacuation of the West” is a brilliant, cinematic, fully realized E Street Band outtake that cries out for an official release.
From the outstanding tribute album Play Some Pool, Skip Some School, Act Real Cool comes this seriously sinister and rocking cover of Bruce’s moody original.