The Human Rights Now! Tour kicks off, Bruce and Bob Seger meet for the first time, Bruce and the E Street Band help inaugurate the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, and more.
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On this date: Bruce is interviewed by Tom Hanks, Jon Bon Jovi makes a guest appearance, and the E Street Band backs Chuck Berry. More highlights inside.
One time only: Bruce leads an all-star line-up on a raucous cover of Chuck Berry’s “Rock and Roll Music.”
From Bruce’s pre-E Street Days to just pre-pandemic, “Down the Road Apiece” has always been an epic, crowd-pleasing jam. Let’s watch and listen to some of the best inside.
The E Street Band goes viral when they nail a song they’d never attempted before… or had they?
Many, many times–but almost always in small clubs: Bruce rocks the house with a cover of Chuck Berry’s classic B-side, “Around and Around.”
Listen to two very different covers of “Route 66” recorded a half-century apart–both do justice to this 73-year-old R&B classic.
Bruce covered it several times over the years, as far back as 1971–but it took until 2009 before a taper could capture Bruce covering Chuck Berry’s seminal classic, “Roll Over Beethoven.”
You’ve heard snippets in River-era bootlegs, but if you haven’t heard the one and only recording of Bruce’s full cover of “No Money Down” from way back in 1974, you need to listen to this definitive version inside.
Chuck Berry’s “Bye Bye Johnny” inspired one of Bruce’s own songs, but strangely he’s only covered it a few times. Here’s his most recent performance, with Little Steven and the Disciples of Soul.