Bono inducts Bruce into the Hall of Fame, Bruce speaks and performs at SXSW, and more on a busy date in Springsteen history.
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What’s the big highlight on a day like this? Hall of Fame performances with U2 and Darlene Love? Guest appearances with Robert Gordon and Conor Oberst? A pristinely recorded 1972 rehearsal? You decide–there’s too many to chose from.
On this day: the release of High Hopes, the one and only performance of “Gov. Christie’s Traffic Jam,” and more.
It’s the biggest rock and roll single in history, but Bruce only ever covered it once.
One week only: At a run of Asbury Park holiday concerts in 2001, Bruce joined Garland Jeffreys on Garland’s 1992 plea for racial harmony.
Woody Guthrie’s “Blowin’ Down This Road” brings Bruce together with his fellow singer-songwriters. Hear him team up with Joe Ely, Joe Grushecky, Elliott Murphy, Alejando Escovedo, and Garland Jeffreys inside.
One time only: Garland Jeffreys coaxes Bruce Springsteen onto the stage at Light of Day 2002 to join him on his last great hit, “Hail Hail Rock ‘n’ Roll.”
Bruce teams up with Garland Jeffreys for a crowd-pleasing cover of ? and the Mysterians’ “96 Tears.”
Nightly during Bruce’s 2003 holiday show stand in Asbury Park, Bruce and Garland Jeffreys lifted the show with a team-up on Garland’s 1981 anthem.
From Bruce’s legendary 2001 holiday shows, Garland Jeffreys takes the spotlight (with Bruce’s backing vocals and guitar) on a contemplative performance of “New York Skyline.”