On this date: Bruce teams up with Joe Grushecky, Robert Gordon, Dion, and Marah. Plus: the earliest recorded “Santa Claus is Comin’ to Town,” and more.
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On this date: Bruce releases his eleventh studio album, The Ghost of Tom Joad. Plus: the Seeger Sessions Tour wraps up, the return of forgotten classic “Song for Orphans,” and Bruce plays his first ever show in Sweden. More highlights inside.
On this date: Soozie Tyrell joins the E Street family, and Evan James joins the Springsteen family. Plus: Bruce plays… an IPO party?
Darkness on the Edge of Town was released on this date in 1978! Also on this date: a historic radio performance, the only known performance of “A Night Like This,” and more. Great audio and video inside.
Shortly after Link Wray’s death in 2005, Bruce paid homage by opening the final two shows of the Devils & Dust Tour with a bristling, menacing cover of Wray’s signature song, “Rumble.”
Two cover takes of “Fire” — the first and the definitive, both by Robert Gordon and Link Wray.