“Merry Christmas Baby,” “This Land Is Your Land” and a work-in-progress “Ramrod” all made their live debut on this date. Plus: Bruce joins Mike Ness in the studio, Earth’s biggest show, and more.
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The Ties That Bind: The River Collection was released on this day in 2015. Other highlights from this date: guest appearances from Joe Grushecky, Tom Morello, and Mike Ness, rare River Tour footage, and more.
The live debut of “Iceman,” the looooong-awaited return of “Prove It ’78,” and an epic final High Hopes stand lead the highlights from this date in Springsteen history.
Quite the grab bag of highlights today: a guest appearance by Mike Ness, a gorgeous acoustic “Point Blank,” the premiere of “Pilgrim in the Temple of Love,” and a Bruce concert gets panned by two critics in the same paper.
An avid Social Distortion fan, Bruce was bound to cover their biggest hit. Watch Bruce team up–three times–with Mike Ness and Social Distortion on “Bad Luck.”
Mike Ness has played with Bruce on stage on several occasions, but they only collaborated in the studio once. Listen to their “Misery Loves Company” inside.