A fascinating Asbury Park panel and joyous Wonder Bar concert with Nicky Addeo lead the highlights from this date in Bruce history.
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On this date: Seattle and Philadelphia get set list rarities, and Bruce opens for Steve Wonder.
Happy birthday, Jake Clemons! A 20/20 segment from 1986 and a Late Night with Jimmy Fallon performance from 2012 lead the other highlights from this date in Springsteen history.
On this day in Springsteen history: The Tunnel of Love Express Tour kicks off, the E Street Band plays their last concert to date, the inspiration for one of Bruce’s most controversial songs, and a whole lot more.
Great duets highlight this day in Bruce history: “Thunder Road” with Melissa Etheridge, and “Highway to Hell” and “Darkness on the Edge of Town” with Eddie Vedder.
Birds of a Feather recorded a lovely, lonely performance of “One Step Up” during their pandemic Acoustic Sessions. Take a listen inside.
Swedish band Jeniferever turns in a terrific cover of “One Step Up,” preserving its tender core in a lushly arranged wrapper.
Is a discarded fifty-years-old, thirty-minutes-long opus really the secret origin of “Kitty’s Back,” “Cadillac Ranch,” and “One Step Up?” Just listen and decide for yourself.
Kenny Chesney covered “One Step Up” on disc and on stage, but it’s his live performance that shines as brightly as Bruce’s original.
My favorite of the four Devils & Dust shows I attended, Portland ’05 was a motherlode of rarities, gems, and personal debuts.