On this date: Bruce releases his Letter to You album, meets Bob Dylan for the first time and bids farewell to John Hammond.
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Seaside Bar Song (4)
Happy birthday, Charlie Giordano and The River! Also on this date: Bruce plays an acoustic set at the first Bridge School Benefit, an epic E Street Band performance of “Better Man” with Bruce and Eddie Vedder, and much more.
Rare performances abound on this date in Springsteen history–listen to the debut performances of “Car Wash,” and “Seaside Bar Song” and more.
An early Wild and Innocent outtake based on a still-standing bar bears the seeds of classic songs still to come.