One time only: a very young Bruce Springsteen and his high school band The Castiles tackle one of the earliest songs to introduce the Indian raga sound to western rock music.
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One time only: Jeff Beck’s “Jeff Boogie” intimidates even the most accomplished guitar players, but Bruce Springsteen took a shot at it on stage at the tender age of seventeen. Take a listen and hear how he did.
One time only, more than a half-century ago: seventeen-year-old Bruce Springsteen plays Steve Katz’s signature song.
Listen to Bruce’s very first B-side, the oldest known recording (tied with “Baby I”) of a Bruce Springsteen performance.
Set the wayback machine to September 16, 1967, and we’ll listen to 17-year-old Bruce Springsteen tear up Mobey Grape’s “Omaha” in the earliest known live Springsteen recording.
Less than three months after it exploded onto the American rock scene, Bruce’s high school band opened their show with a passionate cover of Jimi Hendrix’s “Purple Haze.” Listen to a 17-year-old Bruce Springsteen tear it up inside.
Take a listen to “Mr. Jones,” the earliest known recording of Bruce Springsteen performing an original composition live on stage.
Bruce’s most recent album features his earliest officially released cover: Bo Diddley’s “You Can’t Judge a Book by the Cover.”
One time only, more than fifty years ago: Bruce and the Castiles cover Donovan’s first single, “Catch the Wind.”
Mere weeks after the original’s release, The Castiles cover “The Letter” by the Box Tops.