On this significant date: Bruce pays tribute to Frank Sinatra on his 80th birthday, the Blood Brothers EP is released, and Danny Federici plays his final full show. Much more inside.
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Not one but *two* Springsteen box sets were released on this date: Live 1975-85 and Tracks. Plus: a Billy Joel guest appearance, a Daily Show interview, and more.
On this date: Bruce records his first demos for Columbia Records, honors Pete Seeger and Dr. John, makes a return visit to Jazz Fest, and more.
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.
Rare performances of lost classics in amazing clarity, a benefit team-up with Jon Bon Jovi, and more.
An early Wild and Innocent outtake based on a still-standing bar bears the seeds of classic songs still to come.
Whether in its original Southside Johnny incarnation or its more modern Tracks version, “Hearts of Stone” offers some of Bruce’s most brutally, emotionally honest songwriting.
This lush but dark River-era outtake is one of Bruce’s best songs that never made an official studio album.
Just days after the worst accident in American nuclear power history, Bruce wrote his most urgent and topical song yet.
It may have been inspired by a famous trial, but this Human Touch outtake is more sly than substantive.