Bruce Springsteen

By 30daysout One of our all-time favorite musicians and all-around great guy Ian McLagan brings his Bump Band to Houston for a free concert today (Oct. 15) at 6:30 p.m. in Discovery Green park.  McLagan is, of course, the greatest rock keyboard player in the world who’s played on albums by the Rolling Stone...

By 30daysout Now the idea of rock acts signing up to be “exclusive” with Wal-Mart, the world’s biggest retailer, may be repulsive to you.  It certainly was, earlier this year, for fans of Bruce Springsteen, who apologized after marketing his latest Greatest Hits only at the Mart.  But it’s a natural for...

By 30daysout 3.  Havin’ A Party with Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band - Bruce started taking requests from the audience during the Magic tour by collecting signs fans would bring to the show. Havin’ A Party could be a two-disc collection of those requests played live during recent tours.   Cuts c...

By 30daysout She performs a stellar duet with Bruce Springsteen on “Sea of Heartbreak.” “Motherless Children” is as good and hearbreaking as it gets. Wilco’s Jeff Tweedy, who dueted with Cash on her hit “Seven Year Ache” a few years ago, gets behind the mic for an outstanding version of “Long Black Veil.”...

By 30daysout We posted a version of “Wrecking Ball,” Springsteen’s ode to the end of Giants Stadium, the other day, but here is a complete and much better version. This is taken from night two of a five-night stand. Enjoy. Bruce Springsteen Official Website Backstreets Magazine

By 30daysout When Bruce Springsteen broke up the E Street Band and left the Jersey Shore for the California sun it seemed like the end of the world as we knew it. Some fans didn’t think he could pull off a career without them, others were pissed off that he decided to try and there were still others [...]

By 30daysout Our good friend and great writer Ken Shane has written “An Open Letter to Bruce Springsteen” on the entertainment site Popdose.  He asks, if Bruce Springsteen is so opposed to ticket scalping then why does this Populist hero apparently condone the practice?  He thinks it’s time for the Bo...

By 30daysout This year’s guest list will feature, among others, Bruce Springsteen. The Boss is set to tape his segement at the Apollo Theater in Harlem on Sept. 25. It will be interesting to see if he spills the beans on the future of the E Street Band and to see what they play together. Costello recorded an ex...

By 30daysout I have to admit:  it’s heartening to see our elders still carrying the rock and roll banner, even if the stuff they put out is only a pale imitation of their best work from their prime.  Even mediocre albums from rock heroes like Bruce Springsteen and U2 this year still sound better than most o...

By 30daysout Nothing Gold Can Stay is an impressive calling card for Simone Felice – he certainly makes it known that he is one of the best songwriters working today, and a worthy successor to the fading old lions of rock songwriting (Dylan, Springsteen, Van Morrison).  All hail the Duke – and the King.

By 30daysout Bruce Springsteen’s Super Bowl experience has been made into a one-hour documentary called “Working On A Dream: A Super Bowl Journal.” Springsteen narrates this unique glimpse into the backstage workings of a rock star. It airs this Monday, Sept. 7 at 8 p.m. EST on the NFL Network. Check out m...

By 30daysout But Fogerty, like Springsteen, is one of the great writers of American rock music.  What are guys like that doing messin’ around with making albums full of old songs?  Why aren’t they coming up with fresh new great rock classics?  Maybe this is what they did on their summer vacations.  Hope s...

By 30daysout John Fogerty’s new single, a cover of the Everly Brothers’ “When Will I Be Loved?” debuts today on his official website.  The track is from his new album The Blue Ridge Rangers Rides Again, coming out Sept. 1 – grammatical errors and all.  The album features guest appearances from former Eagl...

By 30daysout But despite their business sense (or lack of it) almost all of  the biggest rock gods and goddesses have made stupid decisions when it comes to choosing projects for themselves – the longer the career, the more time one has to make a fool of him or herself at least once.   Bruce Springsteen an...

By 30daysout The great Rosanne Cash will release her latest disc, The List, on Oct. 6 and it will feature duets with Bruce Springsteen, Elvis Costello and Wilco’s Jeff Tweedy, with whom she recorded her hit “Seven Year Ache” a few years ago. Check out all the info at Rosanne’s website. We’ve included a cli...

By 30daysout MP3: “The Star Spangled Banner” (studio version) by the Jimi Hendrix Experience MP3: “4th Of July” (demo) by X MP3: “Chimes Of Freedom” by Bob Dylan & Joan Osborne MP3: “This Hard Land” (live) by Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band

By 30daysout This was the summer I became a Springsteen nut. It all started when I was at Sound Warehouse in Humble, TX, and the Born In The USA album was playing in the store. I had heard “Born To Run” and “Hungry Heart,” but it wasn’t until I heard “Downbound Train” that I was completely sold. Most fans will th...

By 30daysout MP3: “Galveston” by Glen Campbell MP3: “Catch The Wind” by Donovan MP3: “Buckets Of Rain” by Neko Case MP3: “Galveston” by Ezra Thomas MP3: “Hurricane” by Mindy Smith MP3: “Four Strong Winds” by Johnny Cash MP3: “Galveston Bay” (live) by Bruce Springsteen

By 30daysout MP3: “Like A Rolling Stone” by Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band  MP3: “Like A Rolling Stone” by Bob Dylan & the Band (1974) MP3: “Like A Rolling Stone” by Cher  MP3: “Like A Rolling Stone” by Bob Dylan & the Band (1972) MP3: “Like A Rolling Stone” by Bob Dylan (1970)

By 30daysout Well, it’s certainly been an interesting half year so far, eh?  The centerpiece of a Springsteen album is a crappy cowboy epic, U2 fails to shake the world with their music, Dylan puts out a great album without playing the harmonica and the great American artistes du jour are … Green Day.   A...

By 30daysout Bob Dylan will turn 68 on Sunday – and someone will pay tribute to him that day.  What else can you say about this dude:  he is the oldest guy ever to top the album charts (twice), he has sold hundreds of millions of records and is considered one of the most influential people of our time.  Rolling...

By 30daysout Springsteen is arguably one of the greatest songwriters in history with hundreds, if not thousands, of songs in his catalog.  However, it seems fans want to hear him play other people’s songs.  The band has ripped through covers like “I’m Bad, I’m Nationwide,” “London Calling,” and the mo...

By 30daysout Blinded By The Light/Rosalita (Come Out Tonight)/Born To Run/Thunder Road/Badlands/Darkness On The Edge Of Town/Hungry Heart/The River/Born In The USA/I’m On Fire/Glory Days/Dancing In The Dark/The Rising/Lonesome Day/Radio Nowhere/Long Walk Home/Because The Night (Live)/F...

By 30daysout There has been a lot of “news” surrounding the release of Together Through Life, Bob Dylan’s 33rd studio album: he wrote most of the songs with the help of sometime-Grateful Dead lyricist Robert Hunter; Dylan recorded this album in somewhat of a hurry; and one song, “Life Is Hard,” is the f...

By 30daysout They should add a line to every player’s baseball card saying whether or not he took steroids.  They should have Bruce Springsteen play after one game in every ballpark in America.  And they should bring back Lee Elia.  Time to play ball. MP3: “Yankee Stadium” by Nils Lofgren

By 30daysout If you have read this blog for any amount of time, you know I have not hidden my affection for talented singer, songwriter and guitarist, Juliana Hatfield. Her album, Become What You Are, remains one of my favorites and, in my opinion, was one of the best albums of the 90s. She recently took par...

By 30daysout 3. Alejandro Escovedo, playing Friday night in Jo’s Coffee Shop parking lot, says “I’ve always been a big fan of the New Jersey songwriters … Here’s Bruce Springstein!”   Ha, ha, an inside joke (if you were one of 18,000 people at the Springsteen concert in Houston last year). 

By 30daysout Springsteen has certainly traveled this territory before, from the open-road longing of “Thunder Road” to the hard-won appreciation of life’s little victories on the closing songs of The River.   But he’s older and wiser, and he knows with every triumph life can serve up a side order of h...

By 30daysout While here in America we’ve spent the day celebrating a new Presidency, many of our friends in Europe today found something new to look forward to as well: the first announced dates of Springsteen and the E Street Band’s Working on a Dream tour. Much discussed, assumed, and reported, a post...

By 30daysout “Born To Run” - Odds: 2-1.  Possibly Springsteen’s best-known song, from his best album.  Also some timely advice for the Steelers if Rothlisberger happens to throw a few picks in the first half. Bruce Springsteen official website 

By 30daysout Derek Trucks is one of the hottest guitarists in rock.  Gregg Allman’s health woes put the Allman Brothers Band on hiatus last year, so Trucks went into his home studio and came out with Already Free, his sixth studio album.  There is a lot here to appeal to fans of classic rock, blues rock and b...

By 30daysout What’s next:  Springsteen on the covers of Time and Newsweek?  I doubt that will ever happen - again.  In 1975, to promote the release of Born To Run, Columbia Records spent $250,000 to relentlessly hype Springsteen to the music-buying public.  As early as late 1974, Springsteen’s then...

By 30daysout “…and next week we’ll have the world premiere of Springsteen’s new song “Working on a dream” set to NFL highlights at halftime at next week’s game”. These were the words heard yesterday at NBC’s “Football Night in America”. The program will debut the new Springsteen song “Working on a Dream...

By 30daysout Springsteen’s music has appeared in a number of films (No Looking Back by Edward Burns has a ton of them), but he’s only written five tunes for specific movies; “Streets of Philadelphia” (Philadelphia), “Missing” (The Crossing Guard), ...

By 30daysout “Rosalita” detonated the rest of the blazing encore, then “Born To Run,” “Tenth Avenue Freezeout” and the hootenanny capper “American Land.” Video: Always A Friend - Bruce Springsteen/Alejandro Escovedo Bruce Springsteen official website