Bruce Springsteen

By Pete Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band Madison Square Garden November 7th, 2009 Thundercrack Seeds Prove It All Night Hungry Heart Working on a Dream The E Street Shuffle [mp3] 4th of July, Asbury Park (Sandy) [mp3] Kitty’s Back [mp3] Wild Billy’s Circus Story [mp3]

By Pete Bruce Springsteen performs his new song Wrecking Ball at Giants Stadium The Boss and his E Street Band kicked off a 5 night run at Giants Stadium tonight – the final shows for the venue. In honor of the stadium’s impending doom, Bruce kicked off the evening with a new song – possibly & prob...

By Pete Bruce Springsteen, one of my heroes in this life, turns 60 years old today.  Not sure where the time goes, all I know is it goes a tad too fast for my liking. This is a simple & short post to send a hearty Happy Birthday out to the Boss. “Brilliant Disguise” is probably my favorite [...]

By Pete Sound-wise, my only gripe is that Fallon’s mic could have been louder and more crisp – the vocals weren’t too clear at times. Then again, we were in front of the bass amp, so Alex Levine’s bass lines were washing over us pretty intensely.

By Pete “Sea of Heartbreak” is one of those classics you recognize when you hear it, you enjoy it, but you really know nothing about the history or origin of the song. Well, that’s my experience anyway. After hearing Rosanne Cash’s new version, with Bruce Springsteen on harmonies, and listening ab...

By Pete The Gaslight Anthem - September 15th – Martini Ranch, Scottsdale | I’m not crazy about the venue – right in the heart of Old Town Snottsdale – but for Brian Fallon and the boys of Gaslight Anthem, I will endure the surrounding douchery. They’re fresh off a summer festival season highlighted...

By Pete In 1973, John Fogerty released his solo debut album, The Blue Ridge Rangers – a collection of country, rock and gospel covers- every instrument and every vocal part belonging to John. Listen: John Fogerty w/ Bruce Springsteen – “When Will I Be Loved”

By Pete A Happy Fourth of July weekend to my American bros and sisses. And now, live from the Capitol Theater in Passaic, NJ – 1978 – Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band with the best dang 4th of July rock & roll song. Ever. RIP Phantom Dan.

By Pete Not only did Bonnaroo bring together two of my favorites in the form of a Phish-Springsteen collaboration, but, as it turned out, Bruce also found time to catch Sunday’s set by Band of Horses. And as you can see from some brand new pics posted to BoH’s blog, Bruce hung around to meet Ben Bridwe...

By Pete They tore through “Mustang Sally”, “Bobby Jean”, and “Glory Days”.  And suffice it so say, I’ll be scouring the interwebs for any and all video of this moment. Bruce was also spotted taking in Band of Horses earlier in the day as well. It just keeps coming together, doesn’t it?

By Pete Taking in this amazing live band, and scanning the young crowd around me, fists pumped in the air and singing along to every song, it was all pretty damn refreshing, and renewed my spirit. Hell, it’s been a very spiritually renewing month of live music for me - Springsteen, Cockburn, the Gas...

By Pete Photo / set list info courtesy of Backstreets.com April 3rd - Glendale, AZ April 5th - Austin, TX Prove It All Night Sherry Darling Youngstown She’s the One Jungleland Glory Days I’m a Rocker April 7th - Tulsa, OK April 8th - Houston, TX April 10th - Denver, CO

By Pete There are two Bruces in the music world I am very fond of. One is Springsteen, the other is Cockburn. This weekend, the perfect storm of shows came to pass: the Weekend of Bruce.  Friday night was the Boss. And on Saturday, the wife and I took off for Flagstaff on an anxiously awaited 24 hour getawa...

By Pete The Ghost of Tom Joad Working on the Highway Downbound Train Because the Night Waitin’ on a Sunny Day The Promised Land The Wrestler Kingdom of Days Radio Nowhere Lonesome Day The Rising Born to Run Hard Times Rosalita Land of Hope and Dreams American Land Dancing in the Dark

By Pete Some of you may know of my appreciation for John’s 1991 album The Missing Years, a collection of warm & witty tunes featuring the likes of Tom Petty, Bruce Springsteen, and Bonnie Raitt. The follow-up album four years later came in the form of Lost Dogs & Mixed Blessings. While not as...

By Pete Bruce originally recorded “This Hard Land” in 1982 during the sessions for Born in the U.S.A, but it would never see the light of day on any Springsteen studio release. However, in 1995, when Columbia was packaging Bruce’s first greatest hits release, the E Street Band returned to the studio...

By Pete Visit Gaslight Anthem’s Official Site. I got a note in late September alerting me to a band from New Jersey called The Gaslight Anthem. In the note was mention of Springsteen and the Clash. So naturally, I went to eMusic and downloaded ‘The ‘59 Sound’ right away. I have to be honest, I struggled w...

By Pete No Boss in Phoenix :: I’m still at a loss as to why Bruce’s Magic tour, with two full U.S. legs, totally skipped Phoenix, Arizona - the 8th largest metro area in the USA. Granted, most of the time I feel like I’m in a cultural wasteland with no soul, but that’s beside the point. I did travel to Anaheim...

By Pete 5. The Wish (Freehold Night, St. Rose of Lima School, Freehold, NJ - 11/8/1996) 8. Deck The Halls (Jingle Bell Night, Convention Hall, Asbury Park, NJ - 12/7/2001) 9. Jingle Bell Rock (3:38) Jingle Bell Night, Convention Hall, Asbury Park, NJ - 12/7/2001)

By Pete Michael-el-el-el-el!!   *looking around* MICHAEL-EL-EL-EL!!! 5. “One Step Up” - Bruce Springsteen, from Love, Tears & Mystery: this is a great compilation from Bruce’s Devils & Dust tour. This one’s from August 3rd, 2005 (my 25th, I mean 35th birthday).

By Pete On his new album due out November 25th (the 17th in the UK), Tom Jones covers “The Hitter”, one of my favorites off Springsteen’s Devils and Dust record. So I went to Tom’s web site to track it down. It’s not available yet, but I was quite taken with the title track, “24 Hours” - a very dark, somber...

By Pete Bruce Springsteen August 16, 2008 North Charleston Coliseum Charleston, SC Part 2 (zip) Because the Night She’s The One Livin’ In The Future Mary’s Place Hungry Heart The Rising Last to Die Long Walk Home Badlands Encore applause

By Kelly Before I jump in with my first “real” post, I wanted to give you a little of my musical background, so to speak. I have been obsessed with music since I was a little girl, rifling through my parents’ modest, but excellent, record collection. I grew up on Led Zeppelin, The Beach Boys, Fleetwood M...

By Pete On April 7th, 2008, my wife and I sat in Anaheim’s Honda Center, watching as Bruce Springsteen brought out Tom Morello from Rage Against the Machine to sit in with him and the Band on “The Ghost of Tom Joad”. 100% of the proceeds go to the Danny Federici Melanoma Fund, in honor and memory of the l...

By Pete Darkness on the Edge of Town Thunder Road Born to Run Jungleland Rolling Stone’s Rock & Roll DailyYou can get the encore over at Boss TracksAs for the rest of the show? A peek at the comments section may help…. Photo from Yahoo (AP) When I first checked out the set list and Backstreets revi...

By Michael 4. Bruce Springsteen – Long Walk Home (from Magic) This to me has all the makings of a classic Springsteen track. Topical without beating you over the head, great lyrical hook and a healthy dose of Jersey shore imagery. “Long Walk Home” is without a doubt one of my favorites from Magic.

By Pete 7. We’ll make our home in the “American Land” - Bruce always seems to have an unorthodox, less well-known tune to close his shows. Remember “Land of Hope and Dreams”? For the Magic tour, it’s “American Land”. If you were one of the smart ones to see a Seeger Sessions show in 2006, you know it well -...

By Pete I came across this 1973 radio broadcast of Mr. Springsteen live in the WBCN Boston studios. Brucebase has the details… Bruce’s first-ever radio station performance and still the earliest circulating “live” material with the E Street Band. The silky-voiced female DJ is the legendary Maxa...