Celebrate the Boss’s 70th today with a listen to one of the greatest New Jersey nights ever. This three-hour Passaic epic has been bootlegged endlessly over the decades, but Bruce and co. finally saw fit to release it officially in cleaned-up form this month via Nugs.net. Start to finish, it’s the kind of performance that will turn even the hardiest Springsteen skeptics into true believers.
Category: Bruce Springsteen
Jerry David DeCicca: Bruce Springsteen’s “Hello Sunshine”
Songwriter Jerry David DeCicca has never been shy when it comes to Bruce Springsteen. Whether that means discussing the artist’s work through the lens of mental health care or offering up a fine rendition of the Boss balled “If I Should Fall Behind” for Aquarium Drunkard’s Lagniappe Sessions series, DeCicca’s Springsteen fandom runs deep.
These Are Better Days :: Bruce Springsteen, The Album Collection Vol. 2: 1987-1996
“Whatever you now find weird, ugly, uncomfortable and nasty about a new medium will surely become its signature,” Brian Eno wrote in A Year With Swollen Appendices . “CD distortion, the jitteriness of digital video, […]
Bruce Springsteen :: The Ghost Of Tom Joad – A 2017 Reflection
The best songwriting works like a Rorschacht test. Observed from different angles, it reflects as much about the listener as it does the artist. When I first wrote about Bruce Springsteen’s “Youngstown” and “Sinaloa Cowboys” for Aquarium Drunkard back in 2008, […]
Independence Day :: Springsteen Style (10 Tracks)
It’s getting hot. The 4th of July is almost here, and while I’ll be taking in a White Sox game on the South Side with my dad, I figured it best to leave […]
Roadside Graves :: Downbound Train (Bruce Springsteen)
Roadside Graves cover “Downbound Train” on the upcoming Springsteen tribute compilation, Long Distance Salvation . Below, I asked the Graves’ John Gleason to shed some light on the track selection, the band’s reimagination […]
Sevens :: Bruce Springsteen — Dream Baby Dream (Suicide Cover)
( Sevens , a recurring feature on Aquarium Drunkard, pays tribute to the art of the individual song.) Though it’s no fault of his own, any time Bruce Springsteen sings a […]
Sevens :: Bruce Springsteen: I’m On Fire
( Sevens , a recurring feature on Aquarium Drunkard, pays tribute to the art of the individual song.) Johnny Cash did it, and nearly turned it into a hymn. John Mayer […]
Diversions :: Patterson Hood on Darkness On The Edge of Town
( Diversions , a recurring feature on Aquarium Drunkard, catches up with our favorite artists as they wax on subjects other than recording and performing.) At the bottom of the page […]
Oscar Grant And A History of Violence In Song
(As subject material goes, violence, in songwriting, is about as seminal as they come. In light of the recent outcome of the Oscar Grant case J. Neas reflects on […]
Decade :: Bruce Springsteen, Seeger Sessions (2006)
What is it that makes us want to deconstruct art by units of time? Lists. We love making them. We love arguing over them. And here, on the verge of […]
Sevens (Politiko) :: Born In The U.S.A.
( Sevens , a new feature on Aquarium Drunkard, pays tribute to the art of the individual song. From now through the election, Sevens will focus on political songs) Only twenty-four […]
Springsteen :: Giants Stadium, 7.28.08
AD’s Marty Garner, an unrepentant Bruuuuuce fanatic, having left L.A. for the Summer, made his way east to New Jersey to catch Bruce and E Street Band at Giants Stadium […]
Bruce Springsteen :: 3/3/74 Saint In The City
AKA Saint In The City – 03/03/74 – GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY, WASHINGTON, DC Download: MP3: Bruce Springsteen :: Wild Billy’s Circus Story MP3: Bruce Springsteen :: New York City Serenade MP3: Bruce Springsteen :: Spirit In The Night MP3: Bruce Springsteen :: The E Street Shuffle MP3: Bruce Springsteen :: Walkin’ The Dog MP3: Bruce Springsteen :: 4th Of July, Asbury Park (Sandy) MP3: Bruce Springsteen :: It’s Hard To Be A Saint In The City MP3: Bruce Springsteen :: Kitty ´s Back MP3: Bruce Springsteen :: For You MP3: Bruce Springsteen :: Rosalita (Come Out Tonight) ———— Previously: Bruce Springsteen :: Boston Music Hall 10-29-1974 www.brucespringsteen.net […]
Bruce Springsteen :: Boston Music Hall 10-29-1974
AKA – Flesh And Fantasy, this has long been one of my favorite early ’70s Springsteen shows. Touring behind the Wild, the Innocent & the E Street Shuffle this show is loose as a goose. Keep an eye […]