I can go on for days about Bruce and The E Street band. I’ll spare you the bulk of my adoration for his work and live performances. I would like to say this. I think Bruce has one of the most rare qualities of any performer he loves his fans and performing as much as his fans love him. I was lucky enough to see him in Calgary at a show that was originally postponed for his stomach ulcer he had I think. I was lucky to make it to the rescheduled show. What I never realized being an isolated fan listening to him on the reams of vinyl Ive collected in my basement over the years with an Ortofone cartridge and circa 1975 Acoustic Research speakers is that Bruce like McCartney has a multigenerational fan base. I always knew in my brain that he had fans much older than me but seeing the teenagers there at the show obsessed invigorated my sense of faith in the future. There is hope.
This recording of Thunder Road is probably one of the best live performances of this song with a perfect harmony part sang by Melissa Ethridge.
Albums
Greetings from Asbury Park, N.J. (January 1973)
The Wild, the Innocent, & The E Street Shuffle (November 1973)
Born to Run (1975)
Darkness on the Edge of Town (1978)
The River (1980)
Nebraska (1982)
Born in the U.S.A (1984)
Tunnel of Love (1987)
Human Touch (1992)
Lucky Town (1992)
The Ghost of Tom Joad (1995)
The Rising (2002)
Devils and Dust (2005)
We Shall Overcome: The Seeger Sessions (2006)
Magic (2007)
Working on a Dream (2009)
Wrecking Ball (2012)
High Hopes (2014)
Western Stars (2019)
Letter to You (2020)
Only the Strong Survive (2022)
Live
Live/ 1975-85 (1986)
In Concert/ MTV Unplugged (1993)
Live in New York City (2001)
VH1 Storytellers (2005)
Hammersmith Odeon, London ’75 (2006)
Live in Dublin (2007)
London Calling: Live in Hyde Park (2010)
Springsteen on Broadway (2018)
The Legendary 1979 No Nukes Concerts (2021)
Compilations & EPs
Chimes of Freedom EP (1988)
Tracks (1998)
Girls in Their Summer Clothes EP (2008)
The Promise (2010)
American Beauty EP (2014)
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