Happy 50th Anniversary to Bruce Springsteen's Born to Run

Bruce Springsteen's classic Born to Run turns 50 years old today. 

Bruce is still touring and doing great, pretty amazing that this classic album has been around for 50 years.

Year In Review 2024 - Favorite Live Shows

The live show is a slippery thing. There are lots of variables at play, most having little to do with the performance itself. Does the venue have enough bathrooms? Is it going to rain? What day of the week is it on? Did I have a shitty day at work before hand? Did tickets cost waaay too much? All of this can alter one's opinion of a live show before the band even tunes up and with reason. However, when the stars align, there is no place RtBE would rather be than in the moment of magic occurring spontaneously from the stage.

Live Music Has No Equal!

Taken By The Fantastic Megan Donohue

While obviously we can't see every show that is out there, we try to get out often to catch live music. Sure there are a few left in the calendar year, but for now, here is a listing of the best concerts we were fortunate enough to have caught in 2024.

There are links to show reviews in the titles, also because who doesn't love arbitrary rankings, one show at the bottom took the top prize as RtBE's 2024 Favorite Live Show. 

Live Review - Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band @ Nationals Park 9/7/24 Washington D.C.

Hey all, got a new review up @glidemag which you can read  Right C'Here!!!

It is of the live show from Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band in Washington DC on Saturday September 7th. Bruce and company topped our list of favorite shows last year and they just may again this year. Nothing negative to say as E Street and Springsteen are still on top of their game. 

Support the artist, see them live, read the review and peep some video below:

Happy 40th Anniversary to Bruce Springsteen's Born In The U.S.A.

Happy 40th Anniversary to Bruce Springsteen's Born In The U.S.A.

Year In Review 2023 - Favorite Live Shows

The live show is a slippery thing. There are lots of variables at play, most having little to do with the performance itself. Does the venue have enough bathrooms? Is it going to rain? What day of the week is it on? Did I have a shitty day at work before hand? Did tickets cost waaay too much? All of this can alter one's opinion of a live show before the band even tunes up and with reason. However, when the stars align, there is no place RtBE would rather be than in the moment of magic occurring spontaneously from the stage.

Live Music Has No Equal!

Taken By The Fantastic Megan Donohue

While obviously we can't see every show that is out there, we try to get out often to catch live music. Sure there are a few left in the calendar year, but for now, here is a listing of the best concerts we were fortunate enough to have caught in 2023.

There are links to show reviews in the titles, also because who doesn't love arbitrary rankings, one show at the bottom took the top prize as RtBE's 2023 Favorite Live Show. 

Bruce Springsteen and the E-Street Band: Live Around NYC - Spring 2023

Bruce Springsteen and the E-Street Band: Live Around NYC - Spring 2023

4/1 Madison Square Garden, 4/3 Barclay's Center, 4/11 UBS Arena

Three nights, three separate arenas, over nine hours of music, Bruce Springsteen and the E-Street Band brought their larger-than-life rock show to the New York City area these past few days and delivered the goods, yet again.

I was lucky enough to catch them on my own mini-tour, at Madison Square Garden (4/1), Barclays Center (4/3) and UBS Arena (4/11) and was incredibly impressed by each outing with almost nothing critical to say.

Only a complete cynic or a fool could deny the power of this band which has been at it for over fifty years and still manages to blow it all out, song after song. When you consider the ages of the core group members – now in their seventies – the experience of seeing this outfit is nothing less than shocking.

Rather than cruise-control retirement shows they still give total effort and display a burning desire to rock. When you add in the five-piece horn section (Curt Ramm, Barry Danielian, Eddie Manion, Jake Clemons, Ozzie Melendez) and four backup singers (Curtis King Jr., Lisa Lowell, Michelle Moore, Ada Dyer) the incredibly full-bodied propulsion gives lift-off to the arena ready numbers. The motor of the whole production is, the about to turn seventy-two-year-old Max Weinberg whose drumming (highlighted particularly during the propulsive “Candy’s Room” on two of the nights) is fierce and a force to be reckoned with by anyone half his age.

Then there is The Boss himself, who, while perhaps not as active on stage as he once was, sings as strong as ever, is playing more leads than you might remember and continues to take his adoring fanbase in the palm of his hand and place them close to his heart each show. Simply put, the seventy-three-year-old is one of the great showmen in rock history and while I get tired standing for three hours a night watching, he seems like he could keep going another hour plus if the venues let him.

The three concerts stayed predominately to the same script with each era of Bruce’s robust career getting an airing. Like the early days of the looser freewheeling outfit? Then you are rewarded with a jazzy, solo filled “Kitty’s Back” and a percussion heavy “E-Street Shuffle”, the grooviest performance of this admittedly grooves deficient outfit. Revel in more recent memories with a splash of heartache? Perhaps “Wrecking Ball”, “Last Man Standing” or “The Rising” will get your hands raised and tears flowing. The desire is there for a few covers? “Nightshift” is smooth and “Trapped” had two airings to huge crowd reactions Want hits? You are in luck; they never seem to stop.

 

Every night, three songs into the show, the band started “Prove It All Night” and each performance was a highlight. Max slammed the band forward, while Bruce delivers a searing closing solo with a crashing crescendo; 99% of rock bands would kill to close a show with this gem of a song, and E-Street are only three songs in. Not enough? “The Promised Land” arrives two songs later and with his harmonica, pinch of Americana and a hefty dose of good old rock and roll; The Boss and company proceed to tear the roof open again.

It speaks to his incredible career that Springsteen can still fill up arenas so expertly with super hits. Efforts like “Out in the Street” and “Backstreets” had the last rows in the buildings up and singing with unparalleled crowd responses. Each night also saw special songs arrive for the first time this tour. The Ranger fans in the Garden were treated to a beautiful “Jungleland”, the Brooklyn bums found out that “It’s Hard To Be A Saint In The City” and Long Island felt the thundering synth bass and bomb blasts of “Born In the U.S.A”; each bust out kept his rabid fans delighted.

That is where the real magic unfolds, in the crowds, as the encores roll out and the lights are turned on in the arena. The predominantly older audience get a chance, perhaps their last, to connect with their hero through the songs of their youth. “Tenth Ave Freeze Out” is a joyous explosion, “Thunder Road” evokes powerful past decisions, “Rosalita” praises the sense of adventures yet to come while “Glory Days” hits hard, as the majority in attendance easily recognize the truth, humor, and honesty contained in that tune.

However, nothing can hold a candle to “Born to Run”. On this tour it is delivered with an incredibly potent horn section that captures the essence of arena rock like no other. The crowds sing and dance, envisioning past senses of freedom, the open road, a future that was there for them, closing too soon…only to be brought back to the present with the knowledge of being alive, now, and vitally experiencing this song. A pinnacle moment in any music going fan's life; “Born to Run” is mega.

Rapturous applause and chants of “Bruuuuce” follow every move that Springsteen makes, and as he still delivers performances like these, it is easy to see why. I am no super fan of Springsteen, but I am a super fan of rock and roll in all forms, and this meaty, bombastic, straight ahead banging with a soulful legendary center tour of Bruce Springsteen and the E-Street band can make a believer of all in attendance any night, in any arena, anywhere. See them while you can.

Album Review: Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band’s - The Legendary 1979 No Nukes Concerts

Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band’s

The Legendary 1979 No Nukes Concerts

***** out of *****

Compiled from two concerts (9/21 & 9/22) of the MUSE benefits held at Madison Square Garden with a huge lineup, The Legendary 1979 No Nukes Concerts is a coming out party for Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band in more ways than one. 

The band had not been on tour, working in the studio on The River when they busted out with the raw abandon of a gang on holiday for these sets. This combination collection of the two nights captures the band in smoking form with Springsteen starting to ramp up his activism, finding a direct cause of No Nukes. The concert has high profile guests, covers and powerful renditions of many of Springsteen's crowd favorites, jumping up from the theaters of The Darkness tour to full fledge arenas, commemorating the first time Springsteen played MSG. 

A fairly tight "Prove It All Night" opens the set with the highlight being Clarence Clemons sax solo before the band slam home on a passionate "Badlands". The tune seems cathartic as Max Weinberg's drums lead the charge with Roy Bittan on piano and Danny Federici on organ sliding up and down the keys as Springsteen and Steven Van Zandt scream their hearts out; stellar kick ass rock and roll. 

Springsteen then takes a well earned mini break minute to introduce "The Promised Land", dedicating the song to all of the people participating in No Nukes. With a bright harmonica shining the way the song rings out proud before only the second version of his newest song "The River" was played live. The stark tale is in all of its heart-wrenching form from the beginning of its tear inducing existence. 

The party picks back up for the Jersey Shore swing of "Sherry Darling" highlighted by Van Zandt's lithe guitar work which displays Caribbean flashes as the whole band cuts loose, enjoying themselves with yelps and hollers. The massive hits follow as Springsteen evolves into the arena god almost before the fans eyes, "Thunder Road" is massive, "Jungleland" is epic, "Rosalita" is exciting and "Born To Run" is inspiring. Each one proves Springsteen & The E Street Band's scope and scale as they embark on a decade where they would own the rocking world. 

Tom Petty and Jackson Browne join the group for Maurice Williams & the Zodiacs “Stay” as the oldies roll out. The bands tried and true "Detroit Medley" complete with the early rock tunes of "Devil with the Blue Dress On / Good Golly Miss Molly / C.C. Rider / Jenny Take A Ride" delivers the hip swinging fun, rolling our for almost twenty minutes when you add the bands cover of Gary U.S. Bonds "Quarter To Three". The old time rock and roll wraps up the night with "Rave On!" as the band blasts out and the crowd explodes with vibrant energy.  

This collection vaults to right near the top of the best Springsteen live releases ever as the quality is exquisite. The only real downside is that all of these tunes are familiar to fans in multiple live versions before and there is very little mystery here. That stated, the time constraints of a 90 minute set actually compress Bruce and E-Streets energy and instead of the sprawling three hour concerts he played before and after, The Legendary 1979 No Nukes Concerts solidifies the fact that Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band are one of the best live rock and roll acts in history.

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Support the artists, buy the album and peep some video below:

Live Review: 7th Annual John Henry's Friends Benefit

Hey all, got a new review up @glidemag which you can read Right C'here!!

It is of the 7th Annual John Henry's Friends Benefit.

This was a good one as Steve Earle hosted the benefit for the Keswell School at Town Hall again, this year in person. RtBE was there the last time it was held with and audience but this year raised the stakes. 

While the full lineup was impressive, no one could top Bruce Springsteen who, backed by The Dukes, delivered four impressive songs with rocking energy. 

Please help support the school if you can, read the full review and peep some video below:

Year In Review 2021 - Favorite Live Show

The live show is a slippery thing. There are lots of variables at play, most having little to do with the performance itself. Does the venue have enough bathrooms? Is it going to rain? What day of the week is it on? Did I have a shitty day at work before hand? Did tickets cost waaay too much? All of this effects one's opinion of a live show before the band even tunes up and with reason, but when the stars align, there is no place RtBE would rather be than in the moment of magic occurring spontaneously from the stage.

Live Music Has No Equal!

Taken By The Fantastic Megan Donohue

While obviously we can't see every show that is out there, we try to get out often to catch live music. Sure there are a few left in the calendar year, but for now, here is a listing of the best concerts we were fortunate enough to have caught in 2021 (THANK GOD LIVE MUSIC IS BACK!).

There are links to show reviews in the titles, also because who doesn't love arbitrary rankings, one show at the bottom took the top prize as RtBE's 2021 Favorite Live Show. We also make mention of a few live streams we enjoyed as the beginning of 2021 was still locked down for live music, but we made up for it at the end of the year seeing quite a few great ones safely in person.

Year In Review 2021 - Favorite Archival Releases

Each year the music industry dips into the past to deliver box sets, live albums, re-masters and outtake collections to sell to the music loving masses (present company included). This look back will round up some of RtBE's favorite archival releases from the past year. 

Usually these releases can fall into the money grab category, not really adding much outside of revenue for the label and (hopefully) the artist. Every now and then though some spectacular collections are unearthed and are worth any price. 

RtBE includes live albums in this year end review as well, since they were recorded in the recent or distant past and fall into archival release status. 

With the increase in vinyl interest and enhanced Record Store Days to help smaller sellers, there seem to be more and more archival/live releases each year, we are sure to miss a lot of them, but the quality and abundance is exciting. 

These were our favorite archival and live album releases of 2021, click the link in the title for full length reviews. 

NOLA Jazz and Heritage Festival To Be Held In October

Offbeat Magazine is posting that the best American concert event is returning in 2021, just later than usual, which in these current dark days is GREAT news.

Boosh!

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While more details will likely emerge soon, October is shaping up to be an amazing month in the Crescent City as French Quarter Festival  would be the first weekend, JazzFest possibly the next two and maybe Voodoo Fest to round out the month..that would be something.

Here's hoping that these events stay on schedule and happen. To keep the positive vibes alive here is a tune from one of the most emotional Jazzfest sets ever, Bruce Springsteen's 2006 Seeger Sessions festival set, the first Jazzfest post Katrina:

Album Review: Bruce Springsteen - Letter to You

Bruce Springsteen

Letter to You

*** out of *****

The newest release from Bruce Springsteen is his first re-connection with the powerfully supportive E Street Band since 2014's Hugh Hopes. That release was a hodgepodge collection highlighted by re-imagined older songs and Letter To You continues that vibe but on stronger footing as there is also a very familiar power flowing through these mostly dour lyrical tracks that discuss aging, death, spirituality, memories and  legacy. 

The brief opening, acoustically vulnerable, "One Minute You're Here" discusses mortality and fear, but also pulls in a bit of Bruce's recent Western Stars over saturation of strings and swelling orchestration, but the honest lyrics win the day setting the tone for the album to to follow. 

A late career full E-Street backed title track follows with gospel influenced rock and roll that Springsteen has been working with since The Rising (possibly longer) while "Burnin' Train" continues the run of good tunes and memories, reminiscent of a mature "Candy's Room" with shaking percussion and sizzling guitar work.   

One of the themes on Letter To You is Springsteen revisiting older songs he wrote before his debut and giving them proper recordings with his powerfully aged band. "Janey Needs A Shooter" is the first and best of these as the version here is cackling classic Springsteen of The River era, fitting both for that record and this one, overblown in all the Bosses best ways. While Warren Zevon borrowed that songs title and wrote his own tune, Zevon's spirit is more prevalent on another old tune the confusing moral play of "If I Was A Priest" which unfortunately fades out with prominent harmonica work during a cool jam.  

"Songs For Orphans" is the other pre-fame song and it is easy to see why it was skipped as the song clearly recalls Bob Dylan and "My Back Pages" in particular. With all of the early career comparisons already out there it was probably smart this one was shelved. A few of the new original tunes are less than stellar efforts including the dragging "House Of A Thousand Guitars" and "Rainmaker" which is slightly better but goes nowhere special. "The Power of Prayer" is one of the odder tunes in Bruce's catalog as the straight ahead Christian rock takes Springsteen and E-Street's gospel rave up style and boils it down to a dull, rote, cliche filled snoozer. 

The heart felt finale "I'll See You In My Dreams" along with efforts like the "On Broadway" inspired "Last Man Standing" and particularly the ode to fallen band mates "Ghosts" prove that Springsteen and E-Street are still delivering the powerful goods.  Letter To You is in line with his post 2000 releases; respectable, honest, over the top,  a few skippable songs, kinda corny and human, or in other words, a late career Bruce Springsteen album.    

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Bruce was in our Masters Series, support the artist, buy the album, peep some video below:

New Bruce Springsteen Song, Full Album Out in October

A surprising announcement as Bruce Springsteen is a releasing a new song today "Letter To You" and will be releasing a new album by the same name in October.

Last year we talked about Bruce and company during our Masters Series and while we haven't liked his recent efforts as much as his classics, it is always nice to see creative artists come out with new material.  Here is the title track:

Live Streams: Jersey 4 Jersey

With live music on lock down (like everything else currently in New York City) live streams and old concerts have become essential for live music junkies like RtBE. While this current state of pandemic separation is in order we will highlight various shows/streams/virtual events for your viewing and listening pleasure and you can always check out or weekly Full Show Friday series for concerts from the past. Please support the artists any which way you can.

Today we highlight: Jersey 4 Jersey

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What do @chrisrock, @springsteen and @halsey have in common? They're all from NJ and they’re all part of the #Jersey4Jersey broadcast event on 4/22 supporting @NJPRF! Make sure to tune in and support NJ and the NJPRF!! Full details and complete all-star lineup at the link in our bio.

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Like today's Earth Day Live, actors, politicians and musicians will be getting together tonight to raise funds and awareness for their home state of New Jersey. While RtBE is across the river in NYC, we have lots of ties to the Garden State, so we will be watching.

Support the artists and their cause any way you can. To get in the mood here is one of the headlining artists, Bruce Springsteen live from 1975:

Dylan Cover #399 Bruce Springsteen "The Times They Are A'Changin'" Live 1997

In this ongoing Monday Series we will be exploring various artists versions of Bob Dylan song's. Today's tune is a live cover by Bruce Springsteen  playing "The Times They Are a' Changin'"

Thoughts on Original:
Short and sweet from the first time we tackled a cover of this tune:
Well it is his most famous song for a reason, it is one of the greatest ever produced in any genre, ever.
Cover:


Thoughts on Cover Artist:
We will be focusing on Bruce Springsteen all month in our on Masters series. RtBE dig's the Jersey Devil and his bombastic style.

Thoughts on Cover:
Well we wrap up our focus on Springsteen's Dylan covers this week with his take on perhaps the Bard's most iconic song. For someone called the "next Dylan" too often it is fun to revisit Bruce covering Dylan a few times this month.  This one is great, as they all are.

Full Show Friday: Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band Paris 1985

We search the murky back waters of youtube to find full concerts and post them to the site weekly, come back every seven days to help us celebrate Full Show Friday's. These shows are of varying quality and may not be here for long so enjoy them while you can...As always, please support the artist every which way, but especially by seeing them live (if they are still playing)...This week...Bruce Springsteen & The E-Street Band!

For October The Masters focuses on Bruce Springsteen

Here comes the Jersey Devil for our October Masters Series as The Boss has been wowing fans for decades now and his live shows are things of legends. All Full Show Friday's this month will be a testament to these and get ready because we have some doozy's lined up. 

Thanks to our resident Springsteen expert Tom Gallagher for curating this month's Friday concerts.

Today we jump back to Paris in 1985 at the height of Bruce's Born In The USA tour. When we reviewed his best studio albums, no other album made as much of a jump in our rankings as that one as Bruce and all the players just sound great. He is muscled up and bandanna'ed out, totally ock cliche, but killing it all over. 

That energy was translated to this tour, one of the biggest in history until that point and the crew nail it in Paris.

Enjoy:


Like the last few weeks this show is from a playlist which you can access here:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL51C234F973000CA3

The Masters: Bruce Springsteen - Best Live Albums

RtBE loves listening to new music and prides itself on keeping tabs on up and coming artists but in 2019 we are also going to have a monthly spotlight on legendary artists who we really love. We are calling this series The Masters. It will focus on the best albums, live records, transcendent shows and other odd ways we appreciate the artists and their contribution to music, culture and our formation.

For October The Masters focuses on Bruce Springsteen

While it took a few studio records for Springsteen to completely nail his style, he was a must see live act from his very first days playing, giving it his all when the band members may have out numbered those in attendance.

Live Springsteen is legendary. Whether it is just him and a guitar, constructing a Broadway show, sitting in with a pick-up bar blues outfit or fronting the mighty E-Street Band, Springsteen is a beast on the stage, giving it his all and then some. Ben Stiller even did a sketch on this, love the filling up the ketchup bottle, but it is true, he gives everything to his fans.

RtBE has seen him a bunch (some contributors to the site have caught him A LOT) and there has never been a bad or remotely off show. Same goes for any of the live albums as he has not put out a bad one, even though some of them get more spins than others.

However, until recently there hadn't been many live album releases. Like a lot of older artists in the digital age, Bruce is using the internet to release archival shows and this allows us to have a much more robust section to choose from. Unlike other Masters focused artists who will release seemingly odd/random shows, Springsteen's archival releases tend to capture the best of the best, and while many longtime fans had bootlegs of these shows, now they are "official" and get improved audio; a nice upgrade. 

Again this list is meant to start conversations not end them, so without further ado let's get to racing in the streets...

Dylan Cover #398 Bruce Springsteen "I Want You" Live Westbury, NY 1975

In this ongoing Monday Series we will be exploring various artists versions of Bob Dylan song's. Today's tune is a live cover by Bruce Springsteen singing "I Want You" 

Thoughts on Original:
(From the first time we tackled a cover of this song)
A song that fits the Gemini Dylan like a glove; direct lyrical yearning chorus with verses that meander about introducing characters like roadblocks in the way of true love. It was the last tune written for the mega Blonde on Blonde and a song he and others (it was Al Kooper's favorite) admired so much he almost titled the album after it. Never a track that jumps to the top of peoples "favorites" or "best of" Dylan lists but one that really nails what the artist is all about in some of the simplest terms.
Cover:

Thoughts on Cover Artist:
We will be focusing on Bruce Springsteen all month in our on Masters series. RtBE dig's the Jersey Devil and bombastic style.
Thoughts on Cover:
This is a crazy cover with lots of instrumentation, harmonica, violins, piano, bubbling bass, drums etc. While the recording is a bootleg quality, the ideas come through and make it pretty cool. Would be cool if he brought this one back with his current theatrical western style it would fit nicely.  

Full Show Friday: Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band The River Tour, Tempe AZ 1980

We search the murky back waters of youtube to find full concerts and post them to the site weekly, come back every seven days to help us celebrate Full Show Friday's. These shows are of varying quality and may not be here for long so enjoy them while you can...As always, please support the artist every which way, but especially by seeing them live (if they are still playing)...This week...Bruce Springsteen & The E-Street Band!

For October The Masters focuses on Bruce Springsteen

Here comes the Jersey Devil for our October Masters Series as The Boss has been wowing fans for decades now and his live shows are things of legends. All Full Show Friday's this month will be a testament to these and get ready because we have some doozy's lined up. 

Thanks to our resident Springsteen expert Tom Gallagher for curating this month's Friday concerts.

Like last week we are dipping into The River, but this time it is the original tour from 1980.  Bruce and the gang had a historic fiery night out in the desert as they blazed through Arizona. Enjoy:



Also like last week the video comes in play list form so if there are any issues just click here for the full list:
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Album Review: Bruce Springsteen - Western Stars

Bruce Springsteen

Western Stars

** out of *****

When it was announced that a month after Western Stars release that there would be an accompanying movie/documentary and it would be Springsteen's directorial debut Western Stars (the record) made more sense as the word "theatrical" kept popping up in our review notes.

A nod to what he calls Southern California Pop of the 70's (RtBE would say it is much more orientated towards 50's pop) Western Stars is a one off experiment with orchestrated parts around Bruce's tales of isolation and wandering. It is an interesting slight departure in style (Bruce has always been big and dramatic), proving The Boss doesn't want to stay stagnant, however the end results are over the top schmaltzy, not matching the lyrics and sounds easily on all of the efforts.

Each track is predominately the same, starting small as Springsteen weaves a lonely tale before layers upon layers of sound and instrumentation slowly sweeps in with rising grandeur and pomposity. There are some unique touches, maracas and female breathy vocals color "The Wayfarer" in a warm Mexican sunset sound while the sense of despair and physical pain of "Drive Fast (The Stuntman)" gets undercut by the swelling sounds. The title track mixes up movie sets with whiskey, gin and southwestern winds, as closer takes gorgeous guitar lines and piano while describing a desolate scene at the "Moonlight Motel".

Songs like "Tuscan Train" and "Sleepy Joe's Cafe" both could have been on The Rising, except these versions gets pumped up by strings, accordions and horns before "Chasin' Wild Horses" finds strong vocals from Springsteen around cinematic string sections going directly over the top, dripping effortlessly into "Sundown". The movie/documentary makes sense, and even though he just had a long Broadway stand, Western Stars could be reshaped as a Broadway musical with very little effort. 

This is the fourth western looking solo album from the Jersey Devil who clearly finds inspiration from the wide open vistas and sense of isolation that the western United States calls to mind, whether on film or in reality. Western Stars will join Nebraska, The Ghost of Tom Joad, and Devils & Dust as his cowboy hat wearing records and as an experiment it moves to the back of his own personal line of western records; more of an oddity in his career than must hear. 
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It is a testament to Bruce that while we look back at his career this month in our Masters series, he is still out there growing as an artist and trying out new things. Support the artist, buy the record and peep some video below: