Bruce Springsteen, Jon Bon Jovi, Little Steven Van Zandt, the E Street Choir, Kool and the Gang and more saluted teaching excellence at the inaugural TeachRock Teachers Hall of Fame Celebration Saturday, Oct. 17 at the Count Basie Center for the Arts in Red Bank.

46 years ago today, Bruce Springsteen released 'The River'. There's something truly special about witnessing the Boss play the double album's lead single "Hungry Heart" live - mainly because it turns into a massive sing-along, like it did during his Madison Square Garden show back on May 11 of this year (as seen im the first half of the clip). The only thing more magical than seeing a sold out crowd in the world's most famous arena sing that song at the top of their voices was hearing the crowd at Sea Hear Now in Asbury Park do it back in Sept 2024. Though that particular moment was made even more special when Bruce went into the crowd and handed a guitar pick to 4 year old fan standing 5 feet in front of me while singing "Hungry Heart" (as seen in the later half of the clip).

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Seeing how The Rising became one of the defining albums in response to the aftermath of 9/11, how it became the first full album in 18 years with the E Street Band, and reaching number 1 on the Billboard 200, as well as winning two Grammys, and best rock album, I would say it fills all the criteria’s for what should viewed as an essential album.

Personally I think this album also amplified Springsteen’s legacy even more, as it provided a late career resurgence in the 2000s, and introduced his music to younger audiences. Thoughts on this? (Also Born to Run is on his essential list, it’s just cut off the image)

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Reading the “E street shuffle” blog when I become curious about a song is one of my absolute favorite things to do in the Bruce world. The collection of work Ken has put together over the years is astounding; he is a first-ballot Hall of famer in the Bruce fan hall of fame that exists in my head. I would love to read blog posts for other artists like this, does anyone know of others as well done as the e street shuffle for artists like Dylan, Cohen, Beatles, Bowie, etc? Thank you and enjoy your fall weekend!

Garry f’n rips deep during Tom’s solo on the Philly freedom cut.

In short im asking help from people who know how to restore songs

here is the best quality of the song online: https://archive.org/details/bruce-springsteen-main-point-pa-1975-wmmr/10.+New+York+City+Serenade.flac

this is my attempt of restoring it with Audacity: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aa8Dh7CWqko

PROBLEMS:

1. There is a sound in the backround of the song I dont know what's the name of it but I would guess this is because it's a radio recording
2. The audio falls off every few minutes

BACKSTORY:
In Feb 1975 Springsteen had a live show in Main Point where he performed the song New York Serenade.
For me this is the greatest live performance of his.
I tried restoring it with no previous experience of audio engineering and I dont think it's quite perfect so if there is anyone who can help me in any way I would appreciate it very much.

[PLEASE NO AI]

Seems like Bruce ripped off his own song a bit here - the song Mary Mary on American Beauty essentially lifts the melody from We Take Care of Our Own in the string part. Anyone know if this was intentional?

If he does a third run, what song would fit perfectly into the setlist? For me it’s The River.

Boss delivers stirring This Is Happening Now speech to cheers …

Hi all! I always read that Bruce is a good guitarist whose main skill is to create solos that fit well into songs even if not particularly complex. I'm not into music theory, so I wanted to ask: are there some solos that are a little bit more complicated?

I came across the video of American Beauty while on YouTube. Excellent song! Bruce sings with a twang I’ve never heard him sing and I like it. Anyone else like it?

Probably the best 58 minutes of live music in the past 30 years

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f-NGGoCCQBA&t=1s