This is the third in a series of blogs in which I plan to go through and “musically annotate” Bruce Springsteen’s autobiography, “Born to Run”. This involves going through the book page by page and listing the artists, and when possible, providing a YouTube video of the artists and songs that Bruce mentions as among his favorites.
Here are the previous posts:
Here is the YouTube playlist of all songs/artists mentioned in Chapters 17-24; you can access any particular song by clicking in the top left corner of the screen and choosing the desired video. I also have a listing of the songs, which can be found after the video. In those cases where Bruce just mentions a musical group, I randomly chose one of that group’s songs to include in the playlist.
- James Cotton – Slow Blues (Angel Of Mercy / Blues in my sleep)
- Janis Joplin – Piece Of My Heart
- Led Zeppelin – Stairway to Heaven Live (HD)
- Grand Funk Railroad – I’m Your Captain (Live 1971)
- Chicago – Colour My World / Make Me Smile – 7/21/1970 – Tanglewood (Official)
- IRON BUTTERFLY – IN A GADDA DA VIDA – 1968 (ORIGINAL FULL VERSION) CD SOUND & 3D VIDEO
- Ike & Tina Turner – Proud Mary
- Roy Orbison – Oh, Pretty Woman (from Black & White Night) (backed by Bruce!)
- Jefferson Airplane – White Rabbit (Grace Slick, Woodstock, aug 17 1969)
- Grateful Dead October 17,18,&19 1974 Winterland San Francisco CA
- Moby Grape – It’s A Beautiful Day Today (1968)
- Boz Scaggs – We’re All Alone (Live-HQ)
- Elvin Bishop – Full Concert – 06/15/73 – Winterland (OFFICIAL)
- Charlie Musselwhite Band ‘Christo Redemptor’
- The Band – The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down
- B.B. King – “The Thrill Is Gone” (LIVE @ Crossroads Guitar Festival)
- Watch Aretha Franklin Make President Obama Emotional – Natural Woman
- “White Lies” Nils Lofgren & Grin
- Steel Mill – He’s Guilty (Send That Boy To Jail) (Live At The Matrix 1970)
- Steel Mill – Goin’ Back To Georgia 1970
- Robbin Thompson Band – “Brite Eyes”
- Van Morrison – Wavelength – 2/1/1979 – Belfast (OFFICIAL)
- Joe Cocker Mad Dogs – Cry me a River 1970.wmv
- Southside Johnny & the Asbury Jukes – You Mean So Much To Me – 7/30/1977 (Official) (written by Bruce)
- Gary US Bonds – Quarter to Three 1961
- King Curtis – A Whiter Shade of Pale
- Jr Walker & Allstars – Shotgun
- 1961 Dion-Runaround Sue
- The Partridge Family – Doesn’t Somebody want to be wanted
- SUNDANCE BLUES BAND – Ballad Of Jesse James (’71)
- Bob Dylan – Highway 61 Revisited with Bruce Springsteen and Neil Young 1994
- Mr. Tambourine Man (Live at the Newport Folk Festival. 1964)
- The Times They Are A-Changin’ (Bob Dylan Tribute) – Bruce Springsteen – 1997 Kennedy Center Honors
- Billie Holiday – Strange Fruit
- Bruce Springsteen – Saint In The City (London ’75)
- Growing Up – Bruce Springsteen meets Clarence ’85, The Best!
- Rare Bruce Springsteen: If I was the Priest
- Arabian Nights, solo acoustic demo 1972
- Dave Van Ronk – Cocaine
- Biff Rose – Spaced Out / I’ve Got You Covered
- Birtha-OGWT “I Can’t Stop The Madness” from 24/4/73
- David Blue Live: Another One Like Me & Come On John (“Stories”)
- Jackson Browne 1977 Running on Empty
- Odetta – Battle Hymn Of The Republic
- Wild Billy’s Circus Story (Circus Song) Bruce Springsteen 1973 PRO SHOT by CBS
- JAMES TAYLOR LIVE AT THE BBC 1970 (FULL CONCERT)
- Elliott Murphy A Touch of Kindness
- John Prine – Sam Stone
- Loudon Wainwright – Glad To See You Got Religion
- Lost in the Flood – Springsteen – MetLife#2 Aug 25, 2016
- Does This Bus Stop at 82nd Street? – Springsteen – Tampa March 23, 2012
- Bruce Springsteen – For You (piano)
- Bruce Springsteen – Spirit in the Night – Live 1973 in Los Angeles
- Bruce Springsteen – Blinded By The Light – Brisbane, Australia 16 March 2013
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