Ten More Covers of Bruce Springsteen's Songs

Bruce Springsteen is turning 60 this week. In honor of him, let's put up ten more covers of his songs from some other great artists. If you missed it, there are ten more favorite Bruce covers from an earlier post on this blog here.

Ten more excellent covers of Bruce Springsteen's songs:

The Hollies - Fourth of July, Asbury Park (Sandy)

David Bowie - It's Hard to Be a Saint in the City

The Band - Atlantic City

Steve Earle - State Trooper (Live)

Johnny Cash - Highway Patrolman

Elvis Costello - Brilliant Disguise

Crooked Fingers - Mansion on the Hill

Damian Jurado & Rosie Thomas - Wages of Sin

Marah - Streets of Philadelphia

John Train Band (featuring Mike Brenner) - Independence Day

The last track was recorded to promote a concert celebrating Springsteen's birthday from Philadelphia's great public radio station WXPN at World Cafe Live on September 23rd. Many tracks were recorded at the XPN studios by local Philly artists who will all be performing these songs live on Wednesday night. The live show will be broadcast on www.xpn.org from 7-10, but in the meantime, check out a playlist of the recorded tracks here or below.



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Ten Favorite Covers of Bruce Springsteen's Songs

I'm not just a Bruce Springsteen fan, I'm one of those freaks who has every official release, a bookful of bootlegs, and a few thousand dollars less in the bank account thanks to all the shows I've been to. But you can only listen to so much Boss. Then you have to listen to people that covered the Boss.

So I decided to put together a list. In the end it was a little difficult, but I narrowed it down to ten favorite covers of Springsteen songs that I think everyone should hear. It also serves as a nice mix for an Itunes playlist.

If you like a particular artist's cover here, please investigate their own stuff further. Here's my top ten.

The Mendoza Line - "Tougher Than the Rest"

Laura Cantrell - "Used Cars"

Emmylou Harris - Racing in the Streets (remastered)

Patty Griffin - "Stolen Car"

Steve Wynn - "State Trooper"

John Wesley Harding - "Jackson Cage"

Cowboy Junkies - "You're Missing"

Pete Yorn - "New York City Serenade"

Johnny Cash - "Further On Up the Road"

Bettye Lavette - "Streets of Philadelphia"

P.S. A few really cool readers brought another one to my attention that I never knew was officially released, but it deserves to be in the good company of this list.

Maria McKee - "Backstreets"