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Bruce Springsteen
last updated 2026-09-11 11:26
Bruce Springsteen
Plays on LTZ: (historical total not available beyond this vault's episode folders)
Tracks played
Streets of Minneapolis — played 2026-02-12
The Ghost of Tom Joad — played 2026-07-09
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Bruce Springsteen — Streets of Minneapolis
Played: 2026-02-12
Bruce Springsteen — The Ghost of Tom Joad
Played: 2026-07-09
Title track of Springsteen's stark, largely acoustic 1995 album. Directly invokes Tom Joad from Steinbeck's The Grapes of Wrath (and Woody Guthrie's own "Tom Joad" ballad), recasting Depression-era displacement into a portrait of 1990s American poverty. Later became a signature Rage Against the Machine cover, giving it a second life for a different generation.
Bruce Springsteen
Origin: Freehold/Long Branch, New Jersey, US · born September 23, 1949 · active since the mid-1960s
Members: Solo artist, most often recording and touring with the E Street Band (past and present members include Clarence Clemons, Max Weinberg, Roy Bittan, Steven Van Zandt, Nils Lofgren, Patti Scialfa, Garry Tallent, and Danny Federici)
Genre: Rock, heartland rock, folk rock
Discography:
Born to Run (1975) — Columbia
Darkness on the Edge of Town (1978) — Columbia
The River (1980) — Columbia
Nebraska (1982) — Columbia — stark solo acoustic record
Born in the U.S.A. (1984) — Columbia — one of the best-selling albums of all time
Tunnel of Love (1987) — Columbia
The Ghost of Tom Joad (1995) — Columbia
Facts:
The E Street Band takes its name from a street in Belmar, NJ, where keyboardist David Sancious's mother lived and where the band held some of its earliest rehearsals.
"The Ghost of Tom Joad" was later covered by Rage Against the Machine, giving the song a second life with a very different audience.