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Bruce Springsteen, "The Weight"
"Just his voice and his drumming were so incredibly personal… It comes out of a certain place in the past, and you can't replicate it."
—Nevertheless, Bruce Springsteen sang The Band's "The Weight" last night in honor of Levon Helm at the Prudential Center in Newark. [Via]
Lovely tribute.
The comment section of The Awl probably isn't the right place for me to fan out on Bruce but I do just want to mention that this was an audience request. Bruce killed this cover–solo and acoustic–completely impromptu
I think it is the right place.
Wow. Great. When was the last time Levon himself heard a crowd that big sing his song?