Sorry to our faithful readers for this not being up earlier today But better late than never, right? To make up for it here's a double video for this week.
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This was a great performance for so many reasons. First and foremost, it's Bruce Springsteen. That can never be a bad thing as far as I'm concerned. Secondly, after the whole "Tonight Show" debacle after Johnny Carson retired, and a war broke out between Jay Leno and David Letterman over who got to host, which Letterman lost and had to take his talent over to CBS to have a rival show, Letterman seemed kind of bitter towards show business. But not that night, Letterman is having a blast, riffing with his band, Bruce and The E Street Band, and the audience. He's off the cuff, and truly enjoying himself. Dave has always been a Bruce fan, and treated him well. Something Bruce has shown his appreciation by, by never doing "The Tonight Show" and staying loyal to Letterman. Very admirable. Thirdly, this was the reunion for the E Street Band after Bruce had broken away in the late 1980's. This was Stevie Van Zandnt's first performance in I believe 10 years with the E Street Band. And finally... It's just a damn good performance. Bruce and the band were on that night, and the fans in the Ed Sullivan theater got a great performance out of it. It would take another 4 years before the band would fully reunite and tour together, but this definitely laid the groundwork, and shown them that the world had not forgotten the legendary E Street Band.
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