The Friday Five: Songs of Springsteen

I am starting today what I hope will be a regular feature of this blog. The Friday Five will be a listing of five related items, possibly five news items or something else that may be on my mind. This week I offer my five favorite covers of Bruce Springsteen songs:

1. Dave Edmunds, “From Small Things (Big Things One Day Come)”
2. Johnny Cash, “Highway Patrolman”
3. Robert Gordon, “Fire”
4. Rage Against the Machine, “The Ghost of Tom Joad”
5. Steve Earle, “State Trooper”

(I’d recommend Badlands: A Tribute to Bruce Springsteen’s Nebraska, as well, which is a great collection of artists doing songs from the album.)

Check back Saturday for the Saturday shuffle.

Author: hankkalet

Hank Kalet is a poet and freelance journalist. He is the economic needs reporter for NJ Spotlight, teaches journalism at Rutgers University and writing at Middlesex County College and Brookdale Community College. He writes a semi-monthly column for the Progressive Populist. He is a lifelong fan of the New York Mets and New York Knicks, drinks too much coffee and attends as many Bruce Springsteen concerts as his meager finances will allow. He lives in South Brunswick with his wife Annie. View all posts by hankkalet