the devil and bruce springsteen
bruce springsteen at an oct. 4 barack obama voter registration rally in philadelphia.
With a year long tour behind him, as well as a pair of high profile campaign performances earlier this month on behalf of Barack Obama, Bruce Springsteen is up for some fun.
This morning he posted a Halloween gift on his website - a free, downloadable, blues-based song, called A Night With the Jersey Devil.
“If you grew up in Central or South Jersey, you grew up with the Jersey Devil,” Springsteen wrote on his site. “Here’s a little musical Halloween treat. Have fun.”
Urban legends, rock ‘n’ roll and The Boss. Halloween doesn’t get any better than that.
I am a native Kentuckian and freelance journalist who has been writing about contemporary music for the Lexington Herald-Leader since 1980. I have not a lick of honest musical talent myself, just a pair of appreciative ears for jazz, folk, blues, bluegrass, Americana, soul, Celtic, Cajun, chamber, worldbeat, nearly every form of rock 'n' roll imaginable and, when pressed, the occasional tango and polka.