Springsteen Makes Surprise Appearance at Jersey Club

Bruce Springsteen shocked fans with a surprise appearance during Alejandro Escovedo's Saturday night performance at Asbury Park, New Jersey's Stone Pony. Springsteen joined Escovedo on "Always a Friend," a cover of the Rolling Stones' "Beast of Burden" and "Faith," a track from Escovedo's new studio album Street Songs of Love that features the Jersey legend. According to NJ.com, the performance also marks the first time the Rock Hall legend has performed the Stones' Some Girls classic. (Watch "Beast of Burden" up top, and "Always a Friend" and "Faith" below.)

The appearance marks Springsteen's first non-charity show performance at the Stone Pony since a cameo at a Mike Ness concert in May 2008. He previously teamed with Escovedo in Houston in 2008, when Escovedo joined the E Street Band for "Always a Friend."

Escovedo recently stopped by the Rolling Stone studio for an intimate performance of three tracks off Street Songs of Love (watch it here). Plus, check out David Fricke's review of Escovedo and friends' concert at New York's Bowery Electric last week.

"Always a Friend"

"Faith"

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Song Stories

“Satisfied”

Tom Waits | 2011

Only the genius of Tom Waits could combine the subject of mortality, a reoccurring theme in his work, with wordplay that name checks both Mick and Keith, whom he calls "Mr. Jagger" and "Mr. Richards," and the title of their magnum opus, "Satisfaction." And to show just how cool Waits really is, he even got Mr. Richards to play along, one of nine guest appearances the guitarist has made on three Waits albums. "This growling roadhouse stomp is a late-breaking response to the Stones' greatest hit," Rolling Stone said of the track.

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