Bruce Springsteen drops by Little Steven's album release celebration to play a trio of tunes
Little Steven & The Disciples of Soul were late into a scorching set Saturday night at the Saban Theatre in Beverly Hills, celebrating their just released album Summer of Sorcery, when things got even hotter as they welcomed a guest: Bruce Springsteen.
Van Zandt’s partner in crime joined his stellar 15-piece band to help belt out three tunes.
Guitar-less and fancy free, a spirited and smiling Springsteen first traded verses with Van Zandt, erstwhile Sopranos mobster Silvio Dante, on his own “Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out,” subbing “Little Steven” in the spot where he normally shouts out the late Clarence Clemons. The Disciples of Soul, replete with a 5-man horn section, three of the hardest working back-up singers we have ever seen and a nimble percussionist, were a perfect match for the swaggering classic. The pair, along with help from other band members, then performed Van Zandt’s anti-Apartheid anthem “Sun City.” (The 1985 protest song originally featured an insanely eclectic, star-studded line-up including everyone from Lou Reed to Run-DMC to Miles Davis to Hall & Oates to Springsteen himself, who reprised his lyrics from the song. No one attempted the rap passages.) They wound up their trio of songs, all of which they shared a microphone for, with a heartfelt take of “I Don’t Want to Go Home” by New Jersey brethren Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes and penned by Van Zandt.
It was a thrilling capper to a sizzling show that highlighted the classic rock sounds of Van Zandt’s new album. The Little Steven & the Disciples of Soul world tour comes to the U.S. and Canada beginning June 29 in Syracuse.
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