Dear Bruce,
I’ve been a fan for as long as I can remember. From “Born to Run” to “The Rising,” from your orchestral country masterpiece “Western Stars” to your 2020 gem “Letter to You,” always you’re moving us. Always you’re surprising us. With a catalog of songs shot through with self-doubt and hope, loss, and love. Songs populated with characters we know and care about. Crammed with snippets of our lives and yours, radiating with your Catholic impulse toward God’s mercy.
I’ve seen you in concert more times than I’d care to admit (over 50). There’s always something for everyone in your three-plus hour sets: You bring out the horn section and background singers for R&B numbers, break things down country-style with acoustic and steel guitars, then come the gospel-influenced numbers that make the show feel like a revival. With the sets always…
