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Stranger Songs
Tuesday August 29th, 2023 with Mike Regenstreif
Nebraska & Other Songs of Bruce Springsteen

The theme on this edition of Stranger Songs is "Nebraska & Other Songs of Bruce Springsteen." (Photo: Bill Ebbesen) Click on LISTEN NOW to hear this show. Click on LISTEN to hear the current CKCU broadcast.
fragment of The Stranger Song
Leonard Cohen - Songs of Leonard Cohen - Columbia/Legacy Canadian
House of a Thousand Guitars
Bruce Springsteen - Letter to You - Columbia
Born in the U.S.A.
Erik Balkey - Everything is Great - Hudson Harding
I'm On Fire
Harry Manx & Kevin Breit - In Good We Trust - Stony Plain Canadian
My Hometown
Dale Boyle - Small Town Van Gogh - Route 132 Productions Canadian
Factory
Lucinda Williams - The Ghosts of Highway 20 - Highway 20
If I Should Fall Behind
Joy Zimmerman & Katie Dahl - Where the Light Lives - Cultivate Joy New
Land of Hope and Dreams
Bruce Springsteen - Springsteen on Broadway - Columbia
Nebraska
Bruce Springsteen - Nebraska - Columbia
Atlantic City
Finny McConnell - The Dark Streets of Love - True North Canadian
Mansion on the Hill
Aoife O’Donovan - Aoife O’Donovan Plays Nebraska - Yep Roc
Johnny 99
Tim Grimm - Names - Wind River
Highway Patrolman
Johnny Cash - Johnny 99 - Columbia
State Trooper
Fafard & Schwartz - Borrowed Horses - Joël Fafard & Joel Schwartz Canadian
Used Cars
Bruce Springsteen - Nebraska - Columbia
Open All Night
Bruce Springsteen - Nebraska - Columbia
My Father's House
Amy Speace - Tuscon - Windbone
Reason to Believe
The Blue Warblers - Birds - BorderBag Productions Canadian
The Ghost of Tom Joad
Bruce Springsteen - The Ghost of Tom Joad - Columbia
Across the Border
Tom Russell - Appleseed’s 21st Anniversary: Roots and Branches - Appleseed
Thunder Road
Lucy Kaplansky - Everyday Street - Lucy Kaplansky
Hitch Hikin'
Bruce Springsteen - Westen Stars - Columbia
Interactive CKCU
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3:51 PM, August 29th, 2023
JoanneHurley
Good show. Lots of different interpretations as well as the Boss's own. Nebraska has always been one of those albums that live in the psyche a lot longer than some of his others and bubble up when looking for something deeper.

3:55 PM, August 29th, 2023
Mike Regenstreif (host)
Thanks Hillbilly. Thanks Joanne.

3:58 PM, August 29th, 2023
LD
Love the Lucinda Williams and Joy Zimmerman versions!

6:14 PM, August 30th, 2023