“Ghosts” by Bruce Springsteen

"Ghosts" was the second taste of Letter to You, going out as a single on September 24, 2020, with Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band all hands on deck. It's a song about what it feels like to be in a band, the thrill of the noise you make together and the grief of watching your mates get taken by sickness and the years, and the video tips its hat to George Theiss, Clarence Clemons and Danny Federici.

It roars like one of the rockers off The River, souped up, as Rolling Stone put it. Springsteen, Little Steven and Nils Lofgren stack the guitars, Roy Bittan and Charles Giordano fill in piano and organ, Jake Clemons blows sax, Garry Tallent and Max Weinberg drive the engine, and Patti Scialfa joins the gang vocals. Springsteen produced with Ron Aniello, and Bob Clearmountain mixed.

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