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In the season six finale, Kirk takes a deep dive into Bruce Springsteen's signature song, 1975's "Born to Run." It's all here: tremolo guitar riffs, glockenspiel arpeggios, endless sus chords, and a sax solo for the ages. Baby, we were born for it. Written by: Bruce Springsteen Produced by: Springsteen, John Landau, and Mike Appel Album: Born to Run , 1975 Listen/Buy via Lynkify ALSO REFERENCED/DISCUSSED: "Tenth Avenue Freeze Out" and "Thunder Road" from Born to Run, 1975 Born to Run live at Madison Square Garden, 2000 , and live in Belfast, 2024 Wings for Wheels: The Making of Born to Run , 2005 Bruce Springsteen: All The Songs: The Story Behind Every Track by Jean-Michel Guesdon and Philippe Margotin ----LINKS----- SUPPORT STRONG SONGS! Paypal | Patreon.com/Strongsongs MERCH STORE store.strongsongspodcast.com SOCIAL MEDIA IG: @Kirk_Hamilton | Threads: @Kirk_Hamilton NEWSLETTER newsletter.kirkhamilton.com JOIN THE DISCORD https://discord.gg/GCvKqAM8Sm STRONG SONGS PLAYLISTS Spotify | Apple Music | YouTube Music SHOW ART Tom Deja, Bossman Graphics -------------------- JUNE 2024 WHOLE-NOTE PATRONS Robyn Metcalfe Brian Templet Cesar Bob Tucker Corpus Frisky Ben Barron Catherine Warner Damon White Kaya Woodall Jay Swartz Miriam Joy Rush Daniel Hannon-Barry Christopher Miller Jamie White Christopher McConnell David Mascetti Joe Laska Ken Hirsh Melanie Andrich Jenness Gardner Paul Delaney Dave Sharpe Sami Samhuri Jeremy Dawson AccessViolation Andre Bremer Dave Florey JUNE 2024 HALF-NOTE PATRONS Samantha Coates James Mark Nadasdi Jeff Dan Cutter Joseph Romero Ol Parker John Berry Danielle Kriz Michael York Clint McElroy Mordok’s Vape Pen Inmar Givoni Michael Singer Merv Adrian Joe Gallo Lauren Knotts Dave Kolas Henry Mindlin Monica St. Angelo Stephen Wolkwitz Suzanne Rand LeShay Max eric sp Matthew Jones Thomas Anthony Mentz James McMurry Ethan Laser Brian John Peter Chris Remo Matt Schoenthal Aaron Wilson Dent Earl Carlos Lerner Misty Haisfield Abraham Benrubi Chris Kotarba Callum Webb Lynda MacNeil Dick Morgan Ben Stein Susan Green Grettir Asmundarson Sean Murphy Alan Brough Randal Vegter Go Birds! Robert Granat dave malloy Nick Galloway Heather J john halpin Peter Harding David John Bauman Martín Salías Stu Baker Steve Martino Dr Arthur A Gray Carolina Gary Pierce Matt Baxter Luigi Boccia E Margaret Warton Charles McGee Catherine Clause Ethan Bauman KenIsWearingAHat Jordan Block Aaron Wade Jeff Ulm David Futter Jamie Deebs Portland Eye Care Richard Sneddon Cliff Whitlock Janice Berry Doreen Carlson David McDarby Wendy Gilchrist Elliot Rosen Lisa Turner Paul Wayper Miles Forman Bruno Gaeta Kenneth Jung Adam Stofsky Zak Remer Rishi Sahay Jeffrey Bean Jason Reitman Ailie Fraser Rob Tsuk NATALIE MISTILIS Josh Singer Amy Lynn Thornsen Adam W Kelli Brockington Victoria Yu mino capossela Steve Paquin David Joske Bernard Khoo Robert Heuer David Noah Geraldine Butler Madeleine Mader Jason Pratt Abbie Berg Doug Belew Dermot Crowley Achint Srivastava Ryan Rairigh Michael Berman Linda Duffy Bonnie Prinsen Liz Seger Eoin de Burca Kevin Potter M Shane Borders Dallas Hockley Jason Gerry Nell Morse Nathan Gouwens Lauren Reay Eric Prestemon Cookies250 Damian Brady Angela Livingstone Diane Hughes Michael Casner Lowell Meyer Stephen Tsoneff Joshua Hill Geoff Golden Pascal Rueger Randy Souza Clare Holberton Diane Turner Tom Coleman Dhu Wik Melmaniac Eric Helm Jonathan Daniels Michael Flaherty Caro Field michael bochner Naomi Watson David Cushman Alexander Chris K Gavin Doig Sam Fenn Tanner Morton AJ Schuster Jennifer Bush David Stroud Brad Callahan Amanda Furlotti Andrew Baker Andrew Fair L.B. Morse Bill Thornton Brian Amoebas Brett Douville Jeffrey Olson Matt Betzel Nate from Kalamazoo Melanie Stivers Richard Toller Alexander Polson Earl Lozada Justin McElroy Arjun Sharma James Johnson Kevin Morrell Colin Hodo ----LINKS----- 💰 SUPPORT STRONG SONGS! Patreon | One-Time Donation 🏠 HOMEPAGE 👚 MERCH 💬 DISCORD SERVER 📬 KIRK'S NEWSLETTER 🎸 KIRK'S GEAR & INSTRUMENTS 🎶 KIRK'S MUSIC 📷 KIRK’S SOCIAL MEDIA: Instagram | Bluesky 🎧 EVERY STRONG SONG: Spotify | Apple Music | YouTube Music 🎨 SHOW ART: Tom Deja, Bossman Graphics