Bruce Springsteen - Jole Blon - Live from Melbourne (02/15/2014)

"Jole Blonde" is a traditional Cajun waltz, often called "the Cajun national anthem" because of the popularity it had in Cajun culture. The song was then later popularized on a nationwide scale by a series of renditions and references in late 1940s country songs. It has been the subject of occasional cover later in the 20th century by Cajun and classic country revival bands. The original Cajun version is a brief address to a "pretty blonde" who had left the singer and moved back in with her family, and is also now in the arms of another man. The singer concludes that plenty of other pretty blonde women are around. The fiddle-based melody dates to before the 1900s. Bruce recorded Jole Blon in studio with the E Street Band in early 1980 and also recorded a version as a duo with Gary U.S. Bonds which was released on Bonds' 1981 album Dedication. The Gary U.S. Bonds and Bruce Springsteen version of Jole Blon has almost nothing in common, lyrically or musically, with the earlier Cajun versions. Bruce has covered the song 38 times: 2017-02-21 AMI Stadium, Christchurch, New Zealand 2017-02-18 Hope Estate, Hunter Valley, Australia 2017-02-16 Brisbane Entertainment Centre, Brisbane, Australia 2016-07-31 Letzigrund, Zurich, Switzerland 2016-06-27 Ullevi, Gothenburg, Sweden 2014-02-15 AAMI Park, Melbourne, Australia 2013-06-18 Hampden Park, Glasgow, Scotland 2012-09-22 MetLife Stadium, East Rutherford, NJ 2012-09-21 MetLife Stadium, East Rutherford, NJ 2009-11-15 Bradley Center, Milwaukee, WI 2009-09-12 Ford Amphitheatre, Tampa, FL 2003-04-29 Count Basie Theatre, Red Bank, NJ 2002-11-02 Tradewinds, Sea Bright, NJ 1993-06-26 Madison Square Garden, New York City, NY 1982-12-31 Harkness House For Ballet Arts, New York City, NY 1982-05-08 Fast Lane (The), Asbury Park, NJ: With Beaver Brown 1982-04-10 Big Man's West, Red Bank, NJ: With Beaver Brown 1982-01-05 Stone Pony (The), Asbury Park, NJ: The Lord Gunner Group was one of the Jersey Shores most popular unsigned groups. 1981-09-13 Riverfront Coliseum, Cincinnati, OH 1981-09-08 Rosemont Horizon, Rosemont, IL 1981-08-20 Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena, Los Angeles, CA 1981-08-17 Red Rocks Amphitheatre, Morrison, CO 1981-08-12 Joe Louis Arena, Detroit, MI 1981-08-04 Capital Centre, Largo, MD 1981-07-30 Richfield Coliseum, Richfield, OH 1981-07-18 Spectrum, Philadelphia, PA 1981-07-11 Big Man's West, Red Bank, NJ: Bruce joins Clarence Clemons and his Red Bank Rockers on stage on the opening night of his new nightclub. 1981-07-09 Brendan Byrne Arena, East Rutherford, NJ 1981-07-08 Brendan Byrne Arena, East Rutherford, NJ 1981-07-06 Brendan Byrne Arena, East Rutherford, NJ 1981-07-05 Brendan Byrne Arena, East Rutherford, NJ 1981-07-03 Brendan Byrne Arena, East Rutherford, NJ 1981-07-02 Brendan Byrne Arena, East Rutherford, NJ 1981-06-15 Old Waldorf, San Francisco, CA: With Gary U.S. Bonds 1981-06-14 Hollywood Bowl, Los Angeles, CA: Fourth annual Survival Sunday anti-nuclear benefit with Jackson Browne and Gary U.S. Bonds as well as Springsteen. 1981-06-08 Birmingham International Arena, Birmingham, England 1981-06-07 Birmingham International Arena, Birmingham, England 1981-06-05 Wembley Arena, London, England