Eric the Blue

It’s been ten years and two days since Prince died, which means it was ten years ago today that Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band played a scheduled concert at the Barclays Center, in Brooklyn. When the musicians took the stage, which was bathed in purple light, they opened with:

I’m going to establish my standing as a music aficionado by stating that Nils Lofgren is highly skilled at the techniques of guitar playing. His hat, I think, is part of the tribute.

Here are a couple more of my favorite covers of Prince compositions that I’ve come across over the years. First, “When You Were Mine,” covered by Lake Street Dive:

And Patti Smith–possibly her favorite Prince song is mine too:

Should include one of him, himself: