Coverinfo
Bruce performed the song 2 times always together with Joe Grushecky :
2006-12-02 - STARLAND BALLROOM, SAYREVILLE, NJ (Light of Day)
The seventh Annual Light Of Day concert
2011-11-04 - SOLDIERS & SAILORS MEMORIAL HALL & MUSEUM, PITTSBURGH, PA (Joe Grushecky)
The second of two nights for Bruce and Joe Grushecky in Pittsburgh.
Songinfo
'A good life'is a song written by Joe Grushecky and released on his 2006 album A Good Life. Bruce Springsteen participated in the recording of this track, sharing vocals and playing guitar with Grushecky. 'A Good Life' is a studio album by Joe Grushecky released on 15 Aug 2006 on Schoolhouse Records. It features Bruce Springsteen on four tracks. He shares vocals and plays guitar with Grushecky on '
Code of silence',
Is she the one and A good life, and only plays guitar on
Searching for my soul. The primary recording sessions for the album took place at studios in West Virginia. However Springsteen, with Toby Scott engineering, worked only from his New Jersey home studio and overdubbed onto Gruschecky's already completed basic tracks.
Other cover versions
Bruce on the artist
Bruce co-wrote some songs with Joe Grushecky
He also contributed to other albums with vocals, guitar, harmonica or mandolin
Bruce contributed on three albums of Joe Grushecky
1995 : AMERICAN BABYLON
2006 : A GOOD LIFE
Is a studio album by Joe Grushecky released on 15 Aug 2006 on Schoolhouse Records. It features Bruce Springsteen on four tracks. He shares vocals and plays guitar with Grushecky on
Code of Silence,
Is she the one and
A Good life, and only plays guitar on
Searching for my soul. The primary recording sessions for the album took place at studios in West Virginia. However Springsteen, with Toby Scott engineering, worked only from his New Jersey home studio and overdubbed onto Gruschecky's already completed basic tracks.
2009 : EAST CARSON STREET
is a studio album by Joe Grushecky released in 2009. Bruce Springsteen participated in the recording of three of the album's tracks; he plays guitar on
East Carson Street, sings duet vocals and plays lead guitar on
Another thin line, and plays lead guitar on
Broken wheel.
Joe Grushecky, so far, had 57 appearances with Springsteen:
1. 1982-07-17 - BIG MAN'S WEST, RED BANK, NJ (Iron City Houserockers)
2. 1984-09-20 - PENNSYLVANIA DECADE, PITTSBURGH, PA (Iron City Houserockers)
3. 1988-03-20 - CIVIC ARENA, PITTSBURGH, PA
4. 1992-12-16 - CIVIC ARENA, PITTSBURGH, PA
5. 1993-11-00 - THRILL HILL WEST, BEVERLY HILLS, CA (Joe Grushecky recording session)
6. 1994-02-00 - THRILL HILL WEST, BEVERLY HILLS, CA (Joe Grushecky recording session)
7. 1994-08-00 - THRILL HILL EAST, RUMSON, NJ (Joe Grushecky recording session)
8. 1994-08-20 - MARZ AMERICAN STYLE, LONG BRANCH, NJ (Joe Grushecky)
9. 1995-04-00 - THRILL HILL EAST, RUMSON, NJ (no performance)
10. 1995-07-22 - TRADEWINDS, SEA BRIGHT, NJ (Joe Grushecky)
11. 1995-10-16 - THE STONE PONY, ASBURY PARK, NJ (rehearsal)
12. 1995-10-17 - THE STONE PONY, ASBURY PARK, NJ (Joe Grushecky)
13. 1995-10-18 - TRAMPS, NEW YORK CITY, NY (Joe Grushecky)
14. 1995-10-19 - ELECTRIC FACTORY, PHILADELPHIA, PA (Joe Grushecky)
15. 1995-10-20 - NICK'S FAT CITY, PITTSBURGH, PA (Joe Grushecky)
16. 1995-10-21 - NICK'S FAT CITY, PITTSBURGH, PA (Joe Grushecky)
17. 1995-10-24 - PARK WEST, CHICAGO, IL (Joe Grushecky)
18. 1996-04-25 - BRIXTON ACADEMY, LONDON, ENGLAND
19. 1996-09-16 - BENEDUM CENTER, PITTSBURGH, PA
20. 1997-12-13 - CHEERS, LONG BRANCH, NJ (Joe Grushecky)
21. 1998-03-02 - NICK'S FAT CITY, PITTSBURGH, PA (Joe Grushecky)
22. 1999-07-09 - HOOLIGANS, LONG BRANCH, NJ (Joe Grushecky)
23. 2000-04-25 - MELLON ARENA, PITTSBURGH, PA
24. 2000-04-26 - MELLON ARENA, PITTSBURGH, PA
25. 2000-11-03 - THE STONE PONY, ASBURY PARK, NJ (Light of Day)
26. 2001-11-03 - TRADEWINDS, SEA BRIGHT, NJ (Light of Day)
27. 2002-11-02 - TRADEWINDS, SEA BRIGHT, NJ (Light of Day)
28. 2002-12-04 - MELLON ARENA, PITTSBURGH, PA
29. 2003-08-06 - PNC PARK, PITTSBURGH, PA
30. 2003-11-01 - THE STONE PONY, ASBURY PARK, NJ (Light of Day)
31. 2004-07-17 - THE STONE PONY, ASBURY PARK, NJ (Joe Grushecky)
32. 2004-11-06 - THE STONE PONY, ASBURY PARK, NJ (Light of Day)
33. 2004-12-02 - HEINZ HALL FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS, PITTSBURGH, PA (Concert for Flood Aid)
34. 2005-07-28 - PETERSEN EVENTS CENTER, PITTSBURGH, PA
35. 2006-02-00 - THRILL HILL EAST, RUMSON, NJ (b) (Joe Grushecky recording session)
36. 2006-06-20 - TWEETER CENTER AT THE WATERFRONT, CAMDEN, NJ
37. 2006-12-02 - STARLAND BALLROOM, SAYREVILLE, NJ (Light of Day)
38. 2007-11-14 - MELLON ARENA, PITTSBURGH, PA
39. 2008-08-19 - HERSHEYPARK STADIUM, HERSHEY, PA
40. 2009-05-19 - MELLON ARENA, PITTSBURGH, PA
41. 2010-01-16 - PARAMOUNT THEATRE, ASBURY PARK, NJ (Light of Day)
42. 2010-11-04 - SOLDIERS & SAILORS MEMORIAL HALL & MUSEUM, PITTSBURGH, PA (Joe Grushecky)
43. 2010-11-05 - SOLDIERS & SAILORS MEMORIAL HALL & MUSEUM, PITTSBURGH, PA (Joe Grushecky)
44. 2011-01-15 - PARAMOUNT THEATRE, ASBURY PARK, NJ (Light of Day)
45. 2011-11-03 - SOLDIERS & SAILORS MEMORIAL HALL & MUSEUM, PITTSBURGH, PA (Joe Grushecky)
46. 2011-11-04 - SOLDIERS & SAILORS MEMORIAL HALL & MUSEUM, PITTSBURGH, PA (Joe Grushecky)
47. 2012-01-14 - PARAMOUNT THEATRE, ASBURY PARK, NJ (Light of Day)
48. 2012-10-27 - CONSOL ENERGY CENTER, PITTSBURGH, PA
49. 2012-10-27 - SOLDIERS & SAILORS MEMORIAL HALL & MUSEUM, PITTSBURGH, PA (Barack Obama Rally)
50. 2014-01-18 - PARAMOUNT THEATRE, ASBURY PARK, NJ (Light of Day)
51. 2014-04-22 - CONSOL ENERGY CENTER, PITTSBURGH, PA
52. 2014-05-22 - SOLDIERS & SAILORS MEMORIAL HALL & MUSEUM, PITTSBURGH, PA (Joe Grushecky)
53. 2014-05-23 - SOLDIERS & SAILORS MEMORIAL HALL & MUSEUM, PITTSBURGH, PA (Joe Grushecky)
54. 2015-01-17 - PARAMOUNT THEATRE, ASBURY PARK, NJ (Light of Day)
55. 2015-07-18 - WONDER BAR, ASBURY PARK, NJ (Joe Grushecky)
56. 2016-02-23 - QUICKEN LOANS ARENA, CLEVELAND, OH
57. 2016-09-11 - CONSOL ENERGY CENTER, PITTSBURGH, PA
Lyrics
A-one, two, three, go
Daddy always told me money don't mean everything
Consider yourself a lucky man, you got a guitar and you still can sing
As usual my Daddy was right
I got two kids, two cats, a good dog and a lucky hat
An old house, a fast car, but I don't go very far
I got a beautiful wife and I'm leading a good life
Well I wake up in the morning at the crack of dawn, hit the clock before it rings
I work hard all day but at quitting time I forget about everything
I walk out those doors and back into the light
Whoa! Hey!
I got two kids, two cats, a good dog and a lucky hat
An old house, a fast car, but I don't go very far
I got a beautiful wife and I'm leading a good life
I'm leading a good life
Just because they sign my check that don't mean they own my soul
It took me a while to figure it out but Daddy now I know
As usual my Daddy was right
I have two kids, two cats, a good dog and a lucky hat
An old house, a fast car, but I don't go very far
I got a beautiful wife and I'm leading a good life
I'm living a good life
I'm living a good life
I'm living a good life
Whoa! Whoa!
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