I hadn’t thought of this swell Bruce Springsteen ballad in years. Then it popped up on YouTube and I remembered how much I dig it. I am not the only one: SecondHand Songs.com tells me that there are 31 covers of If I Should Fall Behind. Not a huge number but impressive, especially the quality of the interpretations.

Bruce Springsteen wrote If I Should Fall Behind for his 1992 album Lucky Town.

The featured image shows The Boss behind the bar at a Dublin pub. Party on, Bruce.

We begin with the songwriter:

Dion does a doo-wop version of this week’s song. I doo-wop dig it.

Linda Ronstadt. Say no more.

Robin & Linda Williams come from the same part of Virginia as Dr. A: the Shenandoah Valley. We’ve seen them several times over the years including at a community New Years Eve soiree in Waynesboro.

It’s Margo Timmins without Cowboys Junkies. Did she kick the habit? Discuss amongst yourselves.

Finally, one of my favorite singers and former Squeeze members, Paul Carrack:

That’s it for this week. Let’s drink to getting through the second Trump administration with our wits intact. It’s what Bogie, Betty, and Frank would want. Never argue with them.