Zach Bryan Grateful to Bruce Springsteen After Collaborating on ‘Sandpaper’

Zach Bryan expressed his gratitude to music icon Bruce Springsteen for giving him the opportunity to collaborate on his upcoming album, Great American Bar Scene. Bryan and Springsteen co-wrote the song “Sandpaper”.

On X, formerly Twitter, Bryan posted a photo of his musical idol sitting on a stool with his guitar.

“Thank you @springsteen for a wonderful day, thank you for the kind words, thank you for letting me take this picture, thank you for making my whole life a dream of a younger me, a reason to believe,” Bryan wrote in the caption.

Bryan performed “Sandpaper” at most of his shows on the Quittin’ Time tour. On March 27, 2024, Springsteen surprised everyone by appearing as a guest and performing the song during the encore performance of the concert. The duo later performed “Revival” with Maggie Rogers to close the same show in Brooklyn.

Sources close to Bryan told Rolling Stone that when Springsteen heard that “Sandpaper” was going to be performed at his concert at the time, the boss decided to fly back to New York while on tour just to perform the song with Bryan.

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People had nothing but positive reactions and compliments after listening to Springsteen and Bryan’s “Sandpaper.”

“I’ve been a Springsteen fan for 50 years. The first time I heard Zach Bryan I thought to myself, this guy is singing to the same working class people that Bruce sang to years ago…….. awesome,” one YouTube commenter wrote.

“This is a gift from heaven, Bruce Springsteen saved my life and Zach made me realize the beauty in life, I can’t thank you guys enough for this,” another person praised.

“Bruce always had a strong country sound. Don’t forget, the beat of I’m On Fire was influenced by Johnny Cash… It’s great to see the torch passed down through the generations. Zach, you just made another fan,” one person pointed out.

“Grew up listening to Springsteen in my dad’s car, my brother’s car took me to Zach Bryan, and now they’re there together. Makes me feel like I’m on a road trip to North Carolina with them again,” a fourth person pointed out.

by Bryan Great American Bar Scene also includes country singer collaborations with John Moreland, Noeline Hofmann and John Mayer.

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