The pair performed the song live at one of Bryan's shows in Brooklyn earlier this year
Zach Bryan's new album, The Great American Bar Scenefeatures his song with Bruce Springsteen, “Sandpaper”.
Bryan first teased “Sandpaper” earlier this year, playing the song fairly regularly during a string of dates on his Quittin' Time tour in March. Then, at his March 27 show in Brooklyn, Springsteen made a surprise appearance to perform the song with Bryan during the encore. (Springsteen then stayed on to help Bryan play his usual show, “Revival,” with Maggie Rogers also returning after dueting “Dawns” with Bryan earlier in the concert.)
It's possible that Bryan turned the studio version of “Sandpaper” into a duet with Springsteen after the Brooklyn concert. At the time, a source familiar with Bryan's concert logistics said Rolling rock that Springsteen had flown back to Brooklyn in the middle of his own tour with the E Street Band, and that he had learned “Sandpaper” the day of the show.
Along with Springsteen's appearance on “Sandpaper,” The Great American Bar Scene features Bryan's collaboration with John Mayer, “Better Days.” Bryan also played the song a lot on tour this year, with Mayer joining him for a live cover in Los Angeles in June.
The Great American Bar Scene marks Bryan's fifth studio album and follows the success of his 2023 self-titled record. Bryan announced the LP last month and shared a pair of tracks, “Pink Skies” and “Purple Gas,” ahead of its release. (The latter was originally written and performed by Noeline Hofmann, who duets it with Bryan on The Great American Bar Scene.)
Bryan has shows scheduled through the end of the year. His summer run wraps up on August 26th in Grand Forks, North Dakota, after playing several shows in November and early December, with two nights in Brooklyn on December 18th and 19th.
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