Joe Grushecky - WHAT DID YOU DO IN THE WAR

First performance: 22/07/1995

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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

What did you do in the war now Daddy
Did you carry a great big gun
Did you go to the jungle, did you stay in school
Or were you a fortunate son
Did you ever see Jimi or Janis
And did you go to Woodstock too
What did you do in the war now Daddy
Daddy tell me what did you do

What did you do in the war now Daddy
Were you just like Oliver North
Or did you have a football injury to milk for all it was worth
Did you see the Beatles on the Sullivan Show
Did you watch them walk on the moon
What did you do in the war now Daddy
Daddy tell me what did you do

Well I know it was so long ago and your memory fades away
But were you in Ohio on that day in May
Did you dance to the music like Sly and the Family Stone
What did you do in the war now Daddy
Did you go or stay at home

What did you do in the war now Daddy
Did you join the National Guard
Did you give 'em hell like Vice President Quayle
Did you burn your draft card
Did you write any good protest songs
Did you smoke marijuana too
What did you do in the war now Daddy
Daddy tell me what did you do

Oh, what did you do Daddy
Now
Come on
Whoa!