Most know that Bruce wrote Atlantic City, yet Levon and the Band made it their own. My favorite version by far is the Band cover with Levon on lead vocal and Rick Danko on back up/harmony vocal. This is a brilliant song by any measure
In 1999 she started her own independent label, Bad Dog, and has since released six more albums. Her 2008 release, The Works, combined previously unheard, unpublished Woody Guthrie lyrics with her own music and arrangements. Recently, she’s co-written songs with Katy Perry and with The Courtyard Hounds. Jonatha has written for three Disney films and several television shows, and has composed the theme song for Joss Whedon’s, Dollhouse.
Bridgers, with her haunting vocals and intricate lyrical palette, emerged as the perfect companion for a time that felt suspended between grief and uncertainty. Her music is as much a salve for teenage heartache as it is a balm for the more nuanced ache of adulthood, where the weight of memory often intersects with the raw immediacy of the present.