25 years ago today (6/4/00), Bruce Springsteen premiered his original song “American Skin (41 Shots)” with the E-Street Band at Atlanta’s Phillips Arena. The song was inspired by the police shooting death of a 23-year-old Guinean immigrant Amadou Diallo who was mistaken for a rape suspect. The song would later appear on the Live in New York City live album, which documented Bruce Springsteen and the E-Street Band’s reunion tour, before being released in a new studio version recorded in 2013 on his 2014 album, High Hopes. Check out the live version…
