Premiere: Joe Grushecky - 'Goodbye Steeltown:' Watch Here First

Grammy-award winning singer-songwriter Joe Grushecky has not one, but two releases coming up. May 24 will see the career-spanning Houserocker: A Joe Grushecky Anthology and July 12 he'll be releasing new material on Can't Outrun a Memory. Watch and listen to the premiere for "Goodbye Steeltown" below.

"The steel industry was a defining part of our lives growing up in coal country as a kid and living in Pittsburgh as an adult. There was no escaping it. I vividly remember reading the newspaper one morning in 1984 about another steel mill shutting down. I recall saying out loud to nobody in particular, 'That’s it. Goodbye Steeltown.' I grabbed my guitar and the song just poured out of me."

Houserocker: A Joe Grushecky Anthology is a dedicated love letter to the Houserockers bandleader/singer/songwriter/guitarist who has been an Asbury Park, New Jersey fixture since before it was cool and has had the pleasure of calling Bruce Springsteen not only an occasional onstage partner but his producer as well, for his 1995 album American Babylon.

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Anthology covers a 40-year span that encompasses 36 tracks and will be available digitally or as a 2CD collection, complete with a booklet of liner notes and rare photos.

Houserocker: A Joe Grushecky Anthology tracklist:

CD 1

1. I Can't Take It
2. Hideaway
3. Love's So Tough
4. Have A Good Time (But Get Out Alive)
5. Pumping Iron
6. We're Not Dead Yet
7. Junior's Bar
8. Blood On The Bricks
9. A Fool's Advice
10. Friday Night
11. Rock And Roll Heart
12. American Son
13. Angels
14. I Should Have Never Let You Go
15. Goodbye Steeltown
16. Rock And Real
17. How Long
18. Swimming With The Sharks

CD 2

1. Talking To The King
2. Chain Smokin'
3. Never Be Enough Time
4. Labor Of Love
5. Everything's Going To Work Out Right
6. I'm Not Sleeping
7. Coming Home
8. You And Tonight
9. Fingerprints
10. True Companion
11. A Good Life
12. Code Of Silence
13. East Carson Street
14. Another Thin Line
15. Somewhere East Of Eden
16. Who Cares About Those Kids
17. More Yesterdays Than Tomorrows
18. Blood Sweat And Beers

Grushecky and The Houserockers have also readied a second album, this one of new material for release July 12. Can't Outrun A Memory is the band's first studio collection since 2017's More Yesterdays Than Tomorrows.

"This one was a long time coming," says Grushecky in a press release on Can’t Outrun A Memory, "but we worked through never losing sight that we were creating one of our best records. I believe we captured the band at its peak."

Can't Outrun A Memory tracklist:

1. This Is Who We Are
2. Here In '68
3. Can't Outrun A Memory
4. Just Drive
5. Sleeping Dog
6. Until I See You Again
7. If These Walls Could Talk
8. We Gotta Get Out Of This Place
9. Living In Coal Country
10. Who's Fooling Who
11. Rocked My Soul
12. Let's Cross The Bridge
13. Can't Outrun A Memory (coda)
14. Leave Well Enough Alone [Bonus Track]
15. Sleeping Dog (Horn Version) [Bonus Track]
16. Living In Coal Country (Acoustic Version) [Bonus Track]
17. Here In '68 (Acoustic Version) [Bonus Track]

Both releases can be pre-ordered here. And here's a listing of where you can catch Grushecky and The Houserockers in the upcoming weeks:

May 25 – Pittsburgh, PA @ Bottlerocket *Anthology release show

May 31 – Connellsville, PA @ Yough River Rally

June 29 – Pittsburgh, PA @ Club Cafe

July 20 – Asbury Park, NJ @ Wonder Bar

July 27 – Pittsburgh, PA @ City Winery *Can’t Outrun A Memory release show

August 3 – Vienna, VA @ Jammin' Java