Bruce Springsteen
Electric Guitar Solo on
Prove It All Night

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Bruce Springsteen's electric guitar solo on "Prove It All Night" is the second of two solos on this track from Darkness on the Edge of Town, following Clarence Clemons's tenor saxophone. Playing at 117 BPM in A, Springsteen's guitar raises the intensity level beyond the saxophone solo, driving the song toward its climax with urgent, passionate playing. Live performances of this song later expanded the guitar solo into an extended introduction that became legendary among concert audiences, but on the studio recording the solo is a focused, powerful statement that serves the song's narrative of romantic determination.

Bruce Springsteen was 27 to 28 years old at the time.