Queen Kwong Makes Best Damn Bruce Cover In Years!

Written By Mike Greenblatt
Queen Kwong

Photo Credit: Darian Zahedi

“State Trooper,” from Bruce’s 1982 Nebraska, gets an overdue overhaul courtesy of Carre Kwong Callaway of Los Angeles who records as Queen Kwong. It’s off her Strangers EP where she also interprets the Stones (“Sympathy For The Devil”), Chris Isaak (“Baby Did A Bad Thing”) and Velvet Underground (“I Found A Reason”). Kwong shot this clip at the studio of The Cure’s Roger O’Donnell in England. Discovered by Trent Reznor of Nine Inch Nails, she’s been at it for 19 years. Three albums and two EPs later, she says she’s “nearly finished with a new full-length.” Reportedly, her friends in The Strokes, The Dandy Warhols and The Black Keys will contribute their talents to its 2025 release. For now, though, we have her haunting gender-reversal of this sterling composition.

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Mike Greenblatt

MIKE GREENBLATT has been writing for Goldmine magazine and New Jersey's Aquarian Weekly for more than 35 years. His writing subjects fill the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

He's interviewed Joe Cocker, Graham Nash, David Crosby, Carlos Santana, Bruce Springsteen, Paul McCartney, Johnny Cash, and members of The Rolling Stones and The Beatles. He was 18 when he attended Woodstock in 1969.

In addition to writing about music, Greenblatt has worked on publicity campaigns for The Animals, Pat Benatar, Johnny Winter, Tommy James and Richard Branson, among others. He is currently the editor of The Jersey Sound.

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