On Saturday May 17th Springsteen joined Mike Ness (ex-Social Distortion) onstage at the second of two shows Ness had at the Stone Pony club in Asbury Park, NJ. Bruce joined for 5 songs during the encores, including the classic «I Fought The Law».
Both had formerly worked together on Ness’ 1999 album Cheating at Solitaire, which had Springsteen singing and playing guitar on some songs.
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No rest for Springsteen. During the break between the American and European legs of the Magic tour he found time again for another show in a small venue: The Stone Pony in Asbury Park. The yearly benefit show for his kid’s school, which only parents and teachers can attend, featured the usual mix of oldies and original songs.
Backed by Bobby Bandiera and his band, with help from Southside Johnny and Patti Scialfa, Springsteen played for nearly two and a half hours. The set list included lots of soul covers (Sam & Dave’s «Hold On I’m Coming», Marvin Gaye’s «It Takes Two», «Tell Him» or «Time is On My Side»), rock classics («Detroit Medley», «Seven Nights to Rock» or «Twist and Shout») plus a variety of his own tunes, from the obvious («Darlington County», «Rendezvous», «Thunder Road» -done solo on electric guitar- or «Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out») to the more obscure or unusual («Man’s Job», «The Fever», «Cover Me», «From Small Things» or «Pink Cadillac») including the recent «Girls in their summer clothes».
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Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band in a theatre! Something that hadn’t happened since 1980, early on The River tour. Though originally announced as «An Evening with Bruce Springsteen» it was finally a Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band concert. Yesterday’s show raised $3 million as a benefit for the theatre.
If seeing Bruce and the E Street Band in a theatre is already a major event, it’s even bigger when the concert is, indeed, a unique event. As Bruce announced this was «something we’ve never done before and you’re not gonna see anywhere else».
And unique it was, as they performed both Darkness and Born to Run (the albums) in their entirety and its original order. The evening started with the full Darkness album, from «Badlands» to «Darkness on the edge of town», being performed. After a short pause, like in the old times, the band came back onstage to perform Born to Run in full, from «Thunder Road» to «Jungleland», and with a little help: The Max Weinberg Horns (Mark Pender, La Bamba, Jerry Vivino and Ed Manion) came onstage for «Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out», during which Bruce jumped to the front rows and onto the seats, like in the old times.
Come encore time, four more jewels: the 1975 outtake «So Young and In Love» followed by «Kitty’s Back», «Rosalita» and «Raise Your Hand», with Bruce jumping on the piano and the horns in full force (for all four songs).
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Video: New Jersey’s Channel 12 TV report.
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