After over a year of no shows, fans wondering how Bruce Springsteen would manage in a post-Clarence Clemons world got their answer last week. On Thursday and Friday Bruce treated fans to two epic 3 1/2 hour shows with his longtime friend Joe Grushecky & the Houserockers serving as house band. The shows featured tons of rarely played tunes and without the safety net of the E-Street band, one can assume these shows featured a Bruce fans rarely get to see.
Looking at the setlists, the performance that made my mouth water is the stunning, first ever acoustic performance of the classic "Incident on 57'th Street" (see it below). For the die hard Bruce freaks, it truly is a performance for the ages.
While I would certainly miss the powerhouse that is Bruce and the E-Street band, one has to wonder if Bruce will continue that without his longtime partner Clarence Clemons. If he chooses not to, at least these performances gave fans the confirmation that while Bruce may have lost his "big man", he has not lost his passion for the power and glory that is rock and roll!
November 4, 2011
Dancing in the Dark
solo acoustic
Your Own Worst Enemy
Incident on 57th Street
I'll Work For Your Love
with Joe Grushecky & the Houserockers
Darkness on the Edge of Town
Never Be Enough Time
Another Thin Line
Because the Night
Radio Nowhere
I'm Not Sleeping
Two Hearts
A Good Life
Code of Silence
Waitin' on a Sunny Day
Johnny 99
Save My Love
Talking to the King
Adam Raised a Cain
Pumping Iron
Light of Day
* * *
Hungry Heart
The Promised Land
Glory Days
Down the Road Apiece
Brown Eyed Girl
Pink Cadillac
Twist and Shout (with La Bamba intro)
No Surrender (solo acoustic)
Does This Bus Stop at 82nd Street (solo acoustic)
Surprise, Surprise (solo acoustic)
Thunder Road (acoustic with Joe Grushecky)
November 3, 2011
Dancing in the Dark
solo acoustic ("opening for Joe")
For You
Land of Hope and Dreams
I'll Work For Your Love
with Joe Grushecky & the Houserockers
Atlantic City
Never Be Enough Time
Another Thin Line
Because the Night
I'm Not Sleeping
Two Hearts
Save My Love
Code of Silence
Johnny 99
Talking to the King
Waitin' on a Sunny Day
Homestead
Murder Incorporated
Fire
Pumping Iron
Light of Day
* * *
The Promised Land
Glory Days
Down the Road Apiece / Wipeout
Thunder Road (solo acoustic)
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this is probably not a message that E Street is finished but it does confirm that Bruce continues post-Clarence.
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