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Bruce Springsteen 02/19/03
Somerville Theater, Somerville, MA
Set I
Darkness on the Edge of Town
Adam Raised A Cain
My Father's House
Does This Bus Stop at 82nd Street?
Growin' Up
Freehold
Thunder Road (piano)
Nebraska
The River
Sherry Darling
Set II
Born In The USA
Souls Of The Departed
The Wall
Bobby Jean
My Hometown (piano)
Brilliant Disguise
Stolen Car
It's The Little Things That Count
If I Should Fall Behind (piano)
The Ghost of Tom Joad
Sinola Cowboys
The Rising
Set III
Waitin' On A Sunny Day
The Promised Land
Question and Answer Session
This Hard Land
Comment
During the question and answer session, Bruce also performed parts of "Back in Your Arms," "Across the Border," and "Into the Fire."
Song notes....."The Wall" is a song Bruce wrote with Joe Grushecky after visiting Washington, DC, and the Vietnam Memorial in December 1997. It is a different song than Grushecky's own "On the Wall," which appears on Grushecky's "Fingerprints" album. Bruce gave a line by line description of "Bus Stop," said "Freehold" was a different perspective on "Bus Stop" and "Growin' Up." "Freehold" was not updated since the 1999 version, as Bruce still sang, "A few weeks ago the town council..." "Stolen Car" was the version from "The River." "Souls of the Departed" sounded similar to "State Trooper," with a brooding guitar riff at the beginning of the song. After finishing "Brilliant Disguise," Bruce said that the character in that song was one he'd written about before in "Stolen Car," which was the version from "The River" (as opposed to the "Tracks" version). "The Promised Land" was done in the same arrangement as on "The Ghost of Tom Joad" tour, with Bruce using the guitar as more of a percussion instrument than a guitar. The audience asked the questions, and Bruce seemed very confident and comfortable throughout the question and answer session, handling some unusual questions with humor. The only topic off-limits during the question and answer period was Bruce's hair. Bruce was asked what his favorite song was, and he said it was "Darkness on the Edge of Town," as it was so "central."
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john (0/0) cd-r / 3 View  
K E V I N (0/4.8) cdr / 3 A View   Schoeps mk4>Reutel Heuber>SBM-1>D8 (in hat, ortf, 10th row center)
Bruce Major (0/0) cdr / 3 A 9 View  
Jeremy (0/0) flac / 2 View  
Notes: 710 MB
Jarrett (0/4.7) CDR / 3 View  
Notes: "Doubletake Night"
Marc L (0/5) SHN / 3 View   AUD
Notes: Double Take Night
mjochim (0/0) CDR / 3 A A- View   Schoeps mk4 > Reutel Heuber > SBM-1 > Sony D8
Notes: DoubleTake benefit (acoustic set + Q&A session); missing "This Hard Land"
John Morgan (0/5) cdr / 3 View  
Dave (0/5) CDR / 3 B+ View  
Bob C. (0/0) cdr / 3 View  
Andrew Quinn (0/0) cdr / 3 View  
Notes: Crystal Cat release. 3rd disc includes Q&A sessions from both nights.
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a (0/5) cdr / 3 A- View  
Eric (0/0) CDr / 3 View   Schoeps mk4>Reutel Heuber>SBM-1>D8 (in hat, ortf, 10th row center)
Notes: Solo Acoustic, benefit show
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Milan (0/0) CDR / 1 View  
Harold (0/0) / 0 View  
Bruce Major (0/5) cdr / 3 A 9 View  
Bruce Major (0/5) cdr / 3 A 9 View  
Bruce Major (0/5) cdr / 3 A 9 View  
music_momma (0/2.7) cdr / 3 View  
erik (0/0) shn / 3 View   Original Crystal Cat discs>EAC (Secure)>WAV>Shorten>SHN
Notes: DoubleTake Night
Bob (0/0) cd / 3 View  
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Andy Heilemeier (0/0) Audio / 3 A View   Daud
david (0/0) CD-R / 3 A- View   Audience
Notes: it seems that one track has not been recorded (this hard land) show info (from backstreets.net): The first of two benefit shows for the struggling DoubleTake Magazine, billed as "two intimate evenings of music and conversation." Springsteen took the stage alone for a knockout night of, indeed, both music and conversation. The music -- mostly on acoustic guitar, a few songs on piano -- ranged from Joad tour staples (like "Adam Raised a Cain," "Little Things That Count," and "Sinaloa Cowboys") to long-lost album tracks (like "My Father's House," "Stolen Car," and "Souls of the Departed") to hits, Rising cuts, and a world premiere ("The Wall"). And then there was the Conversation part of the show -- Springsteen chatted between songs, inlcuding a line-by-line explication of "Does this Bus Stop at 82nd Street," and closed out the show with an hour-long Q&A session, taking questions from the audience after pledging to talk about anything... except his hair. Ticket: $500. Show: priceless. Setlist: Darkness on the Edge of Town Adam Raised a Cain My Father's House Does This Bus Stop at 82nd Street Growin' Up Freehold Thunder Road (piano) Nebraska The River Sherry Darling Born in the U.S.A. (12-string) Souls of the Departed The Wall (world premiere, co-written with Joe Grushecky) Bobby Jean My Hometown (piano) Brilliant Disguise Stolen Car Save the Last Dance for Me (partial) Little Things That Count If I Should Fall Behind (piano) The Ghost of Tom Joad Sinaloa Cowboys The Rising Waitin' on a Sunny Day The Promised Land Q&A Session: Includes performances of "Back in Your Arms," "Into the Fire," and "Across the Border" Encore: This Hard Land
david (0/0) CD-R / 3 A- View   Audience (Crystal Cat Version)
Notes: Bruce Springsteen DoubleTake Night Somerville Theatre, Boston, Massachusetts February 19th, 2003 Original Crystal Cat discs>EAC (Secure)>WAV>Shorten>SHN Disc One:- 1:- Intro 2:- DARKNESS ON THE EDGE OF TOWN 3:- ADAM RAISED A CAIN 4:- MY FATHERS HOUSE 5:- DOES THIS BUS STOP? 6:- GROWIN' UP 7:- FREEHOLD 8:- THUNDER ROAD 9:- NEBRASKA 10:- THE RIVER Disc Two:- 1:- SHERRY DARLING 2:- BORN IN THE USA 3:- SOULS OF THE DEPARTED 4:- THE WALL 5:- BOBBY JEAN 6:- MY HOMETOWN 7:- BRILLIANT DISGUISE 8:- STOLEN CAR 9:- LITTLE THINGS THAT COUNT 10:- IF I SHOULD FALL BEHIND 11:- THE GHOST OF TOM JOAD 12:- SINALOA COWBOYS 13:- THE RISING Disc Three:- 1:- WAITIN' ON A SUNNY DAY 2:- THE PROMISED LAND Question & Answer session 3:- BACK IN YOUR ARMS (partial) Question & Answer session 4:- ACROSS THE BORDER Question & Answer session 5:- INTO THE FIRE (partial) Question & Answer session 6:- THIS HARD LAND Bonus Track:- 7:- Blinded By The Light (plus story) from February 20th, 2003.