This post on a blog from the Orlando Sentinel explains it:
McGuinn and his wife, Camilla, had been on the road and didn't even realize that Springsteen and the band were in town. Until, that is, an email late Wednesday afternoon from guitarist Steven Van Zandt..
"It said, 'Sorry about the short notice, but we're in town and we'd love to have you come by and hang out backstage,' "" McGuinn says. "So we arranged to get down there and then he called and said, 'I told Bruce about it and he'd like to do a song.' ''
Like a couple of teen-age garage-banders, McGuinn and Van Zandt went back and forth a bit -- "What do you wanna do?" "I dunno, what do YOU wanna do?" -- before settling on "Turn, Turn, Turn."
"Steven thought it would be appropriate," McGuinn says.
A car was dispatched to take McGuinn to soundcheck. The band does "Turn Turn Turn," and then Bruce wants to play something else. How about "Mr. Tambourine Man"?
McGuinn first sang the single version, but Springsteen tells him "Is that all? I thought there were more words than that."
"I told him, I know 'em all, if you wanna do 'em all," McGuinn says. "They had a little TelePromTer on the stage, so a guy input the lyrics and I already knew 'em, so we did that, too. It was just an email, a phone call and a little ride down there."
McGuinn, who is preparing to release an abridged best-of version of his Folk Den Project boxed set, says it's not the first time he has played with the Boss.
"I played with Bruce at Tom Petty's birthday party in Encino years ago, so we both knew we knew how to do that," says McGuinn, who was lauded by the Boss on stage for his timeless work with the Byrds:
"I must have listened to those songs over 200 times in the dark," Springsteen told the crowd. "Night after night after night. It's some of the most beautiful music ever written."
McGuinn's reaction on Thursday: "it was heartwarming. I didn't realize the extent to which the Byrds had been an influence on him. I knew I was on his iPod."
Monday, April 28, 2008
Should be glad that we skipped Charlotte.
Yes, it would've been nice to have heard "Wild Billy's..." and "Souls of the Departed", but the songs on the written setlist that DIDN'T get played are why I'm glad we didn't see this show:
Streets of Fire
This Hard Land
I'll Work For Your Love
Independence Day
Kitty's Back
and
STAND ON IT
None of them played.
Streets of Fire
This Hard Land
I'll Work For Your Love
Independence Day
Kitty's Back
and
STAND ON IT
None of them played.
Someday we'll look back on this......
and it will all seem funny. But for now it's flat out hysterical! Great music and great friends make for a truly great weekend. Thanks Glynis and Ray for making it all happen. See ya further on up the road!
I will get the rest of the photos together in an album and post the link when it's ready.
UPDATE:Here's a link to my Picasa
album
I will get the rest of the photos together in an album and post the link when it's ready.
UPDATE:Here's a link to my Picasa
album
Sunday, April 27, 2008
Friday, April 25, 2008
Thursday, April 24, 2008
Kitty's Back
If I had to pick one Bruce song that was my favorite I would have to say it's Kitty's Back. I have seen Kitty live twice (including Danny's last full performance). I love the live version fron the Bottom Line show of Aug 1975. this morning I grabbed by lovely wife's copy of that show and loaded it into Itunes. I have to say that is the best rendition I've heard to date. In listening it sounds like Danny lit a fire with his organ and it caught even Clarence's sax riffs were supercharged. You figure at the time this was a bunch of guys who had nothing to lose and decided to go for it. That rendition of Kitty is one of the many ways I will remember Danny.
My comments
Which were getting WAY to long for the comments section of the prior post!
ok here goes..... and I will start by saying that I was NOT at either of the FLA shows so I don't doubt the intensity or emotion of either of those shows at all. But....
I thought the Tuesday show was a perfect tribute to Danny. The songs all seemed to be chosen very pointedly to create a theme of friendship, loss, and remembrance of days gone by. And with songs like Sandy and Racin' there couldn't have been better choices to highlight those special "Danny" songs.
Danny was buried Tuesday morning "high on the hill in Flemington" which Bruce recounted during Growin' Up. So how they take the stage that same night is beyond me.
Had no idea what to expect for the Orlando show. Does the video remain? Does Charlie still not take the stage for the first song? All those questions now answered along with the set list that unfolded. But as I was checking Backstreets last night to see what was being played, I said to Charlie (my husband not Giordano!) "wow, Bruce is feeling nostalgic". Nothing wrong with that at all, especially considering the circumstances, but in the long run that isn't what I come to Bruce for. And if this trend continues - which basically has thrown the Magic tour out the window in some respects - it's going to start to feel like a Farewell Tour. And who knows, long before Danny's passing that could have been what this tour is. But it didn't feel that way.
I'm not complaining, I am just observing.
It will be VERY interesting to me to see what happens in Atlanta. I almost feel like the Florida shows are going to be isolated as the tribute to Danny and also to recognize that while not intended some people were inconvenienced by the shifting of dates and what not. I think Bruce has genuine concern about that. A lot of people thought he was going to play on through the Florida shows but I knew that couldn't happen and regardless of how it affects people it had to be done. He did his best to make it up to the ticket holders.
I don't really have a good wrap up paragraph for all this other than to say I've been sad for a few days now. Not all day, every day, but I have my moments. Sad for the loss of Danny, Bruce and the band as well as the people in my own "Bruce community" who have gone from my life. I'm sure everyone won't agree but I don't want to see this turn in to a walk down Memory Lane.
ok here goes..... and I will start by saying that I was NOT at either of the FLA shows so I don't doubt the intensity or emotion of either of those shows at all. But....
I thought the Tuesday show was a perfect tribute to Danny. The songs all seemed to be chosen very pointedly to create a theme of friendship, loss, and remembrance of days gone by. And with songs like Sandy and Racin' there couldn't have been better choices to highlight those special "Danny" songs.
Danny was buried Tuesday morning "high on the hill in Flemington" which Bruce recounted during Growin' Up. So how they take the stage that same night is beyond me.
Had no idea what to expect for the Orlando show. Does the video remain? Does Charlie still not take the stage for the first song? All those questions now answered along with the set list that unfolded. But as I was checking Backstreets last night to see what was being played, I said to Charlie (my husband not Giordano!) "wow, Bruce is feeling nostalgic". Nothing wrong with that at all, especially considering the circumstances, but in the long run that isn't what I come to Bruce for. And if this trend continues - which basically has thrown the Magic tour out the window in some respects - it's going to start to feel like a Farewell Tour. And who knows, long before Danny's passing that could have been what this tour is. But it didn't feel that way.
I'm not complaining, I am just observing.
It will be VERY interesting to me to see what happens in Atlanta. I almost feel like the Florida shows are going to be isolated as the tribute to Danny and also to recognize that while not intended some people were inconvenienced by the shifting of dates and what not. I think Bruce has genuine concern about that. A lot of people thought he was going to play on through the Florida shows but I knew that couldn't happen and regardless of how it affects people it had to be done. He did his best to make it up to the ticket holders.
I don't really have a good wrap up paragraph for all this other than to say I've been sad for a few days now. Not all day, every day, but I have my moments. Sad for the loss of Danny, Bruce and the band as well as the people in my own "Bruce community" who have gone from my life. I'm sure everyone won't agree but I don't want to see this turn in to a walk down Memory Lane.
If you thought Tuesday's set list was killer....
....you ain't seen nothing yet. Includes a nice guest appearance from Roger Mcguinn. From last night:
Blood Brothers (Alt. Version)
Night
Radio Nowhere
Out in the Street
Spirit in the Night
The River
Does This Bus Stop at 82nd Street?
Candy's Room
Prove It All Night
She's the One
Livin' in the Future
The Promised Land
Fire
Lost in the Flood
Devil's Arcade
The Rising
Last to Die
Long Walk Home
Badlands
* * *
Turn! Turn! Turn! (with Roger McGuinn)
Mr. Tambourine Man (with Roger McGuinn)
Jungleland
Born to Run
Dancing in the Dark
American Land
Blood Brothers (Alt. Version)
Night
Radio Nowhere
Out in the Street
Spirit in the Night
The River
Does This Bus Stop at 82nd Street?
Candy's Room
Prove It All Night
She's the One
Livin' in the Future
The Promised Land
Fire
Lost in the Flood
Devil's Arcade
The Rising
Last to Die
Long Walk Home
Badlands
* * *
Turn! Turn! Turn! (with Roger McGuinn)
Mr. Tambourine Man (with Roger McGuinn)
Jungleland
Born to Run
Dancing in the Dark
American Land
Wednesday, April 23, 2008
And the show does go on.....
Even on the day they bury their friend they are able to put aside their own pain for a few hours and do what they gotta do. And do it they did it looks like. Bruce, not surprisingly, was able to craft a set list that honored his friend beautifully. Would you expect anything less?
Danny left this world far too soon but look at what he has left behind him. He left an indelible mark on people. He left behind a lot of people who will continue to celebrate his life. We should all be so lucky.
There's tons to read about the show which I'm sure we will all be doing today. But in short here's the set list.
Setlist:
Backstreets
Radio Nowhere
Lonesome Day
No Surrender
Gypsy Biker
4th of July, Asbury Park (Sandy)
Growin' Up
Atlantic City
Because the Night
Darkness on the Edge of Town
She's the One
Livin' in the Future
The Promised Land
Waitin' on a Sunny Day
Brilliant Disguise
Racing in the Street
The Rising
Last to Die
Long Walk Home
Badlands
Out in the Street
* * *
I'll Fly Away
Rosalita
Born to Run
Tenth Avenue Freeze-out
American Land
Danny left this world far too soon but look at what he has left behind him. He left an indelible mark on people. He left behind a lot of people who will continue to celebrate his life. We should all be so lucky.
There's tons to read about the show which I'm sure we will all be doing today. But in short here's the set list.
Setlist:
Backstreets
Radio Nowhere
Lonesome Day
No Surrender
Gypsy Biker
4th of July, Asbury Park (Sandy)
Growin' Up
Atlantic City
Because the Night
Darkness on the Edge of Town
She's the One
Livin' in the Future
The Promised Land
Waitin' on a Sunny Day
Brilliant Disguise
Racing in the Street
The Rising
Last to Die
Long Walk Home
Badlands
Out in the Street
* * *
I'll Fly Away
Rosalita
Born to Run
Tenth Avenue Freeze-out
American Land
Sunday, April 20, 2008
Dave Marsh
don't know if anyone was listening to Sirius but he just did a 2 hour call in show, tribute to Danny. He talked about this post on BTX. I had to go find it and read it for myself http://www.backstreets.com/btx/viewtopic.php?t=88493
He's just ended the show with Blood Brothers from the last show of the Reunion tour and he could barely get the words out to introduce the song. Whew, that was a rough one!
He's just ended the show with Blood Brothers from the last show of the Reunion tour and he could barely get the words out to introduce the song. Whew, that was a rough one!
Saturday, April 19, 2008
Tampa
you know, over the last day or so I have been seriously thinking of heading to Tampa for the return show. At first it felt like something I wanted to be a part of. My own way of mourning maybe. I'm not sure. Told Charlie my thoughts and of course he tells me to do what I gotta do. He's good like that. In fact this morning when I got up he told me that he had been researching flights to Tampa, get a rental car, go to the shows, drive to Ray & Glynis's, I'll meet you in Atlanta. He had it all mapped out for me.
I'm sure it's going to be an emotional night on Tuesday but turning things upside down to be there seems self serving and frivolous to me at the moment. Not to mention that I just feel really sad and I'm not sure sitting at the show, alone, is the best thing for me right now.
So, I think I'm going to take the dough I would have spent on travel expenses and make a donation to Danny's fund. I'll hold on to my memories of those Boston shows for a good, long time!
See you all Friday for a group hug!
Love ya!
Mary Beth
I'm sure it's going to be an emotional night on Tuesday but turning things upside down to be there seems self serving and frivolous to me at the moment. Not to mention that I just feel really sad and I'm not sure sitting at the show, alone, is the best thing for me right now.
So, I think I'm going to take the dough I would have spent on travel expenses and make a donation to Danny's fund. I'll hold on to my memories of those Boston shows for a good, long time!
See you all Friday for a group hug!
Love ya!
Mary Beth
Friday, April 18, 2008
If you want to donate
http://www.thedannyfedericimelanomafund.com/
Read the NEWS page about Danny's trip to Indianapolis.
Read the NEWS page about Danny's trip to Indianapolis.
Thursday, April 17, 2008
Dan Federici
DANNY FEDERICI
Danny Federici, for 40 years the E Street Band's organist and keyboard player, died this afternoon, April 17, 2008 at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York City after a three year battle with melanoma.
Bruce Springsteen's concerts scheduled for Friday in Ft. Lauderdale and Saturday in Orlando performance are being postponed. Replacement dates will be announced shortly.
-------------------------------
The official word from BruceSpringsteen.net
Sad. No other word for it. Sad.
I didn't say this at the time but at that last show in Boston I looked up there at that stage and felt for sure, in my heart, that things would never look that way again. I cried - for Danny, for Bruce, for the band, for the fans, for me. I guess that's the pessimist in me but I just didn't have a good feeling about it all.
I felt an emptiness that night that I don't think I will ever quite be able to explain. Like the things that I had been chasing for the last 22 years were gone. They didn't matter. Where are my seats, how long is the show, how many songs did he play. Who gives a shit? Enjoy what you can while you can with whom you can.
Then there was Indy and I thought to myself well, there's hope. He didn't look great but he was still here. Fightin' it. So when I got the news tonight I must admit I was shocked.
I'm heart broken tonight. For Danny, for Bruce, for the band, for the fans, for me, for us.
Time will move everything forward but the footprint of the E Street Band will never be the same.
Danny was a big part of bringing joy to many. What a great job. Bringing joy to the people.
Peace.
Danny Federici, for 40 years the E Street Band's organist and keyboard player, died this afternoon, April 17, 2008 at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York City after a three year battle with melanoma.
Bruce Springsteen's concerts scheduled for Friday in Ft. Lauderdale and Saturday in Orlando performance are being postponed. Replacement dates will be announced shortly.
-------------------------------
The official word from BruceSpringsteen.net
Sad. No other word for it. Sad.
I didn't say this at the time but at that last show in Boston I looked up there at that stage and felt for sure, in my heart, that things would never look that way again. I cried - for Danny, for Bruce, for the band, for the fans, for me. I guess that's the pessimist in me but I just didn't have a good feeling about it all.
I felt an emptiness that night that I don't think I will ever quite be able to explain. Like the things that I had been chasing for the last 22 years were gone. They didn't matter. Where are my seats, how long is the show, how many songs did he play. Who gives a shit? Enjoy what you can while you can with whom you can.
Then there was Indy and I thought to myself well, there's hope. He didn't look great but he was still here. Fightin' it. So when I got the news tonight I must admit I was shocked.
I'm heart broken tonight. For Danny, for Bruce, for the band, for the fans, for me, for us.
Time will move everything forward but the footprint of the E Street Band will never be the same.
Danny was a big part of bringing joy to many. What a great job. Bringing joy to the people.
Peace.
Wednesday, April 16, 2008
Tuesday, April 15, 2008
"....they broke the mold."
Yesterday would've been Terry Mcgovern's 68th birthday. Bruce played "Terry's Song" last night in Houston. I doubt there was a dry eye in the entire building.
Monday, April 14, 2008
Wednesday, April 9, 2008
Tuesday, April 8, 2008
Pick an opener
Ok, so it seems the show opener has become a total wild card slot. Last night in Anaheim he opens with Light of Day?????
That said pick an opener for Hot-Lanta! Whatta ya wanna hear?
That said pick an opener for Hot-Lanta! Whatta ya wanna hear?
Wednesday, April 2, 2008
The story ......
behind the playing of None But The Brave the other night. Cool story. Good to know there are still cool Bruce stories out there!
The story contains a link to the youtube video if you are interested. Bad video, good audio.
The story contains a link to the youtube video if you are interested. Bad video, good audio.
Tuesday, April 1, 2008
Oh, you witty "fool"-sters at Backstreets
MARCH 31, VANCOUVER: IT'S A BEAUTY WAY TO GOFor the third of their three Magic shows in the Pacific Northwest, Springsteen and the E Street band were clearly a band on a mission. Mission impossible? We thought so, but straight out of the gate last night came "The Price You Pay," a song Springsteen hasn't touched since the River tour. 27 years later, and no rust on this one.
After "Radio Nowhere" and "Lonesome Day," Bruce reached even deeper into his black top hat to pull out another big rabbit:"Crush On You." Yes, it was a difecta of long-lost River cuts, thought to be lost to the sands of time. When Bruce had trouble remembering the chorus (when is this man gonna get a teleprompter?), none other than Garry W. Tallent stepped up to take over lead vocals for the rest of the song. C'est magnifique, Garry!
Otherwise a pretty standard main set, ticking off Magic mainstays like "New York City Serenade," "Pretty Flamingo," and "Jack and Diane," Clarence hanging upside-down from the mic stand right on cue. Bruce was literally checking his watch between songs (and was seen mouthing to Steve, "What time's our flight?" and "Did you pack the Corn Nuts?"), but just when you thought he'd checked out for the night, out came a wildly unpredictable run to end the main set: "Devil's Arcade" right into "The Rising," with "Last to Die" and "Long Walk Home" hot on their heels, capped by "Badlands." Talk about a quintuple-shot surprise.
The encore is where things really got crazy. Or should we say, they really got crazy, eh? That's right, the advance rumors were true, as Canadian songbird Anne Murray took the stage. After a rousing "Protection," Springsteen told the crowd, "Let's have a big hand for Ms. Anne Murray! This has been a long time comin' -- we opened for her in Central Park many, many, many years ago -- some of you probably weren't born yet -- and, and she got booed off the stage. We thought that was funny at the time. Ah, the folly of youth, the folly of youth."
After encouraging Murray to lead the E Streeters through her own "I Just Fall in Love Again," Bruce and Steve began mugging and cracking each other up, even breaking into a slow dance together, rolling their eyes at their once-headliner. It was classic Bruce and Steve! "You know, Bruce," said Murray, her voice breaking as she stopped mid-song, "It's true what everybody always says about you -- you can be a real bastard." Roy's piano work on this one was truly magnificent.
The Canadian flavor continued, as the Guess Who joined in for an "American Woman" / "American Land" medley, and for the standard show-closing "Santa Claus is Comin' to Town" they were joined by Bob & Doug McKenzie, Geddy Lee, and a moose.
Next: The third annual Cabo Wabo Cruise!
After "Radio Nowhere" and "Lonesome Day," Bruce reached even deeper into his black top hat to pull out another big rabbit:"Crush On You." Yes, it was a difecta of long-lost River cuts, thought to be lost to the sands of time. When Bruce had trouble remembering the chorus (when is this man gonna get a teleprompter?), none other than Garry W. Tallent stepped up to take over lead vocals for the rest of the song. C'est magnifique, Garry!
Otherwise a pretty standard main set, ticking off Magic mainstays like "New York City Serenade," "Pretty Flamingo," and "Jack and Diane," Clarence hanging upside-down from the mic stand right on cue. Bruce was literally checking his watch between songs (and was seen mouthing to Steve, "What time's our flight?" and "Did you pack the Corn Nuts?"), but just when you thought he'd checked out for the night, out came a wildly unpredictable run to end the main set: "Devil's Arcade" right into "The Rising," with "Last to Die" and "Long Walk Home" hot on their heels, capped by "Badlands." Talk about a quintuple-shot surprise.
The encore is where things really got crazy. Or should we say, they really got crazy, eh? That's right, the advance rumors were true, as Canadian songbird Anne Murray took the stage. After a rousing "Protection," Springsteen told the crowd, "Let's have a big hand for Ms. Anne Murray! This has been a long time comin' -- we opened for her in Central Park many, many, many years ago -- some of you probably weren't born yet -- and, and she got booed off the stage. We thought that was funny at the time. Ah, the folly of youth, the folly of youth."
After encouraging Murray to lead the E Streeters through her own "I Just Fall in Love Again," Bruce and Steve began mugging and cracking each other up, even breaking into a slow dance together, rolling their eyes at their once-headliner. It was classic Bruce and Steve! "You know, Bruce," said Murray, her voice breaking as she stopped mid-song, "It's true what everybody always says about you -- you can be a real bastard." Roy's piano work on this one was truly magnificent.
The Canadian flavor continued, as the Guess Who joined in for an "American Woman" / "American Land" medley, and for the standard show-closing "Santa Claus is Comin' to Town" they were joined by Bob & Doug McKenzie, Geddy Lee, and a moose.
Next: The third annual Cabo Wabo Cruise!
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