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Am Samstag Abend stieg das Abschlusskonzert der “Light of Day” Konzertserie im “Paramount Theatre” in Asbury Park, NJ (wir berichteten hier und hier).

Wie bereits vermutet, kam Bruce Springsteen gegen Mitternacht als Stargast auf die Bühne und spielte mit seinem Freund Joe Grushecky ein zweistündiges Konzert. Zuvor performte der “Boss” mit Garland Jeffreys “Wild in the Street” und mit Willie Nile “One Guitar”.

Setlist mit Joe Grushecky & the Houserockers:

Incident on 57th Street (Acoustic)
East Carson Street (nur Joe Grushecky)
Darkness on the Edge of Town
Never be Enough Time
Adam Raised a Cain
Save my Love
Talk To the King
Atlantic City
Johnny 99
I’m not Sleeping
Because the Night (mit John Eddie, Garland Jeffreys & Willie Nile)
Waiting on a Sunny Day
Pumping Iron (mit Max Weinberg)
Light of Day
The Promised Land
Twist and Shout
Thunder Road (Acoustic)

Videos und Bilder:

Viele Bilder findet man hier: http://rring.shutterfly.com/514

NJ.com berichtet:

Bruce Springsteen plays fun, loose 2-hour set at Light of Day in Asbury Park on Saturday night
It’s a show fans lucky to be at the sold-out Paramount Theatre in Asbury Park on Saturday night will not soon forget.
Bruce Springsteen played for close to two hours with Joe Grushecky and the Houserockers at part of Light of Day 12 to benefit Parkinson’s Disease. Springsteen also played with two other artists and played a magical acoustic “Incdent on 57th Street” before joining Joe Grushecky and his band.
By the time, the show ended at 2:10 a.m., with the crowd singing along on an acoustic “Thunder Road,” fans walked away knowing they had just witnessed a great night of music. It was a fun, loose and determined Springsteen performing a 16-song set. He looked ready and set to begin his world tour with the E Street Band coming up in two months.
Bruce’s first appearance of the evening was when he joined Garland Jeffreys for “Wild in the Streeet.”
He later joined Willie Nile for a very powerful “One Guitar.”
Springsteen began his own set shortly after midnight on acoustic guitar.
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Mehr Infos:

• “Light of Day” auf stonepony.de
• Bruce Springsteen Setlists 1964 – 2012

Bruce Springsteen war gestern – 13. Januar 2012 – in Asbury Park, NJ zu Gast, um mit einer Filmcrew ein Video zu drehen. Der Ort der Aufnahmen ist leider nicht bekannt.

Am Samstag Abend – 14. Januar 2012 – findet im “Paramount Theatre” das grosse “Light of Day” Abschlusskonzert statt (wir berichteten hier). Neben David Bromberg, Joe Grushecky & The Houserockers, Willie Nile, Garland Jeffreys, Joe D’Urso & Stone Caravan ist ausserdem Southside Johnny mit seiner Folkband “The Poor Fools” am Start. Eventuell wird Bruce Springsteen als Stargast auf die Bühne kommen.

Mehr Infos:

• “Light of Day” auf stonepony.de
• “Greetings from Asbury Park” – The Asbury Park Sound
• Bruce Springsteen Setlists 1964 – 2012

Joe Grushecky und Bruce Springsteen traten am 3. und 4. November 2011 in Pittsburgh, PA auf (wir berichteten hier und hier).
Nun gab Joe Grushecky dem “Rolling Stone” Magazin ein Interview. Er sprach über seine Zusammenarbeit mit Springsteen und lies die beiden Auftritte in der “Soldiers and Sailors Hall” noch einmal Revue passieren.

Ein kurzer Auszug aus dem Interview:

Joe Grushecky Talks Working With Springsteen – and Teaching High School
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Springsteen and Grushecky met in 1980 when the Iron City Houserockers were recording their second LP, Have A Good Time But Get Out Alive! Steve Van Zandt played guitar on the track “Junior’s Bar.” “He was going back and forth between our session and The River with Springsteen and the E Street Band,” says Grushecky. “One night I walked with him to the Power Station and he introduced me to Bruce. Over the years we became friends. We had a lot of similarities in upbringing and age and the whole nine yards. He was playing the same songs in New Jersey that I was playing here in Pittsburgh.”
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They played two more shows at Soliders and Sailors Hall Memorial Hall earlier this month. “We were sort of hanging out this summer and the subject came up,” says Grushecky. “He said that he’d like to do it again. Of course, I was thrilled beyond words. We waited until some free time popped up, and it just coincidentally lined up with the same dates we did last year.” The venue is a beautiful turn-of-the-century museum with a large auditorium, but it’s not made for concerts. “We had to bring in everything, from the generators outside to the sound system and lighting. It was very labor-intensive, but I think the end product was worth it.”
On the second night, the show stretched to three and a half hours. “We had a setlist,” says Grushecky. “But before we went out, Bruce and I discussed that if we were having a good time, we were just going to let it go at the end. It was truly one for the ages. If you’re a football player, you want to play with Joe Montana. If you’re a baseball player, you want to play with Mickey Mantle or Roberto Clemente. Just to be able to keep up with him and hold our own says a lot for the band. We’re the guys down the street who have a band. We’re not highly paid professionals. One guy in the group is a physical therapist. One guy works in wholesale, and another is a welder.
… weiterlesen

Mehr Infos:

• Joe Grushecky | Offizielle Homepage
• Springsteen Live – Alle Setlists von 1964 bis 2011

Einen legendären Abend erlebten die 2200 Zuschauer der zweiten “Bruce Springsteen & Joe Grushecky” Show in Pittsburgh, PA. Die beiden Musiker gaben 32 Songs zum Besten und spielten auch die Klassiker “Incident on 57th Street” und “Adam Raised A Cain”.

Setlist:

Your Own Worst Enemy (Bruce Springsteen Solo)
Incident on 57th Street (Bruce Springsteen Solo)
I’ll Work for Your Love (Bruce Springsteen Solo)
East Carson Street (Joe Grushecky & The Houserockers)
Swimming With the Sharks (Joe Grushecky & The Houserockers)
Darkness on the Edge of Town (Bruce Springsteen und Joe Grushecky)
Never Be Enough Time (Bruce Springsteen und Joe Grushecky)
Another Thin Line (Bruce Springsteen und Joe Grushecky)
Because the Night (Bruce Springsteen und Joe Grushecky)
Radio Nowhere (Bruce Springsteen und Joe Grushecky)
I’m Not Sleeping (Bruce Springsteen und Joe Grushecky)
Two Hearts (Bruce Springsteen und Joe Grushecky)
A Good Life (Bruce Springsteen und Joe Grushecky)
Code of Silence (Bruce Springsteen und Joe Grushecky)
Waiting on a Sunny Day (Bruce Springsteen und Joe Grushecky)
Johnny 99 (Bruce Springsteen und Joe Grushecky)
Save My Love (Bruce Springsteen und Joe Grushecky)
Talk to the King (Bruce Springsteen und Joe Grushecky)
Adam Raised A Cain (Bruce Springsteen und Joe Grushecky)
Pumping Iron (Bruce Springsteen und Joe Grushecky)
Light of Day (Bruce Springsteen und Joe Grushecky)
Hungry Heart (Bruce Springsteen und Joe Grushecky)
The Promised Land (Bruce Springsteen und Joe Grushecky)
Glory Days (Bruce Springsteen und Joe Grushecky)
Down the Road Apiece (Bruce Springsteen und Joe Grushecky)
Brown Eyed Girl (Bruce Springsteen und Joe Grushecky)
Pink Cadillac (Bruce Springsteen und Joe Grushecky)
Twist and Shout (Bruce Springsteen und Joe Grushecky)
No Surrender (Bruce Springsteen und Joe Grushecky)
Does This Bus Stop at 82nd Street (Bruce Springsteen und Joe Grushecky)
Surprise, Surprise (Bruce Springsteen und Joe Grushecky)
Thunder Road (Bruce Springsteen Solo)

Videos:

Mehr Infos:

• 3. November 2011 – Bruce Springsteen & Joe Grushecky Live in Pittsburgh, PA
• Joe Grushecky | Offizielle Homepage
• Springsteen Live – Alle Setlists von 1964 bis 2011

Gestern trat Bruce Springsteen gemeinsam mit Joe Grushecky & the Houserockers in der “Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Hall” in Pittsburgh, PA auf (wir berichteten hier und hier).
Die Show begann gegen 20 Uhr mit der Vorband “The Composure”. Bruce Springsteen gab sich die Ehre und spielte mit der Band den Song “Dancing in the Dark”. Im weiteren Verlauf des Abends gaben Bruce Springsteen und Joe Grushecky Songs wie “Land of Hope and Dreams”, “Talking to the King” (aus dem 1992er Joe Grushecky Album “End of the Century”) und “Pumping Iron” zum Besten. Die Show endete gegen 23.20 Uhr.

Setlist:

Dancing in the Dark (mit “The Composure”)
For You (Bruce Springsteen Solo)
Land of Hope and Dreams (Bruce Springsteen Solo)
I’ll Work for Your Love (Bruce Springsteen Solo)
Atlantic City (Bruce Springsteen und Joe Grushecky)
Never Be Enough Time (Bruce Springsteen und Joe Grushecky)
Another Thin Line (Bruce Springsteen und Joe Grushecky)
Because the Night (Bruce Springsteen und Joe Grushecky)
I’m Not Sleeping (Bruce Springsteen und Joe Grushecky)
Two Hearts (Bruce Springsteen, Joe Grushecky und Johnny Grushecky)
Save My Love (Bruce Springsteen und Joe Grushecky)
Code of Silence (Bruce Springsteen und Joe Grushecky)
Johnny 99 (Bruce Springsteen und Joe Grushecky)
Talking to the King (Bruce Springsteen und Joe Grushecky)
Waitin’ on a Sunny Day (Bruce Springsteen und Joe Grushecky)
Homestead (Bruce Springsteen und Joe Grushecky)
Murder Incorporated (Bruce Springsteen und Joe Grushecky)
Fire (Bruce Springsteen und Joe Grushecky)
Pumping Iron  (Bruce Springsteen und Joe Grushecky)
Light of Day (Bruce Springsteen und Joe Grushecky)
The Promised Land (Bruce Springsteen und Joe Grushecky)
Glory Days (Bruce Springsteen und Joe Grushecky)
Down the Road a Piece (Bruce Springsteen und Joe Grushecky)
Thunder Road (Bruce Springsteen Solo)

Videos:

Mehr Infos:

• Joe Grushecky | Offizielle Homepage
• Springsteen Live – Alle Setlists von 1964 bis 2011

Am 3. und 4. November 2011 ist in Pittsburgh, PA einiges geboten (wir berichteten hier).
Joe Grushecky und Bruce Springsteen geben sich die Ehre und werden die Zuschauer – wie schon im vergangenen Jahr  (siehe hier und hier) – in der “Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Hall” mit handgemachter Rockmusik verwöhnen.
Joe Grusecky sagte in einem Interview, dass er Bruce Springsteen während des Sommers getroffen und weitere Konzerte in Pittsburgh angeregt habe. “Das Setlist wird ähnlich sein, aber es wird sich zum letzten Jahr unterscheiden” sagte Grushecky und kündigte an, dass “wir einige Überraschungen im Ärmel haben werden”.

Post-Gazette.com berichtet:

Bruce Springsteen, Joe Grushecky set to rock
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“We were hanging out this summer for a bit, talking about the show and how fun it was and thought it would be a good idea to do it again,” says Mr. Grushecky, who befriended Mr. Springsteen in the ’80s during the “Born in the U.S.A.” era.
This is a rare privilege for Pittsburghers, as The Boss doesn’t make a habit of running around the country doing shows with the local talent (not that Mr. Grushecky isn’t more than that). With the E Street Band on hiatus, and the future of the band after the death of saxophonist Clarence Clemons up in the air, Springsteen sightings are even bigger events.
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Last year, the set list was wide open, bouncing from Houserockers to E Street Band songs, with The Boss taking lots of guitar solos and also opening the show with a brief acoustic set. In all, he played more than a dozen of his own songs.
“The set list will be similar, but it won’t be the same,” Mr. Grushecky says. “We don’t have much chance to rehearse so we can’t completely retool, but we have a few surprises up our sleeve. We know a bunch of Bruce songs, and we’ll know even more after this week.”
The Houserockers also will be unveiling a new live CD recorded in September at the New Hazlett Theater. “We did 21 songs, 18 of which are different than the last live CD.” Among the additions are “Code of Silence” and “Another Thin Line,” two songs he wrote with Mr. Springsteen.
“With so many people passing away,” Mr. Grushecky says, “I had an epiphany that I should document our band right now.” – Quelle

Mehr Infos:

• Joe Grushecky und Bruce Springsteen Live in Concert
• Joe Grushecky | Offizielle Homepage
• Springsteen Live – Alle Setlists von 1964 bis 2011