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Phish and Bruce Springsteen live at Bonnaroo 2009 – Glory Days

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Springsteen headlined the Saturday night  (6.13) Bonnaroo Concert, with a 3-hour set.  Phish then played two sets on Sunday night (6.14) to close the festival, and brought Bruce out for three songs – “Mustang” Sally”,  and Springsteen’s “Bobby Jean” and “Glory Days” – to close the first set.  Here is “Glory Days”.  The song is a bit rushed and nothing special UNTIL around the 4:00 mark of the video.  The song takes off with a  twin guitar duel, and Trey then blowing any minds that were left after three days of music….
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pk6ikRcpML4]

Video: Social Distortion's Mike Ness, Springsteen Rock Bruce's 2nd LA Show

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Whether you know it or not, I temper my enthusiasm for Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band. Not everyone likes him, and I’m OK with that. Probably have never been to a show, but whatever.
In honest-to-Telecaster truth, I believe Bruce and the band will, 50 years from now, have gone down in history as the most legendary rock and roll band ever. I have never been disappointed at a live show. Never. I have seen 15. And that ain’t many, I realize, compared to the crazies. He is the gold standard; other artists have to give a killer live show or there’s no love from me.
And it really helps if they write great songs.
Those are the rules, fair or not, when you read the Rockforward blog.
Yet, there is a big, big stack of rock and roll/roots rock/Americana artists and music  I love – all non-Bruce. Great music from hundreds of bands. We have favorites. We have music and bands newly discovered. And there’s lots and lots of music that I hear and turn you on to, because it’s what turns me on. That’s the idea and promise.
And right now, I am loving the video posted today (Friday (4.17) of Springsteen and Social Distortion’s Mike Ness at Bruce’s second night in LA Thursday. They are rocking Social Distortion’s “Bad Luck”. The guitar playing is incredibly rockin’ and just when you think it’s all done…
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EZPpL_gGzlE]
Setlist:
Badlands
Candy’s Room
Outlaw Pete
No Surrender
Adam Raised a Cain
Working on a Dream
Seeds
Johnny 99
Youngstown
Raise Your Hand
Proud Mary
Growin’ Up
Hungry Heart
The Promised Land
The Wrestler
Backstreets
Bad Luck (w/ Mike Ness)
Lonesome Day (w/ Jay Weinberg)
The Rising (w/ Mike Ness and Jay Weinberg
Born to Run (w/ Jay Weinberg)
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Hard Times
Thunder Road
Tenth Avenue Freeze-out
Land of Hope and Dreams
American Land
Glory Days