Bruce at 19

Another joyous Bruce Springsteen concert. Three hours at the Verizon Center in DC. (Came on stage at 8:22 and left at 11:21.) It was my 19th. So I guess that means he has to tour at least once more to make it 20 for me, or maybe five more times for a cool two dozen, or maybe thirty . . .

My first was May 28, 1976, Halsey Field House, USNA (I just looked at the ticket stub - $6.oo). Possibly my best was with Glynne in Cleveland at the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Grand Opening Concert. We were in the fifth row of a stadium! And Bruce comes out early so no one is paying attention and he begins to strum from stage right. I stand on my seat, dead in front of him, and yell, "BRUUUUUUUUUUCE." He looks straight at me, nods, and smiles. So at the Verizon Center on Monday night when he turned to the audience behind him, I hated to tell Sue, but I know he was looking at me . . . . A million thanks to Sue for the concert ticket, and thanks to Bruce for a million memories. And Glynne and Sue - he really does love ME best.

Hey, and guess who else I saw right at the pub before the show . . . Eric G! My pics are here.

Verizon Center May 18, 2009 Working on A Dream Tour
Badlands
No Surrender
Outlaw Pete
She's the One
Working on a Dream
Seeds
Johnny 99
The Ghost of Tom Joad
Raise Your Hand
Out in the Street
Little Latin Lupe Lu
Blinded by the Light
Waitin' on a Sunny Day
The Promised Land
The Wrestler
Kingdom of Days
Radio Nowhere
Lonesome Day
The Rising
Born to Run
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Hard Times Come Again No More
Kitty's Back
Land of Hope and Dreams
American Land
Rosalita (Come Out Tonight)