lagilman | Bruuuuuuce, she said, tiredly but with satisfaction

And lo, we did go to the Olde Stomping Grounds, and did have us Some Bruce Juice. Not, IMO, one of the top five Bruce shows, but when you've been to as many as I have (I lost track ~~after 35 or so~~ we recalculated. Closer to fifty. Eeeek) it's tough to match some of the shows from the '99 tour, or '85, or... well, you get the idea. But this was a Damn Good Show in the top ten, and a rockin' house party par excellence. The band was hot, and they went a full three hours without a break. And we got "Growin' Up" and "Jungleland" and "Rosalita" and "Thunder Road." While I might have hoped for an old chestnut like "Serenade" or "Santa Ana" and I really really really wanted to hear "Meeting Across the River," there's no way I can be unhappy with the set list.

EtA: and

vincam has finally experienced a Jersey Bruce show, which is unlike any Bruce show elsewhere...

Notable was the inclusion of Jay Weinberg for his dad Max (considering they have two 2nd Generation members now, I suggested next tour would be E Street 2.0). While I was sad not to see Max (we grew up in the same town/went to the same high school, if a number of years apart, so he's very much a home town favorite), Jay was...

Okay, prodigy isn't overstating the case. And he's only 18. As Keith said, "imagine what he'll sound like once his voice breaks!"

We got home around 1am, I was asleep by 2am, and up again at 5:45. What happened after that is another post...