Bruce Springsteen - 2000-12-17 - Asbury Park, NJ (SBD)

Bruce Springsteen 

and the Max Weinberg 7 and Friends

2000-12-17

Convention Hall

Asbury Park, NJ

Soundboard Recording

320 kbps

Artwork Included

CD 1:

01. Jingle Bells Intro (Max Weinberg 7)

02. For You

03. Blue Christmas

04. Powerhouse (Max Weinberg 7)

05. Run Run Rudolph

06. Lucky Town

07. E-Street Shuffle

08. Kitty's Back

09. Rose (Patti Scialfa)

10. As Long As I Can Be With You (Patti Scialfa)

11. This Time It's For Real (SSJ, Little Steven & Bruce)

12. Good Is Gone (Little Steven)

13. All I Needed Was You (SSJ, Little Steven, Bruce)

CD 2:

01. Shine Silently (Nils Lofgren)

02. Merry Christmas Baby

03. So Young and In Love

04. Roll of the Dice

05. Bobby Jean

06. Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)

07. My City Of Ruins

08. I Don't Want To Go Home (SSJ, Little Steven & Bruce)

09. Rosalita

10. Santa Claus Is Coming To Town

Bruce Springsteen - 2000-12-17 - Asbury Park, NJ (SBD)

In late 2000, the marquee at the Asbury Park Convention simply stated “Bruce Springsteen with the Max Weinberg 7 and Friends – A Holiday Show”. Springsteen fans, however, were in the dark as to what Bruce had planned for the event and who the friends might be. The lucky ones who got tickets for the show on December 17, 2000, 2 decades ago today, were treated to a Springsteen concert unlike any other. Traditional holiday tunes, such as a country version of Blue Christmas, were paired with long lost favorites, such as the first version of Kitty's Back since September 1978. E Street band members Max Weinberg, Nils Lofgren and Patti Scialfa each got to step out front on several tunes. Little Steven, one of the “friends” referenced on the marquee, delivered a stellar version of Until The Good Is Gone from his Men Without Women album. Another of Bruce’s friends, Southside Johnny, expressed the feelings of everyone in attendance when he led the band through his classic tune, I Don’t Want To Go Home. To top it off, Springsteen debuted My City Of Ruins, a song written about the city where this concert took place, but later associated with the 9-11 tragedy. Needless to say, the tune became a crowd favorite from the first chorus of “rise up!” This soundboard recording captures every note of this historic show, which is a perfect to download and enjoy this holiday season and for many more to come.