1967


1967


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1967-01-00 - CAFÉ WHA?, NEW YORK CITY, NY

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1967-01-00 - CAFÉ WHA?, NEW YORK CITY, NY

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1967-02-00 - CAFÉ WHA?, NEW YORK CITY, NY

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1967-02-00 - CAFÉ WHA?, NEW YORK CITY, NY

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1967-03-10 - HULLABALOO, MIDDLETOWN, NJ

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One show, with The Castiles the sole act on the bill.

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1967-03-18 - THE CAGE, MIDDLETOWN, NJ

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One show, with The Castiles the sole act on the bill.

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1967-03-00 - CAFÉ WHA?, NEW YORK CITY, NY

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1967-03-00 - CAFÉ WHA?, NEW YORK CITY, NY

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1967-04-00 - ST. ROSE OF LIMA SCHOOL, FREEHOLD, NJ

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The Castiles perform at a Catholic Youth Organization (CYO) dance for high school aged teens held in the cafeteria of Springsteen's Elementary-Jr High School, where he had graduated in May 1963.

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1967-04-00 - CAFÉ WHA?, NEW YORK CITY, NY

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1967-04-00 - CAFÉ WHA?, NEW YORK CITY, NY

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1967-05-00 - HOWELL HIGH SCHOOL, HOWELL, NJ

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One show, with the The Castiles performing at a school dance.

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1967-05-00 - CAFÉ WHA?, NEW YORK CITY, NY

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1967-05-00 - CAFÉ WHA?, NEW YORK CITY, NY

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1967-06-00 - CAFÉ WHA?, NEW YORK CITY, NY

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1967-06-00 - CAFÉ WHA?, NEW YORK CITY, NY

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1967-06-09 - FREEHOLD REGIONAL HIGH SCHOOL, FREEHOLD, NJ

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One show, with The Castiles playing the 'Senior Farewell Dance'. All the band members (except for Bob Alfano, who had one more year to go) were graduating in 1967. The official graduation ceremony took place on June 19th, although apparently Springsteen didn't attend and picked up his diploma later.

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1967-07-02 - SEE 'N' SURF CLUB, SEA BRIGHT, NJ

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One show, a WMCA-AM 'Good Guy' Special, held on the Club's 1st birthday. The Castiles were the featured local act. This was the 3rd WMCA Spectacular, they had also played at the first two WMCA events at the club in July and August 1966 (see listings for details). The See 'N' Surf Club had changed its name in spring 1967, it had previously been called the Surf 'N' See Club.

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1967-07-00 - CAFÉ WHA?, NEW YORK CITY, NY

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1967-07-00 - CAFÉ WHA?, NEW YORK CITY, NY

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1967-07-25 - CAMP ARROWHEAD, MARLBORO, NJ

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One show, with The Castiles the sole act on the bill. Billed as 'the YMCA summer teen swim party and dance', with a pool party from 6pm–8pm and then Bruce and the boys performing from 8pm–11pm. This the second in a series of four concerts on Tuesdays, each 2 weeks apart with the first on July 11th - The Castiles only performed at one. Two advertisements exist for this show that list different dates and days, most likely in simple error (rather than reflecting rescheduling). Brucebase previously listed the date for this event as Wednesday, July 26, but contemporary evidence suggests that this is the correct date.

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1967-08-00 - CAFÉ WHA?, NEW YORK CITY, NY

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Castiles leader George Theiss has mentioned to Brucebase that sometime in 1967, during one of the Café Wha? gigs, The Castiles were professionally recorded and filmed performing their set by a South African film crew who were in New York producing a documentary on the Café Wha?/Village music scene. This was the only professional film footage of the band ever shot (no amateur footage is known). The name of the South African film company and/or its documentary and what, if any, footage of The Castiles may have been in the documentary, or may survive elsewhere, is unknown.
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1967-08-00 - CAFÉ WHA?, NEW YORK CITY, NY

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1967-08-00 - PRIVATE PROPERTY, HOWELL, NJ

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One daytime show, with The Castiles the sole act and performing at a 'beer/keg' party held in an open field on private property in the Freewood Acres area of Howell Township. An attendee has recalled to Brucebase that this was a very large party that swelled to well over 500 people at one point. Castiles member George Theiss has also recalled/confirmed this gig.

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1967-08-12 - SEE 'N' SURF CLUB, SEA BRIGHT, NJ

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One (afternoon) show with The Castiles headlining.

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1967-08-12 - CONVENTION HALL, ASBURY PARK, NJ

Following the Castiles gig earlier in the day, Springsteen, along with a couple of his bandmates, attend an evening Blues Magoos/The Who/Herman's Hermits triple bill concert at the Asbury Park Convention Hall. Bruce attended specifically to check out The Who, as this was the band's long-delayed, much-anticipated first national U.S.A. tour, incredibly they were an undercard to the Hermits! Bruce has mentioned in interview that this was the first time he'd ever seen 'name' artists perform live in concert.

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1967-09-00 - CAFÉ WHA?, NEW YORK CITY, NY

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1967-09-16 - THE LEFT FOOT, FREEHOLD, NJ

FIRE / SEE MY FRIENDS / CATCH THE WIND / OMAHA / STEVE'S SONG / JEFF'S BOOGIE / PURPLE HAZE / GET OUT OF MY LIFE, WOMAN / HOLD ON, I'M COMIN' / YOU CAN'T JUDGE A BOOK BY THE COVER / ELEANOR RIGBY / SUZANNE / JEFF'S BOOGIE

One show, double bill, with Purpul Dyneste opening and The Castiles headlining. Each band played two thirty-minute sets ("Purple Haze" opened the second set). This was grand opening night at The Left Foot, an "over 13, under 18" club located in the recreation centre of St Peter's Episcopal Church at 37 Throckmorton Street. The club was opened by Reverend George Errickson and Reverend Fred Coleman, along with two High School students, Harold Breiner and William Cottrell. Patrons sat on cushions. Sadly The Left Foot had a short existence (seven months). This was the first of two 1967 appearances by The Castiles at the club - fortunately both appearances were audience recorded by Left Foot Manager (and St Peter's priest) Fred Coleman on a good quality reel-to reel device. The listed thirteen-song setlist represents The Castiles' complete song performance in the correct sequence and they are all covers of other artists' material. The inspiration for often-covered "Get Out Of My Life, Woman" was the Paul Butterfield Blues Band version. Similarly the inspiration for Leonard Cohen's "Suzanne" was the 1966 Judy Collins recording. Although Springsteen may have started out in mid-1965 singing mostly background vocals, it is clear that by this point Bruce is the band's focal point. Bruce handles the lead vocals on all songs except "Eleanor Rigby", The Kinks "See My Friends" and The Blues Project's haunting "Steve's Song" (all handled by George Theiss). Tex Vinyard, The Castiles' manager, is heard introducing the band at the start of the second set. Interestingly the group uses The Yardbirds' instrumental "Jeff's Boogie" twice, as both the first set closer and show closer.

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1967-09-22 - WEST FREEHOLD SCHOOL, FREEHOLD, NJ

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One show, with The Castiles performing at an organizational rally dance sponsored by the Freehold Board of Recreation. The rally was an attempt by some enterprising kids to start another teen club in the area. The news clipping is from the September 21, 1967 edition of the Asbury Park Press.

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1967-09-30 - THE LEFT FOOT, FREEHOLD, NJ

CIRCUS MARCH / ONE BY ONE / THE LETTER / MR. JONES / SAN FRANCISCAN NIGHTS / OMAHA / HEY JOE / MY GENERATION / LOOK INTO MY WINDOW / WITH A LITTLE HELP FROM MY FRIENDS / WAKE ME, SHAKE ME / MORNING DEW / TO LOVE SOMEBODY

One show, double bill, with The Castiles headlining. This was the band's second gig at the club (see September 16). The listed 13-song setlist represents The Castiles' complete performance at this show, in the correct song sequence. George Theiss takes the lead vocal on "With A Little Help From My Friends", "San Franciscan Nights" and "The Letter". The former incorporates a brief instrumental rendition of "Winchester Cathedral" at the end. There were also two original compositions performed at this show. Bruce sings lead on "Mr Jones", written by organist Bob Alfano. There is also a Springsteen/Theiss creation, "Look Into My Window", with shared vocals. At one point Bruce calls for requests and someone shouts for "Sidewalk", a Springsteen creation from 1965, however the band plays "San Franciscan Nights" instead. Besides the ancient traditional instrumental "Circus March", other titles (with Springsteen lead vocals) include "Hey Joe", "My Generation", The Coasters' "Wake Me Shake Me" and the evening's encore, The Bee Gees "To Love Somebody".

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1967-10-00 - CHRISTIAN BROTHERS ACADEMY, LINCROFT, NJ

No set details known.

The Castiles perform at a school dance mixer. Also playing here at a different gig in October or November was Springsteen's future Steel Mill and E Street Band colleague Danny Federici and his band The Story Tellers (who'd released a single, "Cry To Me / Little Boy Sad", on the Trystero label earlier in the year).

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1967-10-00 - CAFÉ WHA?, NEW YORK CITY, NY

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1967-10-00 - CAFÉ WHA?, NEW YORK CITY, NY

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1967-10-07 - MIDDLETOWN COMMUNITY CENTER, MIDDLETOWN, NJ

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One show, triple bill, with The Castiles, The Shadows and The Ascots doing battle in a 'band wars' competition. Judging from the length of the show, each band must've performed for about an hour.

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1967-11-00 - FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, FREEHOLD, NJ

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The date of this show is unknown and it may have taken place as late as mid-1968. However, it appears that photographs may show Paul Popkin wearing a poppy. The poppy is worn in America at the beginning of November, whilst Castiles bandmate Bart Haynes had died only days before, making this date entirely feasible. Springsteen can be seen playing a Fender Telecaster guitar in two of the photographs, the earliest known shots of Bruce with a Fender guitar.

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1967-11-00 - CAFÉ WHA?, NEW YORK CITY, NY

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1967-11-00 - CAFÉ WHA?, NEW YORK CITY, NY

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1967-11-24 - FREEHOLD REGIONAL HIGH SCHOOL, FREEHOLD, NJ

No set details known.

One show, put on by the school's cheerleaders, with The Castiles the sole act on the bill. Although the year is not visible on the ticket stub the 'Apples Peaches Pumpkin Pie' song / theme title dates this dance to 1967.

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1967-12-00 - CAFÉ WHA?, NEW YORK CITY, NY

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1967-12-00 - CAFÉ WHA?, NEW YORK CITY, NY

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1967-12-22 - OCEAN SIDE SURF CLUB, SEA BRIGHT, NJ

No set details known.

One show, double bill, with The Castiles opening for out-of-town headliners The Broadways. The Ocean Side Surf Club was merely the new name for the former See 'n' Surf Club whose name was changed in November 1967.
In a recent interview with Chris Jordan, Bruce confirmed that the Castiles opened for the Broadways. Chris said: "I can’t imagine two different groups than the Castiles, teenagers, the Broadways, Leon Trent was an MP in the (Navy). That must have been some show." Springsteen responded: "My recollection was it was a black and white crowd. It was at the Surf and Sea, or the Tradewinds somewhere in Sea Bright, and the only thing I remember is that we played and when we came off stage, we opened for them, and then they got up on stage and the first thing we heard was. We were, Jesus Christ, the sound system is feeding back on these guys and we ran back to the stage to try to fix the sound system. When we got to the stage we realized it was the lead singer hitting this high note before the show started. He was in front of the mic going ahhhhhhh, holding it for 60 seconds, and then he would go 'I want to be with you' and then he would go into the song. It's really hilarious but it was my biggest memory from playing with the Broadways."

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1967-12-27 - LE TEENDEZVOUS, NEW SHREWSBURY, NJ

ELEANOR RIGBY / (WE AIN'T GOT) NOTHIN' YET / BREAK ON THROUGH (TO THE OTHER SIDE) / THE END
Setlist incomplete and may be inaccurate.

One show, with The Castiles the sole act on the bill. On account of school vacation this was an unusual Wednesday night booking at the club. No confirmed setlist known from this particular show, but the four songs listed are known to have been performed by The Castiles at a Le Teendezvous gig some time in late 1967. The four known songs include a cover of Vanilla Fudge's version of "Eleanor Rigby", Blues Magoos' "(We Ain't Got) Nothin' Yet" and The Doors' "Break On Through (To The Other Side)" and "The End".

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