1987


1987


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1987-01-21 - WALDORF-ASTORIA HOTEL, NEW YORK CITY, NY

STAND BY ME (with all performers) / OH, PRETTY WOMAN (with all performers)

The second annual Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame ceremony. Bruce gives a stirring induction speech for Roy Orbison and then duets with him on "Oh, Pretty Woman" during the jam. Other inductees include Bo Diddley, Aretha Franklin, Marvin Gaye, Bill Haley, and Smokey Robinson. Performers during the jam, along with Bruce and Orbison, include Bo Diddley, B.B. King, Chuck Berry, Keith Richards, and more.

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1987-02-00 - SHAKEDOWN STUDIOS, NEW YORK CITY, NY

NATIVE AMERICAN

Springsteen joins Little Steven in the studio for his self-produced, work-in-progress third solo album. Bruce provides background vocals on "Native American".

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1987-04-12 - THE STONE PONY, ASBURY PARK, NJ

LIGHT OF DAY / STAND ON IT / DARLINGTON COUNTY / MY HOMETOWN / CADILLAC RANCH / GLORY DAYS / AROUND AND AROUND / TWIST AND SHOUT / CAROL / WOOLY BULLY / LUCILLE / KANSAS CITY - HEY-HEY-HEY-HEY! (with Jon Bon Jovi)

Most of the E Street Band and members of Cats On A Smooth Surface; premiere of "Light Of Day". "Stand On It" includes piano solos from Roy Bittan and guitar solos in the middle and end. "Darlington County" does not include the usual saxophone solo and has some nice guitar instead. Jon Bon Jovi guests on "Kansas City".

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1987-07-29 - KEY LARGO, BELMAR, NJ

BORN IN THE U.S.A. / MY HOMETOWN

Bruce makes a guest appearance with Jah Love for two reggae versions of his songs.

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1987-07-30 - GREEN PARROT, NEPTUNE, NJ

ONE LOVE/PEOPLE GET READY - BORN IN THE U.S.A. / MY HOMETOWN

Bruce joins Jah Love on stage again for reggae versions of his songs.

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1987-07-31 - THE STONE PONY, ASBURY PARK, NJ

YOU CAN'T SIT DOWN / TWIST AND SHOUT

Bruce joins Marshall Crenshaw on stage. "Twist And Shout" includes "La Bamba" in the intro.

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1987-08-02 - THE STONE PONY, ASBURY PARK, NJ

LIGHT OF DAY / I'M BAD, I'M NATIONWIDE / COME ON, LET'S GO / GLORIA / I'M ON FIRE / RUBY BABY / SWEET LITTLE SIXTEEN / PROUD MARY / MONEY (THAT'S WHAT I WANT) / JERSEY GIRL / AROUND AND AROUND / GLORY DAYS / HAVING A PARTY / TWIST AND SHOUT

Full E Street Band, except Nils Lofgren, and some members of Cats On A Smooth Surface.

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1987-08-09 - THE STONE PONY, ASBURY PARK, NJ

LIGHT OF DAY / DARLINGTON COUNTY / I'M BAD, I'M NATIONWIDE / FORTUNATE SON / RUBY BABY / STAND BY ME / HANG UP MY ROCK AND ROLL SHOES / GLORY DAYS / HAVING A PARTY / TWIST AND SHOUT

Another tremendous E Street Band performance.

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1987-08-14 - THE DECK HOUSE, ASBURY PARK, NJ

AROUND AND AROUND / TWIST AND SHOUT / STAND BY ME / SAVIN' UP

Bruce guests with The Fairlanes during the release party for Billy Hector's new album Hit The Road.

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1987-08-16 - GATEWAY NATIONAL RECREATIONAL AREA, SANDY HOOK, NJ

Bruce attends, together with Vini Lopez, the 12th Annual Clearwater Festival. Performers include Bob Killian & Company and The Fairlanes.

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1987-08-21 - THE STONE PONY, ASBURY PARK, NJ

NATIVE AMERICAN / SUN CITY

Bruce joins Little Steven & The Disciples Of Soul, at the start of their Sun City Tour, on stage for two songs. Also present are Roy Bittan, Julianne Phillips, Maureen Van Zandt, Franco Amurri and Sari Becker.

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1987-08-22 - THE STONE PONY, ASBURY PARK, NJ

UP ON CRIPPLE CREEK / LUCILLE

Bruce and Patti Scialfa guest with Levon Helm and his All Stars (who feature Max Weinberg at the time).

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1987-08-26 - KEY LARGO, BELMAR, NJ

MY HOMETOWN / JERSEY GIRL / BORN IN THE U.S.A.

Bruce joins Jah Love for reggae versions of three songs.

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1987-08-26 - THE COLUMNS, AVON, NJ

LUCILLE / STAND BY ME

Bruce joins The Cherubs on stage for two songs.

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1987-08-27 - TRADEWINDS, SEA BRIGHT, NJ

LIGHT OF DAY / PROUD MARY / FORTUNATE SON / IF YOU NEED ME / AROUND AND AROUND / LUCILLE

Bruce joins Cats On A Smooth Surface on stage. Michael S. positively confirmed that the Solomon Burke number "If You Need Me" was actually played.

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1987-09-14 - ASBURY UNITED METHODIST CHURCH, JANESVILLE, WI

Danny Federici's marriage (his second) to bride Kathlynn Helmeid. Bruce was Danny's best man.

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1987-09-16 - DANNY FEDERICI WEDDING RECEPTION, JANESVILLE, WI

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Danny Federici's wedding reception. Bruce and the E Street Band attended and played a rousing set at the party. The wedding itself was two days previous, at Asbury United Methodist Church in Janesville, WI.

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1987-09-25 - JOHN F. KENNEDY STADIUM, PHILADELPHIA, PA

STAND BY ME

Bruce guests with U2.

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1987-09-30 - COCOANUT GROVE, AMBASSADOR HOTEL, LOS ANGELES, CA

Rehearsal: MEAN WOMAN BLUES / THE COMEDIANS / BLUE ANGEL / BLUE BAYOU / CANDY MAN / IT'S OVER / OOBY DOOBY / RUNNING SCARED / (ALL I CAN DO IS) DREAM YOU / UPTOWN / DREAM BABY (HOW LONG MUST I DREAM)

ONLY THE LONELY (KNOW THE WAY I FEEL) / LEAH / IN DREAMS / CRYING / UPTOWN / THE COMEDIANS / THE COMEDIANS / THE COMEDIANS / BLUE ANGEL / IT'S OVER / RUNNING SCARED / DREAM BABY (HOW LONG MUST I DREAM) / MEAN WOMAN BLUES / CANDY MAN / OOBY DOOBY / BLUE BAYOU / GO GO GO (DOWN THE LINE) / (ALL I CAN DO IS) DREAM YOU / CLAUDETTE / OH, PRETTY WOMAN / OH, PRETTY WOMAN

Post show: (ALL I CAN DO IS) DREAM YOU / THE COMEDIANS / CANDY MAN / CLAUDETTE / UPTOWN

Bruce (and others) join Roy Orbison for the filming of Roy Orbison & Friends: A Black & White Night, shot in beautiful black and white and broadcast on Cinemax in January 1988. The film is shot in the Cocoanut Grove, a nightclub in the now-torn-down Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles. Orbison's cover of Elvis Costello's "The Comedians" requires three takes. Bruce plays guitar and shares vocals with Roy on "Dream Baby (How Long Must I Dream)", and he also plays guitar on the rest of the songs (sitting on a chair behind Roy on the stage). Backing group is the TCB Band (who accompanied Elvis Presley between 1969–77) including James Burton, who exchanges guitar solos with Springsteen during the show-stopping "Oh, Pretty Woman". This particular performance won the 1991 Grammy Award for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance. Bruce Springsteen, Jackson Browne, Elvis Costello, T Bone Burnett (who also acts as musical director), J.D. Souther, Jennifer Warnes, k.d. lang, Bonnie Raitt, Tom Waits… can we consider that an "all-star lineup"? Yeah, let's.

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TUNNEL OF LOVE (October 6)


1987-10-08 - FORT HANCOCK, SANDY HOOK, NJ

BRILLIANT DISGUISE

Film shooting by Springsteen and Director Meiert Avis for the video single of "Brilliant Disguise". For this video Springsteen performed twenty-four takes of a new "live" vocal over the regular album instrumental backing track to the song. The shoot was moved to the mothballed army base at the last minute because the original location (a rented residential kitchen) was unavailable.
Note: Meiert Avis has a fascinating article on his website about the video that is a must-read (see the news-tab).

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1987-10-08 - THE RITZ, NEW YORK CITY, NY

NATIVE AMERICAN / SUN CITY

Bruce joins once again Little Steven & The Disciples Of Soul, this time at the now-defunct rock club.

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1987-10-23 - ST. PETER'S CHURCH, NEW YORK CITY, NY

FOREVER YOUNG

Bruce performs at the Memorial Service for John H. Hammond, who passed away earlier that summer on July 10. Bruce plays "Forever Young" solo with his acoustic guitar and harmonica. Stevie Ray Vaughan and Pete Seeger also performed at the service, with Seeger singing "We Shall Overcome".

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1987-10-30 - SPRINGSTEEN RESIDENCE, RUMSON, NJ

Bruce Springsteen invited Thomas Karaban, co-founder of the Rainbow Foundation, over to his house. He presented Thomas a complete collection of his albums, including one recorded in Europe, and not available in the United States. All were personally autographed to be auctioned at the foundation's dinner-dance event the next day. Bruce did not attend the event on Saturday.

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1987-10-31 - McLOONE'S RUM RUNNER, SEA BRIGHT, NJ

STAND ON IT / GLORY DAYS / BAD MOON RISING / AROUND AND AROUND / BRILLIANT DISGUISE / TOUGHER THAN THE REST / LIGHT OF DAY / BORN TO RUN / FORTUNATE SON / TWO FACES / LUCILLE / TWIST AND SHOUT

Full E Street Band performance, minus Nils Lofgren and Clarence Clemons, using the one-off, playful name "The Terrorists Of Love" for the occasion. Premieres of "Brilliant Disguise", "Tougher Than The Rest", and "Two Faces", as well as the first acoustic "Born To Run". "Tougher Than The Rest" is close to the recorded version, faster and without the harmonica solos seen on the Tunnel Of Love Express Tour. "Born To Run" omits the harmonica solo played on the tour. "Lucille" includes a snippet of "Hey-Hey-Hey-Hey!". There was another band playing at McLoone's on this night, and very few people got word that Bruce was going to show up but they went to the bar which was already packed, as it was Halloween, and in some cases snuck in as there was no more legal room. Well, the band came in all dressed in black and with masks on. They hit the stage and pulled off their masks and, after throwing the other band off, played the listed set. The guy who was the lead guitarist in the displaced band jumped off stage grabbed a camera that he luckily had with him and shot some pictures.

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1987-11-06 - RUMSON COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL, RUMSON, NJ

CAROL / LUCILLE / TWIST AND SHOUT / STAND BY ME

Bruce makes a guest appearance With The Fabulous Greaseband.

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1987-11-17 - PALACE AMUSEMENTS, ASBURY PARK, NJ

TUNNEL OF LOVE

On-location film shooting by Springsteen and Director Meiert Avis for the video single of "Tunnel Of Love". Location shooting started on the 16th at the Casino and finished on the 17th at the Palace Amusements. During the shoot, Springsteen was given a tour of the Asbury Park Rock and Roll Museum (then-located in the Palace complex) by its co-owner, Billy Smith.

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1987-11-20 - THE STONE PONY, ASBURY PARK, NJ

LITTLE LATIN LUPE LU / STAND BY ME / CAROL

Bruce joins Bobby Bandiera on stage.

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1987-12-05 - THE STONE PONY, ASBURY PARK, NJ

CAROL / STAND BY ME / WOOLY BULLY / AROUND AND AROUND / LITTLE LATIN LUPE LU / TWIST AND SHOUT

Bruce joins Cats On A Smooth Surface on stage.

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1987-12-07 - CARNEGIE HALL, NEW YORK CITY, NY

REMEMBER WHEN THE MUSIC

The Harry Chapin Tribute. Acoustic version. Various Artists gala concert held in honor of the late singer/songwriter Harry Chapin's 45th birthday and his posthumous awarding of the Special Congressional Gold Medal.

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1987-12-13 - MADISON SQUARE GARDEN, NEW YORK CITY, NY

With Dion: A TEENAGER IN LOVE (with Paul Simon, Rubén Blades, Lou Reed, James Taylor, and Billy Joel)

Solo acoustic: BORN TO RUN

With The World's Most Dangerous Band: GLORY DAYS (with Paul Simon and Billy Joel)

With all performers: ROCK AND ROLL MUSIC

All Star Benefit for the Homeless Children. Bruce backs Dion on "A Teenager In Love", along with Paul Simon, Rubén Blades, Lou Reed, James Taylor, and Billy Joel. "Born To Run" is the solo acoustic version. "Glory Days" is with Paul Simon and Billy Joel, backed by David Letterman's house band, The World's Most Dangerous Band. The Chuck Berry classic "Rock And Roll Music", which features all of the evening's performers, with Bruce, Billy Joel, James Taylor, and Paul Simon taking verses. The lineup for the night was Paul Simon, Paul Shaffer and The World's Most Dangerous Band, Lou Reed, Dion, Ladysmith Black Mambazo, Laurie Anderson, Rubén Blades, James Taylor, Nile Rodgers with Chaka Khan, and Billy Joel; also joining in were Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five, Debbie Harry, Grace Jones, Chevy Chase, Whoopi Goldberg, Bill Cosby, Kevin Nealon, Lorne Michaels, and the baseball stars Don Mattingly and Ron Darling, who introduced Bruce.

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