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1989

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1989-01-18 - WALDORF-ASTORIA HOTEL, NEW YORK CITY, NY

UPTIGHT (EVERYTHING'S ALRIGHT) / (I CAN'T GET NO) SATISFACTION / AIN'T TOO PROUD TO BEG / LUCILLE / RESPECT / COME SOFTLY TO ME / BE MY BABY / THE WANDERER / MY GIRL / GET READY / HONKY TONK WOMEN / I CAN'T TURN YOU LOOSE / BONY MORONIE / START ME UP / CRYING / RIVER DEEP-MOUNTAIN HIGH / UNDER MY THUMB (instrumental)

Springsteen attends the fourth Annual Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame ceremonies. The night's inductees are Dion, Otis Redding, The Rolling Stones, The Temptations, Stevie Wonder, and Phil Spector, plus The Ink Spots, Bessie Smith, and The Soul Stirrers in the Early Influences category. As had been the case in January 1987 (when Bruce inducted Roy Orbison and performed) and January 1988 (when Bruce inducted Bob Dylan and performed) Springsteen took the stage, joining in the all-star jam on most of the songs and sings lead on "Crying", dedicated to Roy Orbison, who had passed away only a few weeks earlier. Bruce plays guitar on all songs, plus tambourine on "Uptight (Everything's Alright)". The all-star band includes, along with Bruce, most of The Rolling Stones (Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Ronnie Wood, and Mick Taylor), most of The Temptations (Dennis Edwards, Melvin Franklin, David Ruffin, and Otis Williams), Stevie Wonder, Tina Turner, Little Richard, Pete Townshend, Dion, Paul Simon, Lou Reed, Anita Baker, David Crosby, Graham Nash, Bobby Womack, Al Green, Ben E. King, Bobby McFerrin, Daryl Hall & John Oates, Foreigner's Mick Jones, and more. The house band behind this array of stars is The World's Most Dangerous Band, featuring Paul Shaffer (keyboards), Sid McGinnis (guitar), Will Lee (bass), Tom Malone (trombone, saxophone), Bruce Kapler (saxophone), Alan Cheznovitz (trumpet), and Anton Fig (drums). Bruce attended with Patti Scialfa and, according to some reports, former Castiles member George Theiss attended. Former E Streeter Band member Vini Lopez was definitely there and took part in the show. He later recalled "They had the whole induction ceremony and four hours later, Bill Graham is on stage and he's pulling people out of the audience. Bruce comes up to me and says, 'You see that other drum set up there?' Next thing you know, I was up there. I played for an hour and a half with those guys. Paul Simon, Steve Wonder. It was cool. Mick Jagger was leaning on my shoulder, singing 'Honky Tonk Woman' with Tina Turner."

VIDEO ANTHOLOGY (1978-1988) ^{(January 31)}

1989-03-10 - RUBBER CLUB, LOS ANGELES, CA

C.C. RIDER

Bruce joins local band The Mighty Hornets onstage for one song at a party for boxer Ray 'Boom Boom' Mancini. Patti Scialfa is also present.

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1989-04-25 - RUBBER CLUB, LOS ANGELES, CA

STAND BY ME

Bruce joins an unidentified local band onstage for one song.

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1989-06-02 - THE STONE PONY, ASBURY PARK, NJ

YOU NEVER CAN TELL / LUCILLE / BOOM BOOM / TRAVELIN' BAND

Bruce makes, together with Patti and Roy, a guest appearance with Max Weinberg's group Killer Joe.

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1989-06-03 - CARLYLE HOTEL, NEW YORK CITY, NY

LOVING YOU

Wedding reception of keyboardist Clifford Carter and his bride, Denise Rubin. Held in the ballroom at the Carlyle Hotel in Manhattan, with Peter Duchin's Orchestra providing the musical entertainment. According to reports Bruce sang the classic Elvis ballad "Loving You".

1989-06-09 - THE STONE PONY, ASBURY PARK, NJ

NOT FADE AWAY / IN THE MIDNIGHT HOUR / LEAN ON ME / GLORY DAYS

Bruce and Max Weinberg guest with Nils Lofgren.

1989-06-14 - JONES BEACH THEATER, WANTAGH, NY

DOWN BY THE RIVER

With Neil Young at the outdoor amphitheatre in Jones Beach State Park on Long Island. "Down By The River" was the show closer.

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1989-06-20 - MARTELL'S SEA BREEZE, POINT PLEASANT BEACH, NJ

KANSAS CITY

Bruce joins Bobby Bandiera on stage.

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1989-06-24 - THE STONE PONY, ASBURY PARK, NJ

HOUND DOG / UNDER THE BOARDWALK / GLORY DAYS

Bruce joins Bobby Bandiera on stage again.

1989-06-29 - THE HEADLINER, NEPTUNE, NJ

TWIST AND SHOUT

Bruce joins The Fabulous Greaseband on stage for a twenty-minute version of "Twist And Shout".

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1989-06-30 - BALLY'S ATLANTIC CITY, ATLANTIC CITY, NJ

STAY / RUNNING ON EMPTY / SWEET LITTLE SIXTEEN

With Jackson Browne at the luxury hotel and casino on the Atlantic City boardwalk. Bruce is sometimes reported as having also performed on "Redneck Friend", but this is unconfirmed.

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1989-07-01 - THE STONE PONY, ASBURY PARK, NJ

LONG TALL SALLY

Bruce joins La Bamba on stage.

1989-07-02 - THE CAFE BAR, LONG BRANCH, NJ

THIS LITTLE GIRL / ANGELYNE / BONY MORONIE / YOUR LOVE / DEDICATION / NEW ORLEANS

Bruce joins Gary U.S. Bonds on stage.

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1989-07-09 - THE STONE PONY, ASBURY PARK, NJ

TRAVELIN' BAND

Bruce joins Cats On A Smooth Surface on stage.

1989-07-15 - T-BIRD'S CAFE, ASBURY PARK, NJ

LITTLE SISTER / GLORIA

Bruce joins X-Men on stage.

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1989-07-22 - MCLOONE'S RUM RUNNER, SEA BRIGHT, NJ

TWIST AND SHOUT / GLORY DAYS
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Bruce joins Peter Hartung & The Remakes on stage. Two additional songs were played after those listed.

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1989-07-23 - THE STONE PONY, ASBURY PARK, NJ

OLD TIME ROCK AND ROLL / HOUND DOG / FROM SMALL THINGS (BIG THINGS ONE DAY COME) / UNDER THE BOARDWALK / SWEET LITTLE SIXTEEN / GLORY DAYS / CAROL

Bruce joins Cats On A Smooth Surface on stage.

1989-07-27 - THE HEADLINER, NEPTUNE, NJ

LONG TALL SALLY / UNDER THE BOARDWALK / SWEET LITTLE SIXTEEN / GLORY DAYS

Bruce joins The Fabulous Greaseband on stage.

1989-08-02 - CHEERS, LONG BRANCH, NJ

WILLIE AND THE HAND JIVE

Bruce joins Bobby Bandiera on stage.

1989-08-11 - GARDEN STATE ARTS CENTER, HOLMDEL, NJ

GET BACK / LONG TALL SALLY / PHOTOGRAPH / WITH A LITTLE HELP FROM MY FRIENDS (with John Candy)

Bruce makes a guest appearance with Ringo Starr and His All Starr Band, which includes both Nils Lofgren and Clarence Clemons. Actor John Candy also joins in for the final encore, playing tambourine. See our News tab to read an article on the event - note that the clipping misidentifies Little Richard's "Long Tall Sally".

1989-08-16 - CHEERS, LONG BRANCH, NJ

NEW ORLEANS / MERCY MERCY / I'M FREE / FROM SMALL THINGS (BIG THINGS ONE DAY COME) / KEEP A KNOCKIN' / LIGHT OF DAY

Bruce joins Bobby Bandiera on stage again. "Light Of Day" includes "Land Of 1000 Dances".

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1989-09-13 - ONE ON ONE RECORDING, LOS ANGELES, CA

VIVA LAS VEGAS

Recording session for the tribute album The Last Temptation Of Elvis. Unbeknownst to the members of the E Street Band, Springsteen brings a different group of musicians in to record a cover of this rock and roll classic: Bob Glaub on bass, Ian McLagan on keyboard, and Jeff Porcaro on drums. The released version of "Viva Las Vegas" was recording at this and/or the following session.

1989-09-14 - ONE ON ONE RECORDING, LOS ANGELES, CA

VIVA LAS VEGAS

Recording session for the tribute album The Last Temptation Of Elvis. The released version of "Viva Las Vegas" was recording at this and/or the previous session.

1989-09-22 - THE STONE PONY, ASBURY PARK, NJ

TRAPPED

Bruce joins Jimmy Cliff and his band. This is an interesting seven-minute performance utilizing Cliff's original arrangement of the song (i.e., some alternate lyrics and totally different melody to Bruce's more famous cover version).

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1989-09-23 - MCLOONE'S RUM RUNNER, SEA BRIGHT, NJ

AROUND AND AROUND / SWEET LITTLE SIXTEEN / STAND BY ME / WHAT'D I SAY / GLORY DAYS / HAVING A PARTY / TWIST AND SHOUT

Springsteen's fortieth birthday and a quite significant bash in historic terms. Present and backing Bruce at the party was the entire E Street Band and Steven Van Zandt. On this night The E Street Band members were completely unaware that in less than four weeks (October 18, 1989) Bruce would phone them individually to inform them he was putting the E Street Band into semi-retirement, effective immediately. This would turn out to be the last Springsteen and the E Street Band performance together for over five years (until February 1995).

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1989-09-29 - MATT'S SALOON, PRESCOTT, AZ

SWEET LITTLE SIXTEEN / DON'T BE CRUEL / (GET YOUR KICKS ON) ROUTE 66 / I'M ON FIRE

With the Mile High Band, house band of the country-western bar. A newspaper article comments that Bruce arrived at the bar on his motorcycle before jumping on stage. He played for an hour - the band asked him to play "Pink Cadillac", but Bruce couldn't remember the words. Springsteen apparently told Mile High Band's rhythm guitarist Denny Orr that he was on vacation and on his way to the Grand Canyon. Barmaid Brenda "Bubbles" Pechanec must have made an impression - a week or so later Bruce sent her a cheque for $100,000 (some sources say $160,000) after hearing she was having some trouble with medical bills. Pechanec had just returned to work after undergoing cancer surgery.

1989-11-00 - THRILL HILL WEST, LOS ANGELES, CA

SOUL DRIVER

The first known recording session for the project that became Human Touch, with just Springsteen and Roy Bittan working at Bruce's home studio on a reggae-style arrangement of "Soul Driver". Bittan composed the music for this arrangement, which remains unreleased.

1989-12-01 - SOUNDWORKS WEST, LOS ANGELES, CA

TROUBLE IN PARADISE

Recording session for Human Touch, with Roy Bittan, Randy Jackson, and Jeff Porcaro present. The released version of "Trouble In Paradise" was recorded at this session.

1989-12-00 - THRILL HILL WEST, LOS ANGELES, CA

ROLL OF THE DICE

Suffering from writer's block, Springsteen shared his troubles one December, 1989 evening with his Malibu neighbor Roy Bittan, who played him some music he had been working on. Inspired, Bruce returned to his Benedict Canyon garage studio, wrote some lyrics, and completed the composition of "Roll Of The Dice". Bruce was so excited that he ran into the house and woke up his fiancée Patti Scialfa at 3 a.m. and forced her to listen to the tune.

1989-12-00 - SOUNDWORKS WEST, LOS ANGELES, CA

ROLL OF THE DICE / WITH EVERY WISH / MAN'S JOB / REAL WORLD / RUNAWAY

Additional recording sessions for Human Touch were held in December, producing the base tracks for the album versions of "Roll Of The Dice", "With Every Wish", "Man's Job", and "Real World". "With Every Wish" is initially just Bruce and Roy Bittan; it's uncertain when the trumpet, bass, and drum overdubs (courtesy of Mark Isham, Douglas Lunn, and Kurt Wortman) were recorded, but we have placed them here pending further information. A song titled "Runaway" was almost certainly recorded at an unknown point sometime between 1989 and 1991; we have placed it here for convenience as well.