1973-10-03 Putnam Gymnasium, Ricker College, Houlton, ME

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Bruce's first ever appearance in Maine. One show, a co-headlining double bill held in the school's Putnam Gymnasium, with Springsteen and band opening and Orleans closing. Springsteen and John Hall, the leader of Orleans, had often performed with their respective bands on the same bill at the Café Wha? in New York City in late 1967 (see listings). Bruce and the band arrived in a mini-bus in the afternoon and were given a walking tour of the campus by students in the Ricker Concert Committee.
Note: Brucebase previously listed this show under the date of November 3rd, but this is now corrected based on the recently surface ticket-scan.

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On Stage

• Bruce Springsteen
• The E Street Band
  • Clarence Clemons
  • Danny Federici
  • Vini Lopez
  • David Sancious
  • Garry Tallent

Setlist

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Performances

^{incl. Rehearsals.}

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• 1973-10-03 Putnam Gymnasium, Ricker College, Houlton, ME

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Eyewitness

Ed Malloy

As chair of the College's social board I organised Springsteen's appearance. Late that afternoon with sound checks going on, a guy walks up to me and asks, 'Where does the Springsteen band set up?' I ask if he's the road manager. He says, 'No, man, I'm Bruce.' Forever embarrassed, I show him to their dressing room (the girls locker room - girls not included). Frank Wingate is shooting hoops with Clarence Clemons and Scott Berry is getting him loaded. At Showtime, Orleans comes out cooking and wins the crowd over. I'm in the wings dancing and grinning. Bruce walks up beside me with his guitar slung over his back and starts dancing as well. He points to the The Raunchy Bunch in front of the stage - they're in full swing. He shouts over to me "Good band" I nod and smile in time and say 'yeah'. He comes right up to the side of my face and says "we're going to blow them away." If you were there you know he backed that up and them some.

John Hall

"Bruce was supposed to play for 45 minutes…he played for two hours and 45 minutes." Courtesy from a December 2006 Washington Post interview with John Hall (now a U.S. Congressman).

News/Memorabilia

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Links:

• The Honorable Gentleman From Orleans And New York ^{(WashingtonPost)}
• Ricker Reunion features concert return of Orleans ^(TheCounty)

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