05.12.75 Washington D.C, intro to ´Pretty Flamingo´
´´Just one more shot….get it while it´s hot….alright (?)….how´s everybody been, how´ve you been doing ? (cheers)….since….let me see, since the last time we were here….we went over, we went over to England, over to London, right….and we went to, uh, went to Sweden, right, it was snowing and stuff, yeah, and we went to Amsterdam….and I bought these wooden shoes….(?) while we was over in England….me and Stevie were sitting, were sitting there one day….on the porch (chuckles)….by that big clock….and this girl passed by, right, this girl passed by and uh….I said ´Steven, look at that girl´….and it brought us back to when me and him used to sit on my porch every day ´round 5.30….the girls would come home that worked downtown, they walked past the house and we´d sit out there, we used to sit out there playing our guitars on the porch trying to impress ´em…..and there´s this one girl, there was this one girl that was real special, a real special girl and we used to, we kept trying to get the nerve to go and say hello to her or something but we never did….remember what we used to, remember the name we used to have for that girl, Steve ?…(?) remember that girl ? we never found out what her name was, you know, but we, so we made up this name for her (?)….
(….) (?) Steve (?) I´m gonna hire, I´m gonna hire a detective agency, you know….I figured, figured all this stuff out the other night when we were on the train riding down, I´m gonna hire this detective agency, all these guys with a card, you know and (?) and stuff….I´m gonna find her….some way, somehow, some way….(?) I´m gonna get, get like, uh, gonna get a…. private eye….some way, somehow….so I´m gonna get one of them guys that, that worked on the Watergate, (?) one of those guys (?)….someday, somehow, some way…some way, somehow…you know, Steve, Steve, you know (?) I should´ve told her, I should´ve, I should´ve told her I was in a band, that´s what I should´ve told her….´´
05.12.75 Washington D.C, middle of ´Kitty´s Back´
´´Clarence….Steve….I think….I think she got smuggled in…(?)…who did it ? who ?….it wasn´t you, it wasn´t you….somebody smuggled her in tonight, I think it was….I think it was ….Ed Sciaky (chuckles)(?) it was that mysterious Washington phantom….(?)….hey Clarence, do it like Ed Sciaky…Ed Sciaky goes like this when he sneaks in my girlfriend….(?) Ed Sciaky at work….let´s do it one more time, I´ll do it one more time now for you folks that missed it the first time….here she comes….´´
05.12.75 Washington D.C, middle of ´Rosalita´
´´On the piano, Roy Bittan….on the bass guitar….Garry W.Tallent….in his canary-yellow suit…(?)….on the guitar, Miami ….on the drums, the Mighty Max…..(Dan and Clarence´s introductions are not on the source tape)….´´
05.12.75 Washington D.C, intro to ´Santa Claus Is Coming to Town´
´´Ok, band, you guys know what time of year it is ?….(?) been practising real hard ?….(?)…. Ed Sciaky, have you been good ?….Ed says he has (?)….has everybody been good out there (?)(cheers) good….´´
05.12.75 Washington D.C, middle of ´Detroit Medley´
´´Now hold on a minute, hold that thing….Steve….am I getting taller or is my microphone getting shorter ?….the mike is getting shorter….(?)….are you ready for the New Jersey hustle ? (cheers) this dance is gonna sweep the nation in a few months so get on it, get on it while it´s new….first you let your arms hang loose….then you let your legs go….have you got it ?… that´s good, that´s not bad…..are you ready for the band to bring it up ? (cheers)….are you ready ? (cheers)….are you ready ? (cheers)…. are you ready ? (cheers)…. are you ready ? (cheers)….´´
Compiled by : Johanna Pirttijärvi
