10.05.76 Mobile, AL, intro to “Rosalita”
“(tuning his guitar) Huh? (guitar sound) oh, I beat my guitar (laughs) beating the hell out of my guitar tonight…and then (chuckles)…(Bruce and Steve laugh)…(?)…
(…) A warm round of a pause…a pause?…applause…for on the piano …Professor Roy Bittan…play it, Professor (Roy plays)…and back on the guitar, coming to you…from Asbury Park where he played…the Sand Room (chuckles) from Las Vegas, the Rainbow Room…from Lake Tahoe…the Sun Dust Room…and tonight coming to you folks directly from the men’s room - Miami Steve…on the bass guitar, Garry W. Tallent…on the drums, the Mighty Max…on the organ… which is that big thing to the far right of the stage…Phantom Dan Federici (Dan plays) goddamn…I’m in the groove (chuckles) and last not but not least, Lord over the entire cosmos…master of the universe, New Jersey-branch…king of the world…and your next President…on the saxophone, the Big Man, Clarence Clemons – stand up!…”
10.05.76 Mobile, AL, intro to “Raise Your Hand”
“Are you ready, band?…here we go…raise your hand once!…hey… do your thing (chuckles)…”
10.05.76 Mobile, AL, intro to “Sandy”
“(laughter) Alright, we got you covered…it’s our last night, I’d like to say, you know, I’d like to thank, thank all you folks for coming down (crowd cheers) who was here…how many of you folks, (?) who was here last night? (some cheers) that’s quite a few…but thanks for coming back twice then (chuckles) here’s something to you all, something to everybody…in Mobile, I’d like to thank the folks at the radio station that’ve been so nice to us, (?)…yeah, they’re really nice to us and here’s something to them, to you, from Asbury Park, New Jersey with love…”
10.05.76 Mobile, AL, intro to “Quarter to Three”
“This next song…this song got a, this song got a count-off that goes “one, two, one, two, three, four” – I’m gonna ask you to help us with it…are you ready, Big Man? (Clarence: “Yeah”) let me get my band together (chuckles)…”
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