1999-10-26 Oakland Arena, Oakland, CA

Scheduled: 19:30 Local Start Time ??:?? / End Time ??:??

Info & Setlist | Venue

Show opens with the "Meeting In The Town Tonight" introduction. "Two Hearts" includes "It Takes Two". "Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out" includes "It's All Right", "Take Me To The River", "Red Headed Woman", and "Rumble Doll". "Light Of Day" includes Moby Grape's "Omaha" and "I've Been Everywhere". Second encore includes "Growin' Up".

Intro to “The Ties That Bind”
“(Clarence: “Brothers and sisters, all rise”)….Yeah, yeah, yeah… yeah, yeah, yeah…are you ready tonight, people?…there’s gonna be a meeting in the town tonight…yeah, yeah, yeah…yeah, yeah…
are you ready tonight, people?…there’s gonna be a meeting in the town tonight…"

Intro to “Darlington County”
“Alright, let’s ride…”

Intro to “Factory"
“Thank you, good evening (crowd cheers) nice to be here in the Oakland-Alameda County Arena (crowd cheers) let’s work (chuckles)…”

Intro to “Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out”
“Is there anybody alive out there? (crowd cheers) is there anybody really alive out there? (crowd cheers)…”

Middle of “Tenth Avenue Freeze Out”
“Ricky Martin, step your ass aside (crowd cheers) I need a volunteer (crowd cheers) shake that thing, baby…woo! (chuckles)
(sings bits of “It's Alright” and “Take Me to the River”)…that’s right, take it easy now…that’s where I wanna go…I want to go to the river of life…and the river of love…I wanna find that river of hope…that river of transformation…I want to be transformed…the river of sanctification…baptized in the name!…and that river of resurrection…where everybodygets a second chance…that river of sexual healing and companionship…that’s where I wanna go tonight and I want you to go with me (crowd cheers) because I need to go with you…and that’s why we’re here…because no matter how hard you try and everybody tries, you can’t get there by yourself…man, when you’re young and you run, you think you can get there…but in the end you find out…you can’t get there by yourself…so I found myself as a young man, one evening I was standing before a dark grove of trees…and I was frightened to pass through those trees even though I knew on the other side the river of life, the river of a meaningful life was, was waiting…but I stood there and my legs felt like stone and I said “Man, uh-uh, that ain’t me! I wanna keep on running ‘cause that’s what I know how to do and that’s what I’m good at…man, ain’t nobody gonna, I’m gonna keep on running”… because I was frightened by the responsibilities that I knew that that life on the other side of those trees would call on me…and, man, I was about to quit…but then I heard a voice drifting through the trees…and I heard a sweet sound…come on, Roy (Roy starts playing) and there was a gypsy woman and I told her my problems and she said “Son…you are alright but the one thing is you need help, you ought to have a band” (crowd cheers) that’s why I want to introduce tonight the dean of the university of musical perversity, Secretary of intelligence Professor Roy Bittan on the piano (crowd cheers) come on, Max, that’s right…I want to introduce the Secretary of faith and friendship, keeper of all that is righteous on E Street, star of the Sopranos, Little Steven Van Zandt on the guitar (crowd cheers) stand with me, brother, at the riverside…the foundation of the E Street nation, Mr. Garry W. Tallent on the bass guitar – Southern man (crowd cheers) stand with me at the riverside…on the drums, the Minister of the mighty beat, the Secretary of syncopation, star of Late Night television, Mighty Max Weinberg bringing the power (crowd cheers) stand with me at the riverside…the Secretary of heart and spirit, Godfather of the guitar, Nils Lofgren (crowd cheers) stand with me at the riverside…the Minister of Mystery and Secretary of all things unfathomable on E Street, Brother Dan Federici on the organ and accordion (crowd cheers) stand with me at the riverside…well, now, brunettes are fine and blondes are fun but when it comes to getting a dirty job done, it takes (crowd: “Red headed woman”) oh, man, I’m searching for a (crowd: “Red headed woman”) yeah, I’ve got to find myself a (crowd: “Red headed woman”) oh, man, I’m looking for a (crowd: “Red headed woman”) I got to find myself a (crowd: “Red headed woman”) sing it, baby (Patti sings a bit of “Rumble Doll”) the First Lady of love and sweet harmony, Miss Patti Scialfa on the guitar and vocals (crowd cheers) standing with me at the riverside…and then I got to the banks and I looked and there were people all along the river banks with their hands in the air…but there was still something missing…there was still something essential that we didn’t have…something fundamental that we couldn’t go on without (crowd cheers) I want to introduce the Minister of soul, Secretary of the brotherhood, Emperor of E Street,
do I have to say his name? (crowd cheers) say who? (crowd: “Clarence”) say who? (crowd: “Clarence”) say who? (crowd: “Clarence”) say who? (crowd: “Clarence”) say who? (crowd: “Clarence”) say who? (crowd: “Clarence”) say who? (crowd: “Clarence”) say who? (crowd: “Clarence”) say who? (crowd: “Clarence”)…”

Intro to “The Ghost of Tom Joad”
“Thank you, this is, uh (crowd cheers) gonna do this next one for our friends that are here tonight from the St. Vincent de Paul Society (crowd cheers) the Alameda Chapter…they provide a dining room that serves a thousand meals a day, housing and emergency support to struggling Alameda County citizens (crowd cheers) they’re worth your time and your support, they’ll be out there on your way out, check ‘em out (?) this is for the St. Vincent de Paul Society folks…”

Middle of “Light of Day”
“…Frisco! (crowd cheers) Oakland! (crowd cheers) Alameda County! (crowd cheers) but everywhere I’ve gone, I’ve seen people lost in confusion…I’ve seen people lost…in bitterness…I’ve seen people lost …on cell phones…I’ve seen people lost…in loneliness…lost…in the wilderness…lost…in faithlessness…but we’re here tonight, ladies and gentlemen, we’re trained professionals on a seach-and-rescue mission…we’re on a search-and-rescue mission…we’re coming to get you…if you’ve been downhearted, dispirited, disgusted, dispossessed, downsized, analyzed, stigmatized, paralyzed, retro-psychedelized, Pokemonized, pass-another-tax-cut-for-the-rich-Republicanized…it ain’t too late to repent…it ain’t too late to save yourself…if your soul got bad credit…good here – heart running on empty, gonna fill it up, spirit bankrupt, gonna lift that debt up off you…I’m here tonight…I’m here tonight…I’m here tonight…I’m here tonight…to re-educate, to resuscitate, to regenerate, to re-confiscate, to regenerate, to re-indoctrinate, to re-illustrate, to re-sexualate, to rededicate, to re-liberate you with the power and the glory, with the power and the glory, with the power and the glory, with the majesty, the mystery…with the ministry of rock’n’roll! (crowd cheers) that’s right…that’s right!…say Amen, that’s right! (crowd cheers) that’s right! (crowd cheers) that’s right! (crowd cheers) that’s right! (crowd cheers) with the ministry of rock’n’roll! (crowd cheers) now, unlike my competitors, I shall not, I will not, I cannot promise you life everlasting…but I can promise you life… right now! (crowd cheers) and all you gotta do is raise your hand and say “I” (crowd and Bruce start going “I, I, I”)…”

Intro to “Cadillac Ranch”
“Mighty One, deliver me, baby (Max starts drumming) Cadillac, Cadillac, wherefore art thou?…”

After “Land of Hope and Dreams”
“Thank you, Oakland, thank you, Frisco (crowd cheers) thanks, don’t forget the St. Vincent de Paul Society, thanks, we love you (crowd cheers)…”

^{Compiled by : Johanna Pirttijärvi.}

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