DOWN TO THE RIVERSIDE | uncirculating |
Note: Writing on this song was probably started in early 1971, with developments over the next year not known. Also known by the title "Grandpa's Gone Down", it is about the death of Springsteen's grandfather. Documentation exists, as well as audio from a gig at Richmond's Back Door club on February 25, 1972. Song listed as "Down To The Riverside" on a handwritten setlist that dates from the period around October 1971–February 1972. Not played again after April 1972.