04.04.00 Tacoma, WA, intro to ´My Hometown´
´´Good evening....good evening, Tacoma and Seattle....glad to be
here tonight .... Patti´s not with us but she sends you, she sends you
her love and the boys are gonna do their best for you so....”
04.04.00 Tacoma, WA, middle of ´Tenth Avenue Freeze Out´
´´(sings ‘Take Me to the River’) that’s right....that’s
where I wanna go tonight....I wanna go to that river of life....I wanna find
that river of love.....that river of faith ... and of hope....I wanna find my
way to that river of happiness....and that river of sanctification....of transformation
where you can go and you can be changed....to that river of resurrection ....
where everybody gets a second chance....and that river of joy and sexual healing....that´s
where I wanna go tonight.....and I want you to go with me....that´s why
we´re here.....that´s why....because you can´t get there by
yourself....I can´t get there by myself....tonight I wanna have us a rock
and roll exorcism.....a rock and roll baptism.....wash me in those waters....
once I stood, as a young man, I stood before a dark grove of trees one evening.....and
I was frightened just like a little child is frightened to pass through those
trees....even though I knew that on the other side was the river of a meaningful
life.....and cold beer at a reasonable price.....but I was paralyzed.....then
a gypsy woman in the trees called me forward and she said ´Son.....what
you need is you need some help....something to, what, what´s your line
? what is your line ?´....she said ´Oh, what you need, Son, is you
need a band....you need a band to walk with you´....so I’d like
to introduce tonight the dean of the university of musical perversity, the Secretary
of intelligence, on the piano, Professor Roy Bittan....on the bass guitar, the
foundation of the E Street nation, Southern man, Mr.Garry W.Tallent....on the
guitar, the Minister of faith and of friendship, keeper of all that is righteous
on E Street and star of the ´Sopranos´-TV-show, Little Steven Van
Zandt....stand with me, Brother, at the riverside.....at the riverside, the
man that brings the power all night long, the Minister of the mighty beat and
star of Late Night Television, Mighty Max Weinberg on the drums.....(?)....
and now the Secretary of heart and spirit, the Godfather of the guitar, the
great Nils Lofgren.....standing with me at the riverside ....the Minister of
mystery and all things unfathomable on E Street, on the Hammond B-3 organ, Brother
Dan Federici....with me at the riverside....I gotta send one out to my baby
right now (blows a kiss)....and then last but not least....last but not least
.... the Minister of soul, Secretary of the brotherhood and if we lived in a
righteous nation, the next president of the United States....do I have to say
his name ?....do I have to say his name ?...say who ?....say who ?....say who
?....say who ?....say
who ?....say who ? ....say who ?....say who ?....”
04.04.00 Tacoma, WA, intro to ´The Ghost of Tom Joad´
´´Thank you.....thanks....gonna send this one out to the folks from
the Food Lifeline that are with us tonight, a foodbank here in Washington....the
mission of Food Lifeline is to end hunger here in Western Washington....what
they do is they collect and distribute food in order to serve and support Washington´s
struggling citizens ....many, many, many people who the nation´s economy
is not, is not reaching and is not serving....and for every dollar that you
donate, Food Lifeline provides six meals and they could, they deserve and they
could use your support, they´ll be out in the hall tonight, check out
Food Lifeline, this is for them.....”
04.04.00 Tacoma, WA, middle of ´Light of Day´
´´Tacoma !....Tacoma !....but everywhere I´ve gone I´ve
seen people lost in confusion....I´ve seen people lost in the wilderness.....I´ve
seen people lost in bitterness....I´ve seen people lost in loneliness....but
tonight we´re here on a search-and-rescue mission, we´re here on
a search-and-rescue mission, if you´ve been downhearted, disspirited,
disgusted, dispossessed, analyzed, downsized, stigmatised, (?), fractionalised,
Republicanised....retropsychedelicized ...I´m here tonight to re-educate,
to resuscitate, to regenerate, to reconfiscate, to reliberate, to reindoctrinate,
to recombobolate, to resexualate, to rededicate, to recongregate, to reliberate
you with the power and the glory, with the power and the glory, with the power
and the glory, with the majesty, with the mystery....with the ministry of rock
and roll !....with the power and the glory, with the power and the glory, with
the majesty, with the mystery, with the ministry of rock and roll.....it´s
alive, it´s alive (?)...now, unlike my competitors, I shall not, I can
not, I will not promise you life everlasting....but I can promise you life right
now ! ....and all you´ve got to do is raise your hand and say ´I´....”
04.04.00 Tacoma, WA, intro to ´Bobby Jean´
´´Gonna do this tonight for Tom Shannon....to those who died in
the Alaska Airlines crash and in special memory of Michael Bernard, this is
for you....”
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Compiled by : Johanna Pirttijärvi