1970-03-17 Richmond

Label:		None				Format: 	1CD 
Catalog #: 	None				Source: 	Soundboard
Total Time: 	75:58 	 			Sound: 		7.0/1
Date: 		March 17, 1972			Performance:	7.5/1
Location: 	Richmond Arena, Richmond,	Overall: 	7.3/1
		Virginia
		
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01. Do It With A Feeling (10:39)
02. Cherokee Queen (6:04)
03. Look Towards The Land (10:43)
04. Not Fade Away - Bo Diddley's A Gunslinger (8:56)
05. Mountain Jam - When You Dance (13:27)
06. Goin' Back To Georgia (6:08)
07. Got My Mojo Workin' (7:53)
08. It's All Over Now, Baby Blue (12:07)

Info taken from Brucebase:
http://www.brucebase.shetland.co.uk/gig1972.htm#10

	17/03/72 - RICHMOND ARENA, RICHMOND, VA 

	DO IT WITH A FEELING (10:30) / CHEROKEE QUEEN (5:57) / LOOK TOWARDS THE LAND (10:43) / 
	NOT FADE AWAY – BO DIDDLEY’S A GUNSLINGER (8:47) / MOUNTAIN JAM – WHEN YOU DANCE (13:01, start-end cut) / 
	GOIN’ BACK TO GEORGIA (6:10) / GOT MY MOJO WORKIN’ (7:48) / IT’S ALL OVER NOW, BABY BLUE (12:01) 

	ONE show, quadruple bill, with THE BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN BAND opening the evening’s festivities for BANG, THE MIKE 
	QUATRO JAM BAND and MITCH RYDER & DETROIT. This was a festival-styled show, with each act allocated equal 80 – 90 
	minute time slots. Although Mitch Ryder was top-billed it was electronic space music favorite Mike Quatro (70’s 
	rocker Suzi Quatro’s brother) who performed last. In an attempt to minimize the 6,500-seat Richmond Arena’s notorious
	echo problems the show’s promoter made changes to the venue’s interior for this event. The revamped 4,500-seat layout 
	was intended to attract audiophiles, however ticket sales were weak. An article in the following day’s paper noted a 
	turnout of not much more than 1,000. A review of the show in the paper briefly mentions Springsteen and notes the 
	wide variety of styles performed in his set as compared to the Steel Mill era. The audio evidence certainly confirms 
	this assessment.

	The above-mentioned 8-song setlist (in its probable performing sequence) is culled from 75 minutes of soundboard 
	audio of reasonable (but not great) quality. This may not be the entire performance but it is certainly most of it. 
	This audio has been in circulation since the early 1980’s, although (excepting one track) it has never appeared on 
	any mainstream bootleg. For many years this audio was attributed to a Steel Mill gig in Richmond in November 1970. 
	However this is definitely not Steel Mill, as Robbin Thompson is not present, both Springsteen and Van Zandt are 
	sharing lead-rhythm guitar duties, David Sancious is on keyboards and, lastly, one of the covers played (“Mountain 
	Jam”) was not even released until January 1972.

	Springsteen plays piano on both “Cherokee Queen” and “Look Toward The Land” (with Sancious handling the organ). This 
	performance of the commercial-sounding “Cherokee Queen” (the only live rendition known) was pressed on acetate as a 
	publishing demo later in 1972. “Look Toward The Land” is a more polished performance than other known renditions from
	1971. During “Not Fade Away-Bo Diddley” a brief snatch of The Allman Brothers “Yes There Is A Mountain” segment from
	“Mountain Jam” is performed. We are then treated to an inspiring “Mountain Jam – When You Dance”. Unfortunately both 
	the opening few minutes and closing couple of minutes of this performance are cut and not circulating complete. 
	Although this was a small crowd, it’s clear that some hardcore Springsteen fanatics are present at this show. For the 
	first encore voices can be heard near the front of the stage screaming for “Resurrection” (a song Bruce stopped 
	playing when Steel Mill folded). Bruce doesn’t oblige, but instead delivers “Goin’ Back To Georgia” – itself rarely 
	played by the BSB lineup. Bruce performs a unique condensed arrangement, without any band harmony vocals. Springsteen
	closes the show with Dylan’s “Baby Blue”, in a very similar arrangement of the song to that performed at Richmond’s 
	Back Door Club a few weeks earlier.

Enjoy The Show,

Jeff

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