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Originally Posted by AndyK
Nils did the outro and didn't let us down.
I'll admit to getting very emotional during the sax solo to Badlands ... looking up during the note perfect rendition and seeing Jake and not the Big Man just finished me off, and My City Of Ruins had a similar effect, the tribute during 10th Avenue reduced me yet again. How the loss of man person you've never met can have such an impact is incredible.
Have to hand it to Bruce though for the way in which he's dealt with Clarence's loss on stage, he's handled it perfectly and the small actions say more than words ever could.
Presume you heard about the pit queue fiasco? We ended up running the line and were devastated that all our effort was wasted because the venue were so inflexible in their attitudes, they're lucky no one got hurt in the stampede in those conditions.
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Yeah, I did hear about the line fiasco- that's so awful that all your hard work was in vain.
I also read that some of the venue security were total jerks to you guys.
Even here in the States with the lottery, it comes down to the venue staff on how well they deal with it, and sometimes they do a good job, other times not so much. I was at one show in Albany, NY, where they did pretty much the same thing by opening all the doors at the same time instead of letting people in in order. And that was in an arena, with only the "pit people" being let in- I can't imagine a stadium-sized crowd. Hershey Park in '09 was pretty bad, too; they tried to do a lottery, but there were way too many people for that, and in the end the crowd ended up pushing a gate open.
I was afraid that time that someone might get hurt (thankfully, no one did). The Harley-Davidson anniversary show, on the other hand, was handled beautifully, so it just varies. No lottery that time, though.
Now, back to the show.
I did see Nils' "Prove It" solo on YouTube, and it was awesome! Looks like he got a workout that night- you also got "Youngstown" into "Murder, Inc", which is a combo I've seen and love, especially the Bruce/ Steve guitar duel in "Murder".
I love "Johnny 99" as well.
I agree that Bruce has dealt with Clarence's loss in a fitting way, as I knew he would. It is a little strange looking up and not seeing the Big Man there.
I think C would be proud of Jake, though.
For duke, I found a couple of banjo videos:
"We Are Alive" from New Orleans Jazzfest (Steve):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bFm8pWOoPRI
"Death to My Hometown" from Pinkpop (Nils):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H4q42...feature=relmfu
"Shackled and Drawn" from Newark- Steve is playing banjo here, you can't see him much but you can hear him; I love the Bruce and Cindy duet at the end:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LDuR6...eature=related