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 Brucefan24 First of two shows. As had been the case the previous two nights, the performing schedule was altered, with Springsteen and band opening, Biff Rose playing next and then Springsteen playing a headliner length second show to close the evening's festivities. David Bowie showed up on this final night to see Biff Rose (a friend of Bowie's) and caught Springsteen's performance, although the two weren't introduced to each other. Bowie had never even heard of a guy named 'Springsteen' until this night. In a Musician Magazine interview in 1987 Bowie commented on Bruce's performance on this night: "I hated him as a solo… as soon as the band came on it was like a different person and he was marvelous… I like the Greetings From Asbury Park material, my favorite period of Springsteen is the early stuff." In June 1973 Bowie would be the first artist to record (though not release) a Springsteen composition ("Growin' Up"). Bowie and Bruce would finally be introduced in late 1974 (see the November 25, 1974 listing). Biff Rose / Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band May 14, 2025
 Brucefan24 First of two shows. As had been the case the previous night, the performing schedule was altered, with Springsteen and band opening, Biff Rose playing next (one show only), and then Springsteen playing a headliner length second show to close the evening's festivities. Biff Rose / Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band May 14, 2025
 Brucefan24 Second of two shows. As had been the case the previous night, the performing schedule was altered, with Springsteen and band opening, Biff Rose playing next (one show only), and then Springsteen playing a headliner length second show to close the evening's festivities. Biff Rose / Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band May 14, 2025
 Brucefan24 Second of two shows. Due to Springsteen's crowd popularity during the previous few nights the performing schedule was altered for this night and the following two nights, Springsteen and band opened, Biff Rose played next (one show only) and then Springsteen and band played a headliner length second show to close the evening's festivities. Biff Rose / Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band May 14, 2025
 Brucefan24 First of two shows. Due to Springsteen's crowd popularity during the previous few nights the performing schedule was altered for this night and the following two nights, Springsteen and band opened, Biff Rose played next (one show only) and then Springsteen and band played a headliner length second show to close the evening's festivities. Biff Rose / Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band May 14, 2025
 Brucefan24 Second of two shows, with Bruce and the boys opening for headliner Biff Rose. Biff Rose / Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band May 14, 2025
 Brucefan24 First of two shows, with Bruce and the boys opening for headliner Biff Rose. Although long-rumored to have been played during the stint at Paul's Mall in January, the only verified live performance of "Visitation At Fort Horn" stems from a show during this week-long residency at Max's, although the specific night has yet to be determined. During an interview with Charles Cross in 1990, Mike Appel commented on the performance: "I was sitting in Max's Kansas City and Bruce decided to do it that night. He used Clarence, Vini and Garry as these 'Sons Of The Pioneers' type singers. I was with this guy from Epic (Records) and he turned to me and said, "I just don't believe this guy. This is the greatest thing I've ever heard." Biff Rose / Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band May 14, 2025
 Brucefan24 Second of two shows, double bill, with Springsteen and band opening for headliner Biff Rose. Biff Rose / Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band May 14, 2025
 Brucefan24 First of two shows, double bill, with Springsteen and band opening for headliner Biff Rose. In the February 17, 1973 issue of Billboard magazine, a review by Jim Melanson included mention of five songs performed at one of the Max's Kansas City shows. These are "Mary Queen Of Arkansas", "The Angel", "Spirit In The Night", "Growin' Up" and "Blinded By The Light". Brucebase has placed this information here, but they could have been played at any of the twelve shows in the stand other than the first two on January 31. Biff Rose / Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band May 14, 2025
 Brucefan24 Second of two shows, double billing, with Springsteen and band opening for headliner Biff Rose. As undercard Bruce's performances would have been limited to about 60 minutes per show. The show featured an introduction by Max's owner Mickey Ruskin. To start the show Bruce plays two solo numbers before bringing out the band. The listed setlist is culled from circulating soundboard recordings of both shows from this night. The band segment of the second show is missing from the recording. Biff Rose / Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band May 14, 2025
 Sondra19 1st PJ show! Pearl Jam / Teen Jesus and the Jean Teasers May 14, 2025
 Brucefan24 First of two shows, double billing, with Springsteen and band opening for headliner Biff Rose. This was the opening of a six-night (12-show) residency at the club. As undercard Bruce's performances would have been limited to about 60 minutes per show. This is the earliest known performance of "Spirit In The Night". The show featured an introduction by Max's owner Mickey Ruskin. To start the show Bruce plays two solo numbers before bringing out the band. Recordings from this show are often misidentified as coming from solo Springsteen shows at Max's Kansas City in mid-1972. The listed setlist is culled from circulating soundboard recordings of both shows from this night. The early show is believed to be complete. Biff Rose / Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band May 14, 2025
 Brucefan24 Second of two shows, double billing, with Springsteen and band opening for headliner The Paul Winter Consort. Bruce's shows were limited to about 60 minutes. Paul winter consort / Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band May 14, 2025
 Brucefan24 First of two shows, double billing, with Springsteen and band opening for headliner The Paul Winter Consort. Opening show of a four-night (eight-show) residency at the small ~400 capacity club on Long Island. Club manager Michael Epstein had booked Springsteen in November 1972 because the owner of My Father's Place had a son who was married to Mike Appel's sister. Epstein thought Springsteen was a solo folk singer, so he placed Bruce on the bill with Paul Winter's quiet, India-influenced band. There was a small contingent of New Jersey shore area locals who came to the show each night specifically to listen to Springsteen, so the four nights proved to be a clash of musical as well as audience styles, in Epstein's words, "fifty partying Asbury Park hippies dancing on tables and 300 middle-aged suburbanites trying to meditate." Paul winter consort / Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band May 14, 2025
 Brucefan24 One show, held in the tiny 150-seat St. Mary's Hall Auditorium Theatre, with Bruce and the boys the sole act on the bill. Due to a strike at the time by Villanova's school newspaper The Villanovan, this concert went unadvertised and less than 50 people attended, probably the smallest crowd before which Bruce and the band have ever played. According to Albee Tellone, however, this gig did not ultimately take place. Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band May 14, 2025
 Brucefan24 MARY LOUISE WATSON / SHE'S A WOMAN / WALKING THE DOG / THE BALLAD OF JESSE JAMES / WHEN YOU DANCE Incomplete setlist. One show, triple bill, with the five-member Bruce Springsteen Band headlining. Undercard acts are Southern Conspiracy and Powerhouse. Held at 'The Ledge', a club/coffeehouse located within the school's Student Union facility. The Bruce Springsteen Band / Southern Conspiracy / Powerhouse May 14, 2025
 Brucefan24 One show, double bill, held in the Student Union's Ledge Club, with The Bruce Springsteen Band headlining and Southern Conspiracy opening. The concert ad (see our News tab) says 'remember the last time,' a reference to the group's previous gig on December 17, 1971. The Bruce Springsteen Band / Southern Conspiracy May 14, 2025
 Brucefan24 One show, triple bill, with The Bruce Springsteen Band headlining. Trumpet player Harvey Cherlin and backup singers Barbara Dinkins and Delores Holmes are not featured. They are absent. The band is comprised of only the five core members; Springsteen, Van Zandt, Tallent, Sancious, and Lopez. Undercards were the New Jersey-based outfits Tumbleweed and Black Forrest Rhodes, both had recently become involved with Tinker West's Blah Productions. The three-member, acoustic-orientated Tumbleweed deserves special mention. They had recently returned from studio sessions in Nashville (booked under the name Montana Flintlock), events orchestrated by Mike Appel. Tumbleweed would turn out to be the original connection between Tinker West and Appel, one that would soon have Tinker driving Springsteen to New York to meet Mike. Springsteen plays piano on both "Cherokee Queen" and "Look Towards The Land" (with Sancious handling organ). Set includes the best-quality circulating version of the blues-standard "Key To The Highway", known from a subsequent performance at the Student Prince in December; the audio quality here is a vast improvement over the fair-quality audience recording from that show. For the first encore, voices can be heard near the front of the stage yelling 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 Bruce Springsteen Band. Bruce performs a condensed arrangement, without any band harmony vocals. However, it's the discovery of the second new song that is most important, a previously unknown Springsteen composition, the set closing "Don't Look Back", introduced by Bruce with that title (unrelated to the outtake from Darkness On The Edge Of Town). It is a slow, dirge-like song led by Springsteen on the piano and is nearly eleven minutes long. It is extremely reminiscent of some of the solo material that he would go on to record in the spring of 1972. "Don't Look Back" is about a struggling, previously successful singer and perhaps could be autobiographical, at least in part. The Bruce Springsteen Band / Tumbleweed / Black Forrest Rhodes May 14, 2025
 Brucefan24 One four hour show. Bruce makes an unadvertised guest appearance at this quadruple billing concert featuring local groups The Rich Baron Band, Taylors Mills Road, Tumbleweed and Psychotic Blues Band. Bruce had been invited to the gig by Pat Karwin, the lead guitarist of Tumbleweed and participates (on lead guitar) in a 30-minute end-of-show 'jam' that included a line-up of Springsteen, Karwin, and members of the Psychotic Blues Band. Bruce participates on extended versions of The Yardbirds and B.B. King classics listed. Tinker West organized and managed the sound equipment for this show. Psychotic Blues Band / Rich Barton’s Band / Tumbleweed / The Bruce Springsteen Band / Taylor’s Mills Road / The Bruce Springsteen Band May 14, 2025
 Brucefan24 One show, double bill, with The Bruce Springsteen Band opening for headliner Powers Flower (a local musical troupe that performed an adaptation of the rock musical Jesus Christ Superstar). Although billed as the undercard, Springsteen actually closed the show. Flowers Power / The Bruce Springsteen Band May 14, 2025