Oakland '99 The final night of a three-show stand in Oakland finds Springsteen performing at his Reunion tour best. The 24-song set gets off to a bang-bang start with "Adam Raised a Cain" into "Prove It All Night," and that energy carries on through "Atlantic City," "Youngstown" and "Murder Incorporated." Equally compelling is a stripped-down reading of "The Ghost of Tom Joad" and the only full-band performance ever of another Joad track, "Sinaloa Cowboys." Southside Johnny makes a special guest appearance on "Hungry Heart" and the encore closes with a rare, romping rendition of "Blinded By The Light." Bruce Springsteen - Lead vocal, guitar, harmonica; Roy Bittan - Piano, keyboards; Clarence Clemons - Tenor and baritone saxophones, percussion, backing vocal; Danny Federici - Organ, keyboards; accordion; Nils Lofgren - Electric and acoustic guitars, pedal steel, backing vocal; Patti Scialfa - Acoustic guitar, percussion, backing vocal; Garry Tallent - Bass; Stevie Van Zandt - Electric and acoustic guitars, mandolin, backing vocal; Max Weinberg - Drums Additional Musician: Southside Johnny - Vocals on “Hungry Heart” Recorded by Toby Scott and Ross Petersen Mixed and Mastered by Jon Altschiller; Additional engineering by Danielle Warman Mix Advisor: Rob Lebret Post Production by Brad Serling and Arya Jha Art Design by Michelle Holme Cover Photo by Neal Preston Tour Director: George Travis Management: Jon Landau HD Files are 24 bit / 44.1 kHz ; DSD files are DSD64 Read essay by Erik Flannigan
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