starbuck (2005?-2023)
tabu (f.w. murnau, 1931)

music friday: bruce springsteen winterland 1978

On this date, 45 years ago, we saw Bruce Springsteen at Winterland. It was the final month for that lovable craphole, and Bruce was one of the artists Bill Graham signed to send it off in style. December 15 was the first of two nights ... we went to both, our 2nd and 3rd time seeing him that year, our 4th and 5th overall. Many of us think of that 1978 tour as Bruce's greatest. Maybe that's nostalgia speaking. Anyway, here is "Prove It All Night" from December 15 ... that show was broadcast live on a local FM station, and so it was easily bootlegged:

If you prefer to have some actual footage and don't care about the anniversary, here is the official release of the same song from one week prior to the above:

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