Bruce Springsteen has released his performance from November 22, 2009 at Buffalo’s HSBC Arena, a show that would turn out to be the final one for Clarence Clemons.
Clemons had known Springsteen from the musicians that played in Asbury Park, NJ but they didn’t record together until Bruce asked Clarence to play on two cuts for his Greetings From Asbury Park, NJ album. Clemons was a member of the E-Street Band from that day on. Ironically, this concert included a full playing of the Asbury Park album.
The Buffalo show was the final stop on the Working on a Dream Tour, giving Bruce and the rest of the E-Street Band a long downtime. Springsteen did not release another album for three years but, on June 12, 2011, Clarence Clemons suffered a stroke and, although things were looking up after two surgeries, he suddenly died on June 18.
As with other live recordings made available in the Bruce Springsteen Archive, the Buffalo show can be purchased as an MP3, Lossless audio, HD-Audio, DSD, CD or CD plus MP3.
The set list:
Main Set
Wrecking Ball
The Ties That Bind
Hungry Heart
Working on a Dream
Blinded by the Light
Growin’ Up
Mary Queen of Arkansas
Does This Bus Stop at 82nd Street?
Lost in the Flood
The Angel
For You
Spirit in the Night
It’s Hard to Be a Saint in the City
Waitin’ on a Sunny Day
The Promised Land
Restless Nights
Happy Birthday
Surprise, Surprise
Green Onions
Merry Christmas, Baby
Santa Claus is Coming to Town
(I Don’t Want to) Hang Up My Rock and Roll Shoes
Boom Boom
My Love Will Not Let You Down
Long Walk Home
The Rising
Born to Run
Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out
Encore
I’ll Work For Your Love
Thunder Road
American Land
Dancing in the Dark
Rosalita (Come Out Tonight)
(Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher and Higher
Rockin’ All Over the World
